Although winter is here, the cardinals, thrashers, woodpeckers, finches, cactus wrens and the tiny hummingbirds can still be seen frequenting the feeders. This tiny green guy was perched in a creosote by the wash in our backyard. It didn’t fly off even though the camera lens was about five feet away. Click on the image to enlarge.
Now that the Christmas decorations are all taken down and put away until next year, I needed something bright and cheerful in the great room vase. So, I bought a handful of some yellow and orange Gerbera daisies and some white tulips. They look very nice in the vase. Click on the image to enlarge.
There is a small palo verde tree on the road in front of our house. Starting last year, I put some red ornaments in this nice little green tree for Christmas. Click on the image to enlarge.
Saturday evening, I stepped out to the driveway and captured this photo of our saguaro cactus with the thin crescent moon in the sky above. We enjoy seeing the plantlife, sunsets, asterisms and wildlife around our beautiful little desert home. Click on the image to enlarge.
One of the cardinals stopped at the feeder out back this afternoon. I managed to get this shot of him just as he was departing. Click on the image to enlarge.
Damsel pointed out this swarm of ants collecting petals recently shed by the Cimarron Sage after the recent “second spring’ blooming. I’m not sure what they do with them, but feeding the colony comes to mind.
This anthill is under some of the river rocks placed along the berm where the house sits. They are a little too close to the house and where we walk the dogs, so I took my “Ortho Annihilator” spray down there and doused their anthill and the area. Click on the image to enlarge.
I’ll be getting the Christmas decorations up a little at a time as the holidays approach. Today, I placed the traditional Christmas “nutcracker” sentries and a wreath at the entrance to the courtyard. Click on the image to enlarge.