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1-Blue with little white thingies (pistils?), don't know their name but love them.
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2-A cactus in bloom on the sundial.
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3=One of my favorite things at the DB Garden, the cactus sundial. Back right is that fabulous copper statue of, what is his name. Garden Spirit? Desert Spirit?
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4-Sundial again, with chime hanging from the gnomon.
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5-Still admiring the sundial.
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6-Sundial cactus budding.
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7-More sundial cactus getting ready to blow.
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8-DBG sundial
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9-Sundial detail
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10-What I love most about the desert trail is the animal tracks in the cement. Birds...
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11-…bobcats...
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12-…more birds...
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13-…bobcats chasing birds...
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14-…desert hares and prairie dogs...
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15-…more prairie dogs...
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16-…another prairie dog...
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17-…prairie dog with leg...
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18-…dunno what this is. 'Possum, maybe?
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19-My favorite view, looking up at the hill from the top of the desert loop. Looks postcardy, like it couldn't possibly be real.
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20-poppy?
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21-Penstemon, I think.
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22-Globe mallow, I think.
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23-Dunno, but what a color.
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24-These I recognize, as would any Alaskan. Lupine. There's a Baja fairy duster back left, and the orange right is globe mallow.
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25-Desert marigold (I think). That orange plant in the background is Mexican honeysuckle.
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25-Prickly pear getting ready to bust out along every edge.
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27-Texas Something (jacaranda?). Gorgeous blooms with a faint, lovely scent.
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28-Chihuly's yuccas.
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29-Yucca in bloom.
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30-Globe mallow again. Love the soft orange and the delicate cup on the flower.