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Datura Diversity
Three species of Datura enliven summer roadsides in the Southwest. All are low, shrubby annuals that grow only on recently disturbed ground. They have tubular white and purple flowers, prickly seedpods, and leaves that are more or less triangular in shape. Where I live, the three species are separated by preferred elevation, though there is some overlap. D.…
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Mountain Lion Tracks
Today we hiked in a sandy wash, shaded with canyon hackberries and desert shrubs among desert grassland hills not far from our house. Someone else walked here just before we did, probably at sunrise: These are mountain lion tracks – there were two cats, one slightly smaller than the other, and we followed the footprints for…
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Night Blooming Cereus Fruit
Today, while hiking a dirt road on the bajada among prickly pear, yucca, and shrubby mesquite and acacias, we spotted a red glow under a mesquite tree. It’s the fruit of a night-blooming cereus, the twiggy cactus that is practically invisible for most of the year except on the night it blooms. Here’s the fruit…
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Labyrinth Dress
Just finished this loose-fitting cotton jumper/pinafore dress, embroidered with brass, copper, and aluminum shisha mirrors along the hem, a labyrinth with a brass sun on the front, and a reverse labyrinth with copper moon and aluminum star on the back. It’s meant to be worn over a gray or black t-shirt or a natural white…
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