"The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing..." Isaiah 35 verses 1&2

We were blessed with gentle soaking rains in September 2007, which helped the wildflower seeds germinate, and then a reasonably rainy winter in '07-'08. In other words, a very nice wildflower season at Joshua Tree National Park.

Your intrepid photographer went to Joshua Tree on a very windy day along ... (more)