Contentment by design - Living - Places photo #1106

Evening Primrose. So named because it flowers in the evening, is in its full glory overnight, then fades away in the morning. Spotted this one catching the very first rays of the rising sun early this morning. It's special because we had a huge rainfall yesterday evening, and another huge one in the middle of the night. That this delicate flower flourished through those two downpours is simply astonishing.

We received the gift of much more rain than usual this spring, so nature is celebrating. Everything is really green and the trees have so much new growth and so many leaves and seed pods. The other day, I was out walking along the cliffs. The abundant buds in the big old cottonwood trees were bursting exuberantly, filling the air with tufts of cotton. When viewed against the cliffs, which were still in shade, it looked a bit like we were having a summer snowstorm. So beautiful!

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