Picnic with Mom….

Yesterday after dialysis, I picked Mom up and we grabbed a sub sandwich and headed out for our picnic. We talked about going to Estrella Park but ended up going to White Tanks Park again.  After we had our lunch, I settled Mom in with her Pink Press and a crossword puzzle and I took the hike up to the waterfall.
The wildflowers are just getting started. There is promise of so much more to come!!! In about a week or two, they should be amazing.

These are called Fiddlenecks and are just all over the place.

These are the Arizona Fiesta Flower. They keep their little heads down and hard to see very well.

Mexican Gold Poppy…these were hard to find…I went off the trail a little…don’t tell on me, okay?

Coulter’s Lupine…they’re just getting going also.  There was enough of a breeze, some of the shots aren’t as clear as I would like.

 

 

 

 

These are Filaree…

 

 

 

 

This is Desert Globemallow…

 

 

 

Then there was this little cutie…

The desert was so green….especially compared to the last few years.

 

 

 

Everything is covered in new growth…

 

except this fellow.  I don’t like Teddy Bear Chollas and I believe this is a dead one. I took the picture because something about it makes me think of a beaver or a gopher.  What do you think??
Mom and I had a great time. It accomplished just what I wanted. I had a great time and she had a great time and I didn’t go to bed crying. (You would have to go back a few posts to understand that one.)