Relief

[ellarien]

We've had temperatures hovering around the 100 mark for the last couple of weeks -- the hottest May on record, apparently. Today, though, was cloudy, and the temperature stayed below 90, which in relative terms seemed amazingly cool and pleasant.

I saw a barrel-cactus flower at lunchtime, which surprised me; I don't usually expect those until well into July. The night-bloomers are starting to put out a few buds, too.

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[peoppenheimer]

The barrel cactus in front of our house has a crown of flowers; I noticed it today driving my brother and his wife here from the airport. I haven't had a chance to photograph it yet.

When I got my iPhone a few months ago, I began taking pictures of flowers around my morning walks. It wasn't really my plan, but I'm starting to have enough of them that I'm wondering what to do with them.