http://kayjones.smugmug.com/gallery/545940_RK4pr/ These photos were taken in <a href="http://www.joshua.tree.national-park.com/">Joshua Tree National Park</a> in CA in May 2005 during a heat wave when temperatures reached 102 F in the late afternoons all three days! http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Travel Wed, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 -0800 Sat, 21 May 2005 00:42:45 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8183pinkcactusflwr/22635775_BEqMw-Ti.jpg http://kayjones.smugmug.com/gallery/545940_RK4pr/ http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635775_BEqMw <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers!</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635775_BEqMw" title="One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers!"><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8183pinkcactusflwr/22635775_BEqMw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers!" title="One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 20 May 2005 22:54:16 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8183pinkcactusflwr/22635775_BEqMw-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 12:31:17 309e59ce0426036285196fc29f9a1691 21da62e4ecbe11b3aea8c13d654871c8 387a0b13a1c142447bf9ab13833c7a55 f63c0b46e9ea00cf155d762f1cbfdbd4 fd515e454ed3379a4468989218885488 One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers! <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers!</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635775_BEqMw" title="One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers!"><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8183pinkcactusflwr/22635775_BEqMw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers!" title="One of numerous blooms on the beaver tail cactus. It's quite amazing that such a prickly plant could produce such paper tissue delicate flowers!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel cactus, flower Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22641109_jDQRR <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22641109_jDQRR" title="I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8181beavertailcactus/22641109_jDQRR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock." title="I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 21 May 2005 00:41:22 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8181beavertailcactus/22641109_jDQRR-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 12:30:09 007439e3f94df123676636a6c37423e3 7f2acc19e9c30211f6a884ac58b632a3 b0a331479d24dcb3e5c744e80f801496 888bd20ca97c633f91bbd7b12bfd9034 9001e4589a4295cdb5c2c47ab1b32f3b I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22641109_jDQRR" title="I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8181beavertailcactus/22641109_jDQRR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock." title="I found this beaver tail cactus in full bloom on top of a big rock." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel cactus, flower Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640711_AeRgh <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640711_AeRgh" title="Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8314joshtreesrocks-copy/22640711_AeRgh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May." title="Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 21 May 2005 00:30:52 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8314joshtreesrocks-copy/22640711_AeRgh-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 14:57:38 3a0076dc7066662c008280e61b698822 41ef27097404e5af571a4d8f7798c3c2 bfb989e4548fa5f564baa34a4bab7871 9040b10b739816d0d4a46bb26850aded ce344fe4af9d4c993b486f37c9442b7f Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640711_AeRgh" title="Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8314joshtreesrocks-copy/22640711_AeRgh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May." title="Joshua trees are giant members of the lily family and look like yucca plants on a tree. Most had already bloomed by the time we arrived in mid-May." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel joshua, tree Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640745_soWBh <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640745_soWBh" title="Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8308joshtree/22640745_soWBh-Th.jpg" width="130" height="150" alt="Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten." title="Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 21 May 2005 00:32:05 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8308joshtree/22640745_soWBh-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 14:55:03 894421ff2d35394514e0f3dce04badcf 0bedba8450df67154d9791d220ebf5ba a7852208b7e9cd7c6e27dd195046743b 798740852a84c1e8e10b8b144de895cc 76ae2e15e309b6457f7d6285ee0ba8b4 Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640745_soWBh" title="Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8308joshtree/22640745_soWBh-Th.jpg" width="130" height="150" alt="Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten." title="Native Americans found the Joshua tree to be a great resource: leaves were worked into baskets and sandals; flower buds and seeds were eaten." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel joshua, tree Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640864_y6mDR <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640864_y6mDR" title="Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8331joshtree/22640864_y6mDR-Th.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals." title="Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 21 May 2005 00:34:47 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8331joshtree/22640864_y6mDR-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 15:10:54 0530a4a77bf8ff5ca9026b80e47a5afd 216f91c32b7567d853559f5350d3e3c8 b999548de0c895236e47ef273e831bd4 7f6b2e232e458cd896476eceef4c7c92 9f0f1c93eb7abf48b0340fb82f6c7fe3 Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640864_y6mDR" title="Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8331joshtree/22640864_y6mDR-Th.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals." title="Homesteaders used Joshua tree trunks and limbs to build fences and corrals." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel joshua, trees Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640927_qtHEc <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640927_qtHEc" title="Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8268joshtree/22640927_qtHEc-Th.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward." title="Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 21 May 2005 00:37:34 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8268joshtree/22640927_qtHEc-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 14:17:54 ca904368d71cfdd2fe870ebbde401279 71f3dea8e509b15f312325c31bcf5fd3 ff5185502c23acfa5235076692347fba 65a00b32e3970ca70009662a81c22ed4 d14f0b1d8e009600b53059642f257eaf Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640927_qtHEc" title="Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8268joshtree/22640927_qtHEc-Th.