Spring after a dry winter

Dateline 28 March 2022.

I like to visit Catalina State Park in the spring, but this year I did not have high expectations due to the low rainfall over the fall and winter. Patient looking was rewarded with a good variety of wildflowers but there were no “carpets” of blue and gold that you might find in a year of abundance. Flowers seen but not pictured include: ocotillo, bluedicks, silverpuffs, lesquerella, and fairyduster.