These are just absolutely beautiful! Click on the image to enlarge.
Arizona
Bishop’s Hat Cactus Flowers
We had a beautiful “second spring” day today in which the temperature got up to about 78°. Most areas of the country refer this sort of weather as “Indian Summer,” but here it’s second spring. After all, summer here is more like 102° and who wants that after summer is over.
These beautiful flowers opened on my Bishop’s Cap cactus. I also had some flowers open on the Devil’s Tongue. Click on the image to enlarge.
Splash Time
The Mama and the Daddy took us to the dog park today. I had a lot of fun running around and when the Mama filled up the tub with water, I took a dip and splashed around. It was fun! Click on the image to enlarge.
Hidden Cacti in the Outback
I posted about a hidden hedgehog cactus a few days ago. Verna and I went up to the outback to look at the hidden cactus and found several more flowering cacti up there. I took photos and posted them in the slideshow above. Click on the image to advance to the next of four images.
Obviously, I have to make a project of removing some of the deadwood and trim away other vegetation obscuring the cacti. I hope to be able to return to the outback in the springtime to make another slideshow of the flowers on these cacti.
Window Seat
Sometimes when the sun shines in the front window, I like to lay on the sill and get warm in the sun. Click on the image to enlarge.
Back Property Line Panorama
This is the image I was trying to get when I discovered the hedgehog cactus yesterday. I was standing (approximately) on the north property line. This image is looking toward the south. The south property line extends roughly from the trash barrel on the road at the left to the fence behind the trailer on the right. Click on the image to enlarge.
