Around Our House

Aloes in the courtyard
 

Hedgehog in bloom
 

Lots of  rain in 2001 produced these bunch of hedgehog blooms.

 

Prickly pear.
 
 

Ocotillo
 

Ocotillo bloom
 
 

Willow Springs Wash (from our roof)
 
 

Our courtyard gate

Three of our exotic cactus in bloom
They bloom during the night and shrivel up in the sun the next day
 
 

Brittle bush
 

Purple sage
 
 

One of our hundred+ saguaro in bloom
 

Saguaro bloom upclose and personal - once the flower dries up and falls off the green seed pod will ripen and split open revealing a very sweet & tasty red pulp (which many folks think is a red flower)

Staghorn cholla in bloom
 

View from back porch - jojoba bush, ocotillo, yellow palo verde and ironwood (purple blossoms)
 

Ironwood tree blossom
 
 

Pin-cushion or Fishhook cactus in bloom - the small (3/4in)
red fruits produced by the flowers are very good to eat
 
 

Sunset from our house
 

Same sunset looking more to the north
 
 

Friday: One flower and three buds on an easter cactus.

Saturday: four flowers.

Eleven flowers on this one.
 
 

There's gold in them thar hills!