Happy Trails!

Thank you for your support all these years! Happy trails!

Photo by Ned Harris 6/15/2017
Anne with trash bag in hand

To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash.
 - Bill Nye, the Science Guy

Indeed!

 - Anne Green, the Science Queen

Giant Blossoms

Ned and Anne go to Bloom Night 2013

Green Giant

Another beauty from Mt. Lemmon

Photo by Marty Horowitz 6/18/2017

Green Gentian (Swertia radiata) 

From Frank S. Rose, Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona, pg. 111

After several years, it sends up a stalk that can be as high as eight feet, with many flowers. Many green gentians grow on these mountains, but in any given year few send up a flowering stalk. Not very showy at a distance, its flowers are delightful close up. 

Giant Spotted

Photo by Ned Harris 6/15/2017

The tail on this Giant Spotted Whiptail is at least twice the body length. Amazing!

And one from 2016

Reflux Redux

Not for the squeamish, from July 2016

Can you hear me now?

Photo by Ned Harris 6/15/2017

You'd think you'd be able to spot cicadas easily, they're so very loud. It took us a while, but once we found one on a palo verde, Ned and I found dozens more. They're not the most beautiful critters in the canyon, but they sure make their presence known!

More posts on cicadas with photos from Ned Harris!

• June 2012
• July 2014
• June 2016

And, for those of you on facebook, my Honey-Matt can recommend the group AZ Backyard Wildlife.

Reflections

Marty's email was incorrect in the earlier post. I've fixed it there, and here it is again:
lhorowitz33 at comcast (dot) net

Marty Horowitz 6/2/2017

Photo by Marty Horowitz 6/13/2017

More beautiful reflections in Sabino Creek. Thanks, Marty!