Pink vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida

Apache Plume, Fallugia paradoxa and ~Blackfoot, Melampodium leucanthum [white]

Clammyweed, Polanisia dodecandra

Four-o'clock, Mirabilis multiflora

Desert Marigold, Baileya multiradiata

Wild Zinnia, Zinnia grandiflora

Prickly Pear

Blazing Star or Stickleaf
Mentzelia multiflora

W Diamondback Rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox
Embudo Canyon, Albuquerque NM

W Diamondback Rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox
Embudo Canyon, Albuquerque NM

Sunset over Albuquerque
from Embudo Canyon

'witched' branches
Sandia Mts

Senecio sp. [Yellow]
Wild Geranium
Scarlet gilia

near Capulin Springs
Sandia Mts

near Capulin Springs
Sandia Mts

Wild Sweet Pea

scree between upper and lower parking lot, Sandia Crest

Goatshead or Puncturevine
(Tribulus terrestris)
a truly nasty weed

Brave Pigeons &
worthless 'Owl'