Mojave Desert Life: I told my wife that we would try to find some wildflowers...

...on our trip to the Calico Mountains.  She wanted to try out the .22 caliber Smith & Wesson hand-gun that I'd purchased.

As we searched for a spot to set up our targets, we noticed that there were no wildflowers, despite the recent rains.

It wasn't until we were packing up for the trip home, that I noticed the flower in the photograph on the right, protruding through the gravel.  

1/160th sec. @ f 5.6.