globemallow
Orange is the typical color of Globmallow, seen here in the subspecies Desert Globmallow. Spring brings out intense flowering, before the sky sucks back all moisture.
Orange is the typical color of Globmallow, seen here in the subspecies Desert Globmallow. Spring brings out intense flowering, before the sky sucks back all moisture.
The recent rain decorated many of the fallen leaves on this afternoon.
Mushrooms love the wet fall weather, and grow in a matter of days after the rain.
The effects of evening lighting can be dramatic if used properly. These grasses would normally be hard to pick out in a photo, but are brought to high contrast detail by the backlighting from the sun.
Here we have a Least Chipmunk, the smallest species of chipmunks. On this late summer day there were a half dozen around, all running up and down various flowers and eating the seeds.
This Yellow Legged Mud Dauber (Sceliphron caementarium) was one of the many insects harvesting nectar from the fall flowers.
This bumble bee was taking advantage of the warm evening to stay out collecting late.