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward." title="Mormon migrants named the tree after the prophet Joshua seeing the tree limbs outstretched up and westward." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel joshua, tree Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640949_3VBiC <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640949_3VBiC" title="Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8256joshtrees/22640949_3VBiC-Th.jpg" width="109" height="150" alt="Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth." title="Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 21 May 2005 00:38:44 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8256joshtrees/22640949_3VBiC-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:59:51 78424a898c99855fb69f89e63c2a4ca1 23b0dfcd34bf6240610edc6c786aa2cb 266bfc96d743f772f4476df185843580 95cfb716c0bc18e9f21a7a03a2ffb353 9beb0e878aa07193d382f10f792c0372 Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640949_3VBiC" title="Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8256joshtrees/22640949_3VBiC-Th.jpg" width="109" height="150" alt="Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth." title="Joshua trees don't have tree rings. To determine a tree's age, divide the height of the tree by one-half inch, the average annual growth." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel joshua, tree Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22641048_nwVrg <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22641048_nwVrg" title="These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8292yuccaflowers/22641048_nwVrg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans." title="These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 21 May 2005 00:39:59 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8292yuccaflowers/22641048_nwVrg-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 14:22:07 70e1146a99a8c3ec5db54f1624af1949 e7a8e216a383826309591eeb8e19120a 098292d798465424a36b67df5f40f747 8214d762cb448d4609615ea09dc400c8 49d51f0e48d299b5e9771a0da6666451 These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22641048_nwVrg" title="These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8292yuccaflowers/22641048_nwVrg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans." title="These may be yucca flowers or palmilla flowers. This plant provided materials for baskets, sandals, nets, food, and the roots were soaked to make shampoo by Native Americans." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel yucca Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22634557_L6LRV <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22634557_L6LRV" title="Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8197lizardblue/22634557_L6LRV-Th.jpg" width="104" height="150" alt="Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land." title="Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 20 May 2005 22:41:00 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8197lizardblue/22634557_L6LRV-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 12:34:47 06ee0758894fc03e85cc7f32ad302081 f6d04fa388bab81ff71855d2b4f69aee b28f8e516b41bae8e17ac59355df9173 f29aaa175d4d251577d64a2f508ca7bb 2a1d83bca248a8ca73737435ba3eec34 Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22634557_L6LRV" title="Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8197lizardblue/22634557_L6LRV-Th.jpg" width="104" height="150" alt="Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land." title="Lizards, lizards, everywhere in the park! Should be called Lizard Land." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel lizard Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640912_KJPKH <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage!</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640912_KJPKH" title="This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage!"><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8273graylizard/22640912_KJPKH-Th.jpg" width="59" height="150" alt="This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage!" title="This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 21 May 2005 00:36:54 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8273graylizard/22640912_KJPKH-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 14:19:05 76ebfb064e6fa3187779b40d33058a13 7f2a3484228a07c47fec7a2cca481a34 522718ebe0f10948b64d6489f527c005 698b5d9840aea8b030795fb8823b1e0f 6469461cb7ee992ce32ba8e74f3253c1 This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage! <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage!</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640912_KJPKH" title="This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage!"><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8273graylizard/22640912_KJPKH-Th.jpg" width="59" height="150" alt="This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage!" title="This lizard stood his ground on his rock as I took photos in the park. Clever camouflage!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel lizard Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640781_6mTek <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640781_6mTek" title="A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8299teddybearcactus/22640781_6mTek-Th.jpg" width="103" height="150" alt="A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom." title="A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 21 May 2005 00:33:35 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8299teddybearcactus/22640781_6mTek-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 14:25:09 3bcfb9527321802ae38df4a9722524be 1931975ed2cd582192d1b250a1e3f96d 7b296c64b01daf4ee0fed32eb5d492f8 2729ec6316e98c6d94db1f257f4eb0db 6692709d0d379328a7a6899e9aa630f1 A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640781_6mTek" title="A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8299teddybearcactus/22640781_6mTek-Th.jpg" width="103" height="150" alt="A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom." title="A teddy bear cholla cactus plant not yet in bloom." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel cactus Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640895_y9dt4 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640895_y9dt4" title="A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8317cactus/22640895_y9dt4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer." title="A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 21 May 2005 00:36:07 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8317cactus/22640895_y9dt4-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 15:02:19 6052e573221d99b37d777e5fb33edcb9 7f99eacf91613db61cdfd7a56ec1d38e df3d7cad16e55326819f96325211a96f 4c447b08d7c3e46d03599c4f0131d2ac bed63f8b2c3d055d320be7c199d8c64c A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22640895_y9dt4" title="A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8317cactus/22640895_y9dt4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer." title="A prickly pear cactus plant just coming out for summer." