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Pretty Prickly

Aug21

Flag Hike- thistle patch-1Pretty and prickly. A very wet monsoon season has brought out thick stands of thistles, loco weed and lupine in northern Arizona.Flag Hike- thistle and bee-1-2The bees are ecstatic.

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Arizona’s desert climate: just add water.

Aug13
San Francisco Peaks on a sunny day.

Now you see them…

Golden field missing mountain

Now you don’t! Monsoon rains brought plenty of of moisture to Arizona this summer.

Good rain and cloud cover hides the mountain peaks.

What must seem commonplace elsewhere is a real treat in dry Arizona. Now just add sunlight and the mountain will be back.

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