In the spring of 2005 the wildflowers bloomed all over Socorro County putting on a spectacular show that I had not witnessed in the 18 years I have lived here. Flowers I had never seen before sprung up through the hard stony desert floor.
By late April the river terraces south of my house were a carpet of brilliant white Evening Primrose. As their name implies they open in the early evening and wilt soon after sunrise
I spent the spring months driving all over Socorro County to capture over 120 different species of wild flowers in bloom. Rounding a bend on a dirt road east of Socorro I came across a bank carpeted with Tufted Evening Primrose. I stopped the car and spent the next half hour photographing the delicate flowers being careful to watch for snakes!