Dried twigs. No leaves.
But now the Huisache tree (wee-sah-chee) is beginning to bloom.
Unleashing its fragrance to the dry desert landscape.
It doesn’t look like much
Retama Trees
Just beginning to show their flowers.
Common Blackhawk
The Blackhawk will come across the border into the U.S., but just a little.
It is an everyday bird in West Mexico.
Gone
But not far.
The kids (adult kids) have been here for ten days already. They left this morning. But only to go 60 miles away to South Padre Island for two weeks.
Cool.
We feel a trip or two to the island coming on…
Remember the orchard pictures?
Baby trees.
Trapped in bags.
Rio Red grapefruit. A Valley specialty. Protected from pests and the hazards of extreme weather, but still, longing to be free.
A trip to the remote orchard today however, revealed that the day has come. They’ve been freed!
Free at last to become the trees they were meant to be!