Hot Summer

I figured it was time to poke my head up and say we're still here! Not much happening around here, it's been a hot few weeks. I'm getting a couple of tomatoes now and then, but they're not doing as well as I'd hoped. The few I'm getting sure are tasty, though. A lady brought in a few sacks of beefsteak maters to work last week, so we're getting by. ;)

I did manage to get a few pictures of a couple of cacti that are putting on a show right now. They bloom at night, so the pictures don't really do them justice. I'm not a photographer. :P

This one is my favorite It's about 5 inches across, and before it opens, it sticks the long green pistil in the center out like a tongue, retracts it, then opens up. It's like it has to taste the air to make sure it's right to open.

This one is of the same bloom earlier that night as it opened. It's not in perfect focus because I couldn't hold the camera still enough for the low light conditions, but the colors are much truer than the other picture.

To check out the whole album, click here, and here.

Here's another pair of blooms from the cactus we call the Maneater. I grew up with this cactus most of my life, and Mom finally gave it to me a few years ago. These blooms are about 3-4 inches across, and covered with ugly gray hair on the outside. I'm expecting an especially good show out of the Maneater here in a few days, there are 7 (yes, seven!) blooms getting ready to go, all at once.

Well, that's it for now. Stay out of the heat!