Desert Dogs and Flowers

Lilfe keeps rolling along out in the desert.  The doctors decided my squamous cell place on my shin wasn't healing quickly enough, so I got to visit a wound care specialist who removed the junk around the area and put me in an elastic stocking to reduce the minor amount of swelling around the area.  That is a little bit of pain, agony and remorse.  This evening I get to change the tiny medicine on it and replace all of the bandages which now go from my toes to my knee!  I am a little bit embarrassed by the size of the bandages!  No pictures of it.  Too ugly!

But it is easy to forget all of that with the beautiful Spring we are having this year.  The amaryllis are in bloom and the flowers are exquisite.  Out here they grow outside.

The palo verde are in full dress and are amazing.  Being a Midwesterner the closest thing is the forsythia to compare them to.   But the palo verde far outbloom the forsythia.  They are larger for one thing and just a mass of small yellow blooms.  Since they are a native tree the dot the desert and washes as you drive around.  They are also the Arizona State Tree and deservedly so.  They line the road out towards our house,  the back of the corral, and at just about every turn we come to.

This afternoon two of our giants needed to visit the vet who is open on Sundays.  Roger, our largest male at 29 inches and 92 pounds is the world's largest wimp when it comes to leaving his kingdom.  He always depended on Greta before but now that she is gone, Queenie is filling her paws.  When Roger got to the examining room. he got up on the bench so that he had his back to the wall and felt quite secure there.  Queenie got up in front of him,  and he was set to go.  He allowed the vet tech to take his temp and check him out with out being a quivering mess.  He then allowed Dr. Suzanne to examine him and had no problems.  Of course, Queenie was in between Roger and the vet.  Queenie had all four legs off the bench but was secured there by his hind legs sticking out under her and keeping her there.  Much to Roger's relief.

Queenie weighs 60 pounds and Roger weights 93 pounds, but she protects him.  He protects us at home. Here is an idea of their size difference out in front of the clinic.

Cacti have thorns, but their flowers are incredible.  This one bloomed for the first time this evening.  Enjoy!

   

Comments

[Christine]

Beautiful pictures. I wish we would have some flowers blooming soon. At least we are finally getting some warm weather.

Poor Roger. Tries to be a tough guy but he's really a softie on the inside.

I hope you don't have to keep that big bandage on for too long.