The "Green" is here; can the wildflowers be far behind?

We've already experienced nearly twice a normal year's rainfall and the season doesn't end until 30 June. Of course, soon there will no longer be any possibility of precipitation other than a rare and passing summer thunderstorm from the annual monsoon.

The desert wildflower websites are all abuzz this year thinking we may see a really spectacular bloom and we're monitoring many of them.

In the snowstorm the other day a new coat of the stuff hit the high peaks around the area and I went out to photograph it in the early morning hours when the light was good. The snow accumulation was far from spectacular but the greening of the desert floor was unmistakable. With that in place the wildflowers have to be close at hand.