Desert Blossoms
The Cholla are blooming in the heat of June now. We have two huge ones now along the front walk. The birds have built a nest in one of them. Once they are done flowering and the birds have hatched and flown away, I'll have to considerably prune down the chollas. They have a tendency sometimes to grow up and then fall over, and their spines are no joke to get entangled in

There's a desert sage that sprouts these litlle fluffy seed pods about this time of year. The pale pink color of them is nice if you can pick it up in a photo.