Our long-time friends, Jim and Karen, arrived yesterday for a visit. They have a desert retreat they were planning to visit this weekend and were able to stop by for a long overdue get-together. We were just sitting down to dinner in this photo. Click on the image to enlarge.
A single flower opened on this little cactus last week. Today, it has five beautiful pink flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.
I found this reference to the little cacti that dot the hill behind our house at BirdandHike.com:
Common Fishhook Cactus (Mammillaria tetrancistra) is a small, mound-shaped cactus with short, thin white spines that nearly cover the plant plus longer, darker, fish-hook shaped spines that stand out from the body of the plant. In early summer, red to lavender flowers emerge from the side of the stem that are nearly as large as the entire plant.
In a few days, our little fishhook cactus will produce five more little pink flowers for our viewing and photo-op enjoyment. Click on the image to enlarge.
Throw my little squeaky toy so I can chase it and play with it. I like when the hoomins throw my toys and I can play keep away with them. I run around the coffee table and jump up on the sofa and love seat to keep the toy away from them. Click on me to make me big.
I believe this is the last of the summer saguaro flowers on our giant cactus. We were very fortunate to have had so many flowers after the cactus crew transplanted our beautiful saguaro in May. Click on the image to enlarge.
We got nothing tonight – just a shot of the waterfall in the new spa . . . 🙂
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