Wonderfulicious Wednesday

Not clear about why I didn't post last week . . . well, maybe I am

but who needs to hear about more health issues?

Anyway, the Red Super Moon/eclipse was amazing!

Most likely I'll be too old to care the next time there is an eclipse.

Though, I plan on photographing right up to the end!

The camera caught things I couldn't see! 

Love that about cameras!

West Nile alerts here in the CA desert aren't something

I ignore! Especially being that I'm allergic to plain mosquito

bites, but ones carrying West Nile . ..  I sprayed the yard, twice, 

and myself, said a prayer of protection and stood out in the

backyard with the camera and enjoyed the event! 

The moon and landscape lights made for an 

interesting image of the yard. 

More Macro images. 

A seed pod that had dropped

off of a dried stalk decided to

sprout.

Love it that I continue to find so

many things in the yard

to photograph.

Every year a clump of ornamental grasses

pops up through the dry hot earth 

an suddenly the tiniest of delicate

white flowers appear!

The flowers are as magical fairy-like 

as the effect of floating stamens are!

Stem of a Sea Urchin.

More gifts from the garden.
My love of Sea Urchin Cactus
is never-ending. One bloomed
in the garden on the same day that
the gardeners were
scheduled to do their maintenance.

This particular bloom of the  Echinopsis family only

lasts a few hours. I usually leave the bloom on the

plant to allow it to go through its natural

cycle. This time I saved it from the miserable leaf 

blower and heat and brought it inside. 

And then of course had to play with the

macro lens.

Sea Urchin end of cycle.