It is now past mid-March. Granger takes an excursion on the 20th and thereafter begins to note the seasonal changes in his desert environment. From map pasted into Walter Granger's 1907 Faiyum expedition photo album. Temple ruin at Qasr el Sagha. Still splendid weather with nights cool but getting warmer.
Spring seems to be on here now.
Several new plants have sprung up in favorable wadies and there are more birds moving about. Saw storks flying northward to Europe today. It is surprising what a variety of life one can find here upon careful search and it seems remarkable that any thing can live. Antelope of at least two species leave tracks in the wadies every morning. There are a few beetles and millions of house flies.