Greening of the desert

Yesterday I found this lovely vintage Indian scarf at my favorite thrift store, which was closing for the summer and marked everything at 50 percent off ~ so this was $2. It's a beautiful desert-summer-green cotton, pale, with tiny sequins and one rhinestone decoration. The hem is hand-rolled and sewn

The desert here is also greening up, after an unusual late May rain  . . . usually in June it is dry, bone dry, and plants are withered and brown. But now, even the ocotillos have leaves. 

Prickly pear cactus fruit ripening

Palo verde seed pods ripening

Prickly pear cactus pad growth

Ocotillo leaves