Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Thursday, May 05, 2011

My favorite cactus flower picture



This picture that I took several years ago remains one of my favorites. Rarely do you ever see a prickly pear cactus with a bloom this color. It has been my computer background picture for years. Most of the blooms are shades of yellow. Some are shades of orange. Very rarely do you see a red bloom.

Monday, May 02, 2011

Indigo Bunting













Before I retired I never seemed to take time to notice some things like this pretty little bird. I had to go to the bird book and look this one up. I think it is an Indigo Bunting. When everyday seems like "Saturday" things slow down and you have time to notice neat things.







Female Painted Bunting



Here is the female painted bunting. I had to look this one up. These birds seem to come migrating through and are here for about a month.