As soon as it began raining in July, I started praying that the rain would continue into August, most especially because I hoped Trans-Pecos morning glories would bloom in the foothills come late summer. They don’t show up at all during dry years.
It kept raining and sure enough, the washes in the foothills were covered with scarlet creeper in late August and early September. The flowers are small, only about 10-12mm in diameter.
I’m completely smitten with these little treasures.1
Bonus Equinox Photo
Almost ten years ago, I took a guided hike to see this petroglyph, just a few days prior to the equinox. The shadow crossed the square spiral at almost exactly 1 pm that day.
I tried the same hike yesterday, with the assistance of a GPS file I’d loaded onto my phone. I’d remembered it as an easy walk but it turned into a many-hours-long bushwhack, with countless wrong turns. I finally got to the petroglyph panel but alas, it was way too late to see the shadow.2
I took over a thousand photos of Trans-Pecos morning glories this year (!).
This is one of the photos I took during that first, much easier, hike.
Such wonderful adventures you have! I see why you are smitten with the Trans-Pecos Morning Glories.