Spring in the desert

Peach blossom. The delicate orange-red of mallows, and the brave creamy gold of california poppies, and the brassy yellow of brittlebush all over the desert. Grey-green and yellow-green. Jagged blue mountains in layers against the horizon. A girl walking a small lop-eared rabbit on a leash on a brown-gold lawn. Raindrops splatting quarter-sized circles on concrete; palm fronds against a cloudy sky. A plump mockingbird, dapper in grey and black and white.