14 | THE COLONY NEWS | MARCH 2021 |
COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
By Kathy Sullivan
Hurray! It's almost spring. Time to plant, time to enjoy longer
hours of daylight and time to enjoy the spectacle of the desert
changing its clothes. I am always amazed how the normally
bland, but stickery, desert can come alive every March. This
year will probably not be a super bloom but there are always
flowers, sometimes playing hide and seek with a cactus or so
tiny you must get down close to enjoy their lively colors.
I can't image a March without a trip to the desert. The photos
in my article are from Anza Borrego State Park, Joshua Tree
National Park and places alongside unnamed roads.
While you are reading this article, I will already be in Anza
Borrego with some of the family camping and photographing
this year's flowers.
I started learning photography at Palomar College in the 80s.
Back then, many hours were spent in a smelly lab watching my
photos slowly emerge from the developer fluids. Of course,
then it was all black and white and I have never gotten over my
love of black and white photography. The desert offers great
opportunities for B&W photography.
I just checked and Google maps says it is a 1 hour and 45
minutes drive from The Colony to Borrego Springs. There are
quite a few good restaurants in Borrego, or maybe a picnic
would be fun.
California Desert Flowers
