The Apple cactus in our west side yard has really been active this year, growing all sorts of flowers and generating fruit for the first time that I can remember. If you want to see them in all their God-given glory you gotta get to them as soon at first light because they bloom at night and for one night only before they die off quickly during the day.
Isn’t this beautiful? I had a work call at 7 AM but when I looked out the window after grabbing my morning coffee I just had to grab my phone and scurry outside in the cool October morn to snap some photos.
The bees sure like them! And the colors of the yellow and red bougainvillea aren’t bad, either.
Cactus Flower – One of my favorite movies. Oh, you meant something else. 🙂
Gorgeous. The wife and I have murdered a few so I’m not sure I should even be looking at these.
Comment by Rob — October 24, 2014 @ 12:40 pm
Thanks, Rob – your blog is my inspiration when it comes to photos. Folks, you can’t do better than
http://www.crabapplelane.net/journal/
The deer pic is awesome!
Comment by The Great White Shank — October 24, 2014 @ 10:25 pm
that really is lovely
Comment by Jana — October 28, 2014 @ 2:06 pm
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