Signs of spring
Feb. 22nd, 2006 07:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellarienThe birds are chasing each other around, loudly squabbling over the best saguaro nesting holes.
The ocotillo just down the side-street by the bus stop is flying orange-red pennons from every stem.
I noticed flowers on the white orchid tree and the bottle-brush tree today, but nothing like last year's displays. The orchid-tree blooms were small, crumpled-looking, and mostly out of reach; last year the tree was bowed down with the weight of blossoms twice the size. Maybe it's just that it hasn't really got going yet, but I can't help thinking that maybe last spring's extravagant glory was a special case, not to be repeated in a drought year even on the well-watered campus.
There are little orange and red mallows, and one solitary California poppy in the cactus garden, and some dainty colourful little things I can't put a name to.
The ocotillo just down the side-street by the bus stop is flying orange-red pennons from every stem.
I noticed flowers on the white orchid tree and the bottle-brush tree today, but nothing like last year's displays. The orchid-tree blooms were small, crumpled-looking, and mostly out of reach; last year the tree was bowed down with the weight of blossoms twice the size. Maybe it's just that it hasn't really got going yet, but I can't help thinking that maybe last spring's extravagant glory was a special case, not to be repeated in a drought year even on the well-watered campus.
There are little orange and red mallows, and one solitary California poppy in the cactus garden, and some dainty colourful little things I can't put a name to.
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