Monday, August 16, 2010

Waiting out Summer...

Our Monsoon season has pretty much fizzled out this year. We had one week of rainy days, and even those didn't live up to expectations.  I water water water, but do little else outside, and look forward to cooler temps and more garden time. The best is just ahead! The cactus blooms are slowing a bit but there is still something blooming almost every day. Here are some cactus blooms from the last week or so.


And sometimes, after the flowers come fruit. I tasted these and they are pretty tangy little fruits. The birds usually get them before I can snap a picture.
Happy Cactus Monday- to see other artwork and photography with a prickly theme please visit. Teri's Painted Daisies!

11 comments:

Julie said...

How neat to have all those cactus blooms! They are just so soft and unusual, aren't they? Soft flowers on such seemingly hard cactuses! Love the contrast. Happy Cactus Monday!

soulbrush said...

i am in heaven just seeing these lovely blooms. senita is in a fairly big pot, but i am going to take your advice and try repotting her- but hope i don't lose her- she is so special to me now..thanks for advice.

Rohrerbot said...

It's almost here......the cooler temps are just around the corner:)

Teri said...

Those beautiful cacti make all the bad things about heat just go away. These blooms are awesome!

❤HCM❤

Margaret Ann said...

Such soft and pretty little blooms...Happy Cactus Monday!

Cynthia DiBlasi - Fine Art said...

The blooms are so gorgeous! I loved seeing an explosion of them on your post, one after another. HCM!

Purnima@a creative project said...

Beautiful pictures.. your cactus blooms are such a delight!!!!HCM!!

Lisa at Greenbow said...

What gorgeous blooms on your cactus. If I lived where I didn't have to bring in cactus I would have a whole lot more of them. These blooms say it all. Those little fruits are quite pretty too. I wonder if you could make jelly out of them?? Happy CM.

Candice Suter.....Sweetstuff said...

beautiful blooms girl! Sorry I am late. HCM!

PAK ART said...

someday I'm going to grow up and have a cactus garden just like yours! I love all your blooms.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful stuff! Happy Cactus Monday!