Great shot! It's a perfect portrait without the shadow but with the shadow it's even more interesting. With a root structure like a web, that has to be a palm.

Great job! Spot on with flower IDs too!
Age riding, bird spotting and flower spotting! All we need is lizards now! :-)

Small clump with blue on left is Phacelia

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49347-Phacelia/browse_photos?place_id=95816

The two biggest plants with tiny yellow flowers are a mustard species, maybe London rocket

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58085-Sisymbrium-irio

Nice to see the sparse winter rains have not been without effect!

Sliders are known for flight... straight down!

Gotta love natural vegetation control!

Congratulations, Scott! What a great day! France is getting more real all the time!

What a wonderful day--even the birds cooperated! And it looks like you'll be going off to Europe again. Congratulations!

A happy day all the way around. I bet you slept well that night. Congratulations.

Not only the shadow, but the texture of the tree trunk!

I knew you would stop for those goats! I saw them for the first time yesterday.

Congratulations! This one feels pretty meaningful, given the winter you've had.

Well, once again you impress me. You and Rachael are very inspiring and dedicated to fitness, but these annual "ride your age" rides are really something. The furthest we've ridden is 89 miles and that was ten years ago and definitely not to be repeated. What a beautiful day with wonderful news to boot.

Oh, and "pee anxiety" is real.

Bowler hats? I'm not Tucson-savvy, is this a real thing?

Congratulations Scott! I’m sure it will be many more years before you have to settle for metric distances.

I love thar theater. Thanks for the pics.