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Sunday, August 4, 2024

Domingo Sombreado

Morning sky
Pleasant surprise for Dr. K, Willow and me when we started out this morning:  overcast sky made for quite pleasant hiking conditions.

We trekked along our usual route, and I took more photos than I planned on taking even though I kept the count under thirty.

After the hike, during which we saw no one, we drove over to our local Circle K to gas up the CR-V and, afterwards, to take a long ride through several familiar neighborhoods.

Nipple Beehive Cactus under a mesquite tree

Nipple Beehive Cactus (Coryphantha macromeris)

 

Tortugas and the Organs

Little Wils on break

Alien yucca

Barrel cactus buds

Willow and Dr. K in LDR-A arroyo

Little Whitethorn

This & next:  view from the left branch arroyo


My favorite barrel cactus mandala

This & next:  prickly pear cactus with pears


This & next:  barrel with baby barrel twins


Barrel cactus with last season's fruit and this season's buds

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

I really like the image of the Barrel cactus with the old and new fruit.

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