The cholla cacti that surround the house are all in bloom. The flowers range from yellow to copper colored. They are all very pretty. Click on the image to enlarge.
Arizona
Roadrunner
We saw this roadrunner as we were leaving Mom’s retirement ranch. It was scampering through a neighbor’s yard with something in its mouth (a lizard, I think). Click on the image to enlarge.
Wikipedia says this about the roadrunner’s diet and foraging habits:
Food and foraging habits
Roadrunners are omnivores and are opportunistic. Their diet normally consists of insects (such as grasshoppers, crickets, caterpillars, and beetles), small reptiles (such as lizards and snakes, including rattlesnakes), rodents and small mammals, tarantulas, scorpions, centipedes, spiders, snails, small birds, eggs, nestlings, and fruits and seeds like prickly pear cactus and sumac. Because of its quickness, the roadrunner is one of the few animals that preys upon rattlesnakes.
Prickly Pear Cactus Flower
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.
Cleveland Sage In Bloom
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.
Early Spring Cactus Flower Slideshow
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.
Beavertail Cactus Flowers
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.
