Published in this past Thursday's Tucson newspaper,
a scene from this past spring:
(also available as a card; click on "photo-cards" tab above)
And from just last weekend,
a scene of some of the wildflowers
near Sabino Canyon, just north of Tucson--
the monsoon rains bring what
some call a 'second spring' in the desert:
--paperflower, sacred datura, and morning glory--
(taken with iPhone4;
edited using
snapseed, PicFrame, and ColorSplash apps)