Desert Green

I just returned from visiting relatives in Eastern Washington.
The high deserts of Oregon & Washington are so very green this year!
What a contrast to the barren landscapes baked brown by the hot sun of summers of years past!

Everywhere I looked I saw many shades of green.
It contrasted nicely with the deep umber of columnar basalt rock and the white fluffy clouds bouncing across the blue sky.

Green sagebrush; green grass, moss and lichens.
It's amazing what a good rainstorm will do for the desert.
The cows and horses on the range are having a field day with so much green grass.

I guess it's not too surprising that the native plants are green and flowers are still blooming in Eastern Washington.
We've had so much rain in the Pacific Northwest. We've been doused - or should I say, mostly drowned in rain showers?

Much of the rain that has doused the western side of the Cascade mountain range made it over the mountains and into the desert.
Even so, I was surprised to see so much green everywhere.

I really had no idea that sagebrush is such an interesting shade of green.
I'll post some photos so you can see it too!