Daily observations of my simple life.

Desert Marigolds:

When I moved to Arizona from California I was taken with the beauty of the desert marigold. With beautiful silver green curly leaves almost like dusty miller they put for an abundance of the bright golden daisy blossoms. Sadly I had no desert marigolds on my property and I looked longingly at others gardens where they grew.

On my evening walks I began plucking spent blossoms full of seed and carrying them home to scatter. I now have a number of these beautiful plants growing on my property. The last two evenings I have filled my hand with these seeds to carry home and continue to spread the seed here and there.

I am amazed that as dry as it is there is new grass and young greens popping out of the ground. I believe it's like 112 days without rain, yet these couragous plants poke their heads through and thrive. Not like last year when I was out cutting the fileree with scizzors to feed the horses. They were thick and about a foot high. This year they are tiny little thrifty plants.

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