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Paperbag books are easy and fun to make – as simple or as creatively embellished as you like.

Take a photo for a “picnik”.

Red Bird of Paradise (Caesalpinia pulcherrima)
Fabaceae Family
A landscape shrub growing to 10 feet tall with vibrant, deep orange and yellow flowers. Often planted on medians or alongside roads. So beautiful you may be tempted to pick a bloom, but be careful of the many small, sharp thorns!

Brittlebush, Incienso, Goldenhills (Encelia farinosa)
Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)
Drought-resistant, silvery-gray bush blooms November to May.

Photographed along the Nature Trail Loop, Piestewa Peak area, March 2008.

There are a few species with flowers of a very similar shape and color:
Mexican Gold Poppy (Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana)
Has a very narrow pink rim at base of petals. Leaves have 3 dissected lobes.
California Poppy (E. californica ssp. californica)
Closely related [...]