Once I got to editing, cacti and other pointy things just went mad in my pointy brain! So here are some more square yet pointy, spiky, jagged pictures … and keep them away from your eyes! You could put your eye out with one of those pointy things!
I don’t even know what these are. Maybe the edges of young ironwood tree?Cactus! Let’s not always see the same hands!
Those are some amazing barbs, too. You get close to these and they hop right on to your pants legs. These are jumpers!
The Superstitions, known locally (I am told) as “The Supes” are a heap of jagged rocks. Nothing except cactus grows there. Maybe the odd bit of ironwood too. It’s pretty barren and very harsh.
It has been very springlike for the past couple of days, though it will be rather colder for the next few days. Probably because spring is actually coming and it always seems to get cold as the season technically arrives.
This is more or less normal in this part of the country. It’s usually in the low or mid-40s as we slide into spring. It’s not uncommon to get a few inches of snow in April, too.
More square pink cactus
Wet snow that feels slushy even as it falls, mind you. I need the snow to go away because I need to replace our mailbox. They will not deliver mail until we replace the box
Square cactus and it’s also rather pink
And I absolutely have to fix our chimney. It has been a seriously windy, stormy year. The chimney wasn’t in good shape before all the storms. It’s worse now and I don’t know how much worse. I have to get someone up there to see how bad it is and deal with it. A collapsed chimney is a big, expensive problem. Summer doesn’t last very long. We need to get to fixing things before we are into next winter.
Garry really went all out for this birthday. He actually ordered this in advance. That’s right. NOT picked up at the supermarket on the day of my birthday but planned. In advance! Including little hand painted birds.
It definitely improved my mood. I would have liked to take better pictures outside, but the deck is still pretty mucky with melting, sodden snow and ice. Not to mention a few dozen birds!
This probably the best picture, but it only shows the painted ChickadeeI think you can almost see the little painted Cardinal and of course, the ChickadeeThe red side of the bouquetAnd a painted ChickadeeThe best part of the picture are the two sleeping Scotties on the sofa. I think they sleep all day so they can bark all morning! They were just SO excited about my annual event.
I thought you might be tired of my cactus, so allow me to introduce the spikiest water lilies I’ve ever seen. We think of water lilies as flat, but they come in a lot of shapes and this one is very common along the shores of the Blackstone River.
I think the big one is nearing the end of its run, but I noticed today that the smaller one is full of buds too. So maybe we’re going to have a few more weeks of flowers.
I assume they will be pink rather than red, but sometimes the pink one has red flowers.
Sunday (aka the day after tomorrow) will bring, in order, snow, sleet, freezing rain, and finally, rain. I know we had some crocus, but it’s buried under 18 inches of snow.
These are eighteen inches of frozen hard snow. Nothing fluffy or fun about it. I’m hoping the rain ultimately washes most of it away.
Photo Garry ArmstrongPhoto Garry Armstrong
So, as you can imagine, colorful is later this year or memories of last year. I cannot bring forth the colors to come, so I shall revisit the flowers from days of yore.
July 2018July 2018- Photo: Garry ArmstrongDaylilies and roses
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