April 2013

I walked up the road toward the neighbor’s house where there are several flowers blooming on one of her prickly pear cacti. This is one of the prettiest on the cactus. Click on the image to enlarge.

These flowers are starting to bloom in the courtyard. This is the delicate Cleveland Sage flower that has a subtle but pungent fragrance that aerates the courtyard from spring to late summer. Click on the image to enlarge.

We have been having a wonderful array of spring cactus flowers here in town. I took many of the images in the slideshow here in our yard, although some in other yards here in town. The cactus types are hedgehog, Argentine Giant, prickly pear, beavertail and cholla. Click on the slideshow above to advance through the ten-image array.

We had no idea that when Bob transplanted several beavertail cacti from the hill behind the house to several places along the RV drive that they would do so well. Now that spring is here, they are rewarding the effort with many beautiful pink flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.

A few days ago, I showed some flower buds on a cholla cactus. At that time, I mentioned that we would soon be getting some cholla flowers. Well, today marks the first day where the cholla are blooming. Click on the image to enlarge.