It's the Season of Yellow

 

It's that time of year when the palo verde trees are blooming like crazy and covering the everything in a blanket of yellow.  They are a sign of spring and a warning of the hot summer to come.  It actually feels like the hot summer has arrived with record temperatures above the 100 degree mark this last week.  

I took this photo at a restaurant called Ocotillo.  I knew they had an entrance that was lined with palo verde trees so I stopped there to catch a photo.  You can't see this entrance from the street so I had no idea just how yellow it would be.  I was surprised by the intensity of the color.