April 14, 2013
Yesterday, while checking our bred replacement heifers, I noticed some Harvest Brodiaea (Elegans) in bloom and wondered if the Insignis, the Kaweah Brodiaea, was blooming yet. Usually not due to bloom until about the 10th of May, their purple patches were easy to see in our short feed, an indication, perhaps, of the stress this dry spring. I will try to monitor their bloom this year to test my thesis that the period is short, about a week.
April 14, 2013
April 26th Update: Not a trace of the Kaweah Brodiaea this morning. Too many other things going on during the period for me to monitor these wildflowers close enough to draw any solid conclusions other than if you want to see the Kaweah Brodiaea, you need to be in the right place for a fairly short time.
drycrikjournal 
You’re getting really good at these and amassing quite a wonderful collection. Hope you might be willing to share some of them to illustrate some TCT articles on the webpages . . . .
We’ve been watching the Ken Burns Dust Bowl PBS series and thinking ominous thoughts.
Hope those calves are putting on some weight.
🙂
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