Garden Walks in July, Part 1

 

The July weather has heated up significantly over the past two weeks.  We've gone from hot to sizzling hot.  I was wishing I could take a walk at the Desert Botanical Garden but it felt too hot over the last weekend.  

That got me to wondering if I've ever been able to walk at the garden in month of July.  I searched through the photo files and I found seven different years where I got to take a walk in July.  So I thought I'd post some photos from those seven years.  Above and to the left are two that were taken in 2012.  I like that sun flare in the top photo.  It looks like the sun was just peeking over the mountain and through the heavy clouds.  Agave blooms appear in the left photo.

Heavy clouds will be a theme through all of these photos.  Cloudy skies or rain are the only things that would make if cool enough to be walking outside in July.

In July of 2013, I snapped this photo of a hummingbird having a little rest from all that buzzing around that I normally see.

I also snapped a photo of this sunflower with something purple blooming in the background.  

I'll show you a few more July walks photos over the next few days.  Who knows, maybe I'll get the opportunity to take a walk this July.  All we need is a nice, heavy monsoon storm to cool things down.