On my drive from my house to Utah Valley, I drive through Provo Canyon.  Before getting to the canyon, I drive around Deer Creek Reservoir
(Wow … the picture on this page is pretty much what I see out the
back windows of my house!) and for the last several weeks there have
been the most amazing colors painted across the desert landscape.

There have been bright patches of red, then purple, and now yellow and
white as flowers are blooming and displaying their incredible
colors.  What is amazing is the patterns that are created by
‘natural genetic engineering’ … the interaction of the weather, soil,
wildlife, and numerous other causes that generate beautiful patterns
spread across the hill sides.

This has been a very interesting spring this year as the weather has
been wet, and we even had some late snow.  I think that this is
what is also effecting the blooming of the various flowers.  It’s
sometimes amazing to stop and really look at what nature has been
creating for millions of years … some of it is hard to compare to
what we create as humans.