It just doesn’t get a whole lot better than this. Verna snapped this photo of me in the patio spa this afternoon while I was relaxing from all the retirement I did today . . . 😉
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Red Stargazer Lily
The stargazer lilies we got at the store this week are opening up and they are bright red in color. The fragrance is very nice as well. Click on the image to enlarge.
The Dog Park Again
The Mama and the Daddy took us to the dog park again today. They always want us to ride on this thing in the park, but all it’s good for, really, is sniffing and marking (it’s a boy thing). Cabela likes to sniff too. At the other end of the park is a nice table that I can jump up on. Click on the image to make us big.
Flowers in the Wash
I saw a splash of color up in the wash behind our house yesterday, so I grabbed my Canon SX40 camera and hiked up there. When I got to the beavertail cactus, there was a large pink flower open. I hiked up a little higher to the prickly pear cactus and found several yellow flowers open there. I posted photos of the pink and yellow flowers above, but I also took another of a pair of prickly pear yellow flowers and uploaded it here. Click on either flower above to view full size.
Curve Billed Thrasher Nest
Some of the best things about living in the semi-rural desert is watching the wildlife and seeing the beautiful cactus flowers. There is always something going on.
I was out in the front yard spraying for weeds when I noticed a curve-billed thrasher suddenly flush out of a nearby cholla cactus. I put down the spray bottle to investigate and discovered that the thrashers had restored their nest in the cactus from last year. I peeked in and saw three eggs in the nest. Luckily, I had my Canon SX40 still strapped around my neck and held it above the cholla to get this shot of the eggs in the nest. Click on the image to enlarge.
First Saguaro Flowers of Spring
We were at the pharmacy this morning to pick up some meds when I saw the old saguaro cactus in the parking lot had sprouted some flowers. We went over and took a few pictures of the new flowers and all the flower pods of flowers to come.These are the first saguaro flowers we have seen this spring. The saguaro flower is the state flower of Arizona. Click on the image to enlarge.
