Several people have inquired privately about the photos in my header and background on this blog.
They were all taken in 2008 during the maximum poppy bloom in the western end of the Antelope Valley, which is where I live. I took numerous photos but these are the best.
These are all self-sewn wild poppies in currently uncultivated land.
This is at a slightly higher elevation where the maximum bloom was not yet full. A few days later it looked like the lower fields.
This shot includes some yellow flowers in the foreground, they are the little daisy-like “goldfields” wildflowers with poppies in the background.
These pictures show just how wonderful Mother Nature truly is! They emphasize just how desolate a lot of my state is.
The desert is truly amazing in that even very desolate areas, with no immediately obvious life, when examined closely exhibit an abundant range of life forms, including, plants, animals and insects.