Signs of Life 2019/2 | Alexander S. Kunz Photography

“When there is love, there is beauty. When love is drying up in your life, look for the beauty around you. That is where love can be found.” (Haemin Sunim, Zen Buddhist teacher)

Twelve more photos of flowers, bushes and shrubs in bloom in San Diego County’s fabulous spring of 2019. The ample amount of winter rains has brought out flowers that I have not seen before in certain places, or never at all! The Slender Pod Jewelflower (first photo below) for example is growing along a trail that I’ve walked with Toni a hundred times over the past eight years…

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Lithophragma affine (Common Woodland Star), Mission Trail Regional Park, San Diego. March 2019.

Red Maids (Calandrinia menziesii), Escondido, California. February 2019.

Buds of Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia (Wishbone Bush, California Four o'clock), Escondido, California. February 2019. — Buds of Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia (Wishbone Bush, California Four o’clock), Escondido, California. February 2019.

Cardamine californica (Milkmaids, Bitter Cress), Escondido, California. February 2019.

Venegasia carpesioides (Canyon sunflower), Escondido, California. February 2019.

Tiny flowers and buds of Lepidium virginicum var. robinsonii (Robinson's Pepper Grass, Robinson's Pepperweed), Escondido, California. February 2019. — Tiny flowers and buds of Lepidium virginicum var. robinsonii (Robinson’s Pepper Grass, Robinson’s Pepperweed), Escondido, California. February 2019.

Close-up of Chylismia claviformis ssp. claviformis (Browneyes, Brown-eyed Primrose; also Camissonia claviformis) in bloom, June Wash, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California; February 2019.

Mammillaria dioica (Fish Hook Cactus) flowers, Ghost Mountain, Anza Borrego, California. January 2019.

"The Bushrue Unicorn" -- Bushrue flower with six petals (they normally have four, rarely five). Near Rancho Bernardo, California. January 2019. — “The Bushrue Unicorn” — Bushrue flower with six petals (they normally have four, rarely five). Near Rancho Bernardo, California. January 2019.

Geraea canescens (Desert Sunflower) buds, Coyote Canyon, Anza-Borrego, California. Feburary 2019.

Palafoxia arida (Desert needle, Desert palafox), Coyote Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California. January 2019.

4 thoughts on “Signs of Life 2019/2”

Mark Wade
2019/03/12 at 06:17
BEautiful!
- Alexander S. Kunz
  2019/03/12 at 06:49
  Thanks Mark!
denisebushphoto
2019/03/19 at 08:19
Wonderful captures … each and every one! I am glad you got the rain needed to enjoy this year’s wonderful crop of wildflowers. It will be awhile here before the snow melts and the mountain roads are accessible. I’m ready however … now that we have a high clearance jeep to get up into the basins!
- Alexander S. Kunz
  2019/03/19 at 22:16
  Thank you Denise! Happy to hear that you got a capable vehicle for future explorations – steer clear of these piles of snow though, please! ;-)

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