The desert turns green & the moon turns red

The neighborhood irrigation has been running in the last few days. This is the result. I am always bemused by this flooding of the fields, which I associate with rice cultivation in paddy fields in the Far East, but not grazing meadows for cows in the Far West. The water authorities make public service announcements about saving water, exhorting consumers not to water during the heat of the day, and advising how overwatering can damage lawn grass. None of this seems to apply to agricultural users who pour water into standing mini-lakes and allow the excess to run to waste through the highway surface water drains. It really does make everything that green: in fact the contrast and saturation in the picture have been turned down a few notches just to make it believable.

Down at the wash, where the surplus surface water ends up, some plants benefit. This is probably a plant that favors shade, but here it is basking in the evening sunshine as the low angle of the sun briefly illuminates underneath the culvert.

There are several clumps of these unidentified flowers in this desert landscaped garden.

Here is an attempt to make amends for the over-abundance of yellow roses in a recent post.

This one is so pale that I am claiming it as 'not yellow'.

The same garden that features the white-painted iron agricultural implement wheel also has this angel and irises.

I have a special place in my affections and memory for this type and color of flower.

It has been a while since I featured a sunset: I hope you have appreciated my selfless sacrifice.

 Now I am waiting for the moon to go red, too, during the total eclipse predicted for around 02:00MST.

 

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