Desert Hot Springs, California

One big benefit to all the rain we got in January and February, is the wildflowers in March! I was out in the desert today - out by Palm Springs - and everywhere you looked there were wildflowers in full bloom. It was a gorgeous day too - warm and sunny with a big beautiful blue sky.








For some reason I can't really explain, I really like this tiny little house. Maybe it's the colorful window coverings? Maybe it was the quiet? The only sounds were some chickens clucking in the distance. Maybe it was because it was smack in the middle of the best field of wildflowers I found? Yeah, that's probably it.

When I got out of my car, a jackrabbit came crashing out of the brush only a few feet away from me. I love jackrabbits! They're like mini kangaroos with massive hind legs and they soar when they jump. He wasn't too afraid of me, he only went a couple of dozen feet away, and then sat and watched me as I worked. I kept expecting him to hop away, when I turned my back, but every time I looked over, he was still there, sitting totally erect, with one eye on me.


Can you find the jackrabbit? It's tough. If you look at the two brown cactus in the center of the photo, he's sitting right in front of the base of the cactus on the left, and he's in profile.


I also saw a few healthy bees. Lately all I've seen have been dying bees, on the ground, walking in circles. It's a real crisis, so I was happy to see some bees doing what bees are meant to do - hopping from flower to flower and helping to pollinate the world. We need the bee!

And I saw lots of wildflowers and cactus and brush - really pretty stuff!