March 29, 2020
Today I went down to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to check
on some plants, especially the Dudleyas, I wanted to see if they
were in flower. They were not, but are getting close.
I don't have an ID for this yet, but it sure is a lovely flower.
UPDATE: Desert Snow, Linanthus demissus.
The Dudleyas are almost ready to bloom, I
hope I can make the trip down again to see it.
A Common Side-blotched Lizard, very common, but I liked the
pose with the lupine leaves in the foreground. It even gave me a catchlight in the eye.
I have lots of photos of cardinals, but couldn't turn down another.
Here's my setup with the C8 and now with the guide scope and autoguider.
The guide scope is a 80mm refractor, 600mm focal length. Lots of
cables hooking everything together. I should have done this a long time
ago, it works great. This opens up lots of possibilities that I had not
much hope for before.