... hard to believe you're in the desert - lots of green pinion pine and juniper tree vegetation with the 'White Rock Hills' and 'La Madre Mountains' as backdrop...
... sandstone cliffs of the 'White Rock Hills'...
... 'La Madre Wilderness' limestone folds...
... everything in bloom this time of year - a flowering Cactus above...
... Agave...
... some type of purple Aster (?)...
... Beavertail Cactus...
... Desert Marigold...
... not sure of this one...
... Juniper Berries...
... Pinion Pine...
... were a million butterflies (?) up there - this one's a little rough looking - looks like he's dodged a bird attack or two...
... pretty small - guess it's a butterfly... there was also a ton of birds, including some of the biggest Hummingbirds ever seen - tried to photograph a few but failed to get any in acceptable focus...
... 'La Madre Spring' - they also have a small dammed reservoir constructed for the wildlife - saw plenty of 'Desert Bighorn' tracks - hung around quietly for about an hour - didn't encounter anything but heard some obvious "big stuff" rustling about in the nearby brush...
... would have to agree with the wandering dog, 'Dominic' (from the classic kid's book of the same name, authored by 'William Steig') regarding this day:
"What a wonderful world!" (thought Dominic) - "how perfect!" - had it been up to him when things were first made, he wouldn't have made them a whit different. Every leaf was in it's proper place. Pebbles, stones, flowers, all were just as they ought to be. Water ran where it should run. The sky was properly blue. All sounds were in tune. Everything had it's appropriate smell... Dominic was master of himself and in accord with the world. He was perfectly happy.
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