March Blooms

 

The good thing about the rain we have had is the spring blooms here in the desert.  The yellow brittlebush is blooming everywhere.  If you drive between Yuma and Casa Grande on Interstate 8 you can see the beautiful blooming brittlebush along both sides of the freeway.  It looks like someone planted it alongside the freeway on purpose but that's just how it has grown.  You wouldn't look twice at the brown bushes alongside the road most of the year but when they bloom they are outstanding. 

There is also a pretty wildflower that is purple blooming all over the desert down here.  Its called scorpion weed -- not sure how it got that name but it's pretty when it grows in clumps.  It seems to grow where not a lot else will grow.   Someone commented that with all the green growing out on the desert it looks like the desert needs mowing.   It certainly feels like summer with temps reaching toward 90 degrees.  Its supposed to stay in the 90's for at least two weeks and then it may cool off a little but the warmth is pretty much here to stay now.