Yes, the Spring of 2019 has been filled with spectacular superbloom scenery. After a very wet winter (with record snowfall in my hometown of Tucson) there were a plethora of wildflowers that I had never seen in all of my decades of living here. New species I had to look up, which was truly exciting. One of these new-to-me species starting growing right here on our property, while colors and variations of more common flowers bloomed nearby. Poppies were growing in places they never had before, not to mention the most populous scatterings of lupine I have ever witnessed. I was on overload for about a month. I even made the sojourn to Picacho Peak this year to try to capture images of vast amounts of flowers in one place, only to be met with hoards (I kid you not here), vast hoards of other people with the same idea. In any case, here are a few of the best of my shots this Spring.
Picacho Peak Lupine and Poppies Picacho Peak Lupine & Poppies More Picacho Peak poppies Picacho Peak Lupine & Poppies Poppies East Tucson Poppy and Bladderpod Saguaro National Park East Saguaro National Park East Poppies East Tucson Bladderpod Saguaro National Park East Field of Bladderpot Saguaro National Park East Pale Pink Globemallow East Tucson Lupine East Tucson Lupine close up Desert Hyacinth Saguaro National Park East Santa Catalina Prairie Clover Saguaro National Park East Fairy Duster (extra pink) East Tucson Sandbells East Tucson Pink Poppies Mid-town Tucson Thistles along Arizona Highway 60 (Tonto National Forest) Sage growing East Tucson Phlox near Show Low Lake Phacelia Picacho Peak Lupine East Tucson Brittlebush East Tucson Brittlebush East Tucson