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel cactus Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635322_AcyQi <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635322_AcyQi" title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8250desertmariposa/22635322_AcyQi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 20 May 2005 22:50:32 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8250desertmariposa/22635322_AcyQi-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:53:28 4e06f28ab1f1d8367ebdeef8c3b6dd2b d7c2a2eaf6ec01ba531ad97ae173ca70 cc2f2fb2515496149bb645fe4bd63506 a68c290c167172962ef5e05e79b6470a 984e3782030b2ab2340c27bdf8fe8eee The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635322_AcyQi" title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8250desertmariposa/22635322_AcyQi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel desert, mariposa Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635478_FFCdA <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635478_FFCdA" title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8251desertmariposa/22635478_FFCdA-Th.jpg" width="134" height="150" alt="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 20 May 2005 22:51:57 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8251desertmariposa/22635478_FFCdA-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:53:52 f6cbcab343a1c7c8f961ac5c333deecc b61d58e07f63a94ac6764b847736f3f9 f869cfe41369904d9f230cc9f161ebf1 a5d322430fdfc6f2d32e77a9745c7aa6 26a03988c3fe0ca1bd41b68904d197b9 The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635478_FFCdA" title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8251desertmariposa/22635478_FFCdA-Th.jpg" width="134" height="150" alt="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel desert, mariposa Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22634034_q6d8i <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22634034_q6d8i" title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8252desertmariposa/22634034_q6d8i-Th.jpg" width="150" height="127" alt="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 20 May 2005 22:33:52 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8252desertmariposa/22634034_q6d8i-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:54:29 b4c91a10d1cec2a0becf83b2a6f3c0d6 b1488da4544b98e4821f5859450a1cc6 5cd341cfca05d4112c103b70564b42b8 c8d803d7d3ac230d68bf1a9bc7b25791 fdd4a98174cbab215a347f7ec3aeedac The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22634034_q6d8i" title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8252desertmariposa/22634034_q6d8i-Th.jpg" width="150" height="127" alt="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." title="The desert mariposa lily blooms only when the amount of rainfall and temperatures are just right, like this year." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel desert, mariposa Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22641155_J7oP3 <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Mojave Aster (light lilac in color)</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22641155_J7oP3" title="Mojave Aster (light lilac in color)"><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8226mojaveaster/22641155_J7oP3-Th.jpg" width="148" height="150" alt="Mojave Aster (light lilac in color)" title="Mojave Aster (light lilac in color)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sat, 21 May 2005 00:42:45 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8226mojaveaster/22641155_J7oP3-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:42:49 d6b6cff3227854d844aec44618ba73c4 96a81eb53dea6c9f391bacae4416f932 4120d94be5db2f20c46db29f18dce574 aa3dfc34663f478d944285f22b08b086 9c40b0a68439434f617ad4b2193cda63 Mojave Aster (light lilac in color) <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Mojave Aster (light lilac in color)</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22641155_J7oP3" title="Mojave Aster (light lilac in color)"><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8226mojaveaster/22641155_J7oP3-Th.jpg" width="148" height="150" alt="Mojave Aster (light lilac in color)" title="Mojave Aster (light lilac in color)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel wildflower Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635234_h4Vgh <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635234_h4Vgh" title="May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8222tinyyellowflwr/22635234_h4Vgh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="128" alt="May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX." title="May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 20 May 2005 22:49:31 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8222tinyyellowflwr/22635234_h4Vgh-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:41:19 fe8e38e3d94957a1a8ef635a22df38c5 2cac88155c36172eb39c3e3167727ad7 3fc7ba87f6f034096b53d238ef5e6151 45b0a46fb013678ad029acc7933b0995 a07d1758c3e14d42d8da7dd4ed1dad9d May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635234_h4Vgh" title="May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8222tinyyellowflwr/22635234_h4Vgh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="128" alt="May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX." title="May be a tackstem wildflower... I photographed an identical wildflower like this one in an old cemetery near Cuero, TX." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel desert, wildflower Kay Jones Kay Jones http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635834_hEKWU <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635834_hEKWU" title="Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8215ojflwr/22635834_hEKWU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red." title="Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Fri, 20 May 2005 22:55:45 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Kay Jones) http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8215ojflwr/22635834_hEKWU-Th.jpg 2005-05-20 13:34:22 49723cbff9efbca39ea3abb041e93b5e 7df60378d620f419c3740f5c289a13c8 5cc93bdd4129d7ec782e0a0117ef9270 1a6e7e1aa37bb7984c4d5f9c41a9797a a4f60ea358b05a7853838facd5966902 Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red. <p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com">Kay Jones</a><br />Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red.</p><p><a href="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/545940_RK4pr#22635834_hEKWU" title="Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red."><img src="http://kayjones.smugmug.com/Travel/Joshua-Tree-National-Park/IMG8215ojflwr/22635834_hEKWU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red." title="Apricot mallow, really less red than the color appears here. It's natural color was more orange than red." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel wildflower Kay Jones Kay Jones