When the lightbulb goes off in my head, it doesn’t have to be a thousand-watt blaze o’ glory. In this case the idea of capturing via timelapse the opening of one of the neighbor’s San Pedro cactus blossoms that I’ve been fascinated by of late was more like the equivalent of a tea candle flaming …
Before whatever critter it is that comes and dines on it, I finally succeeded in capturing a bloom in full of what I believe is commonly called the San Pedro cactus growing just over the fence in our neighbor’s backyard (click images to triplify):  Before • 6:34 p.m.  After • 9:23 p.m.
During a brief afternoon game of wallball with Ranger, she snatched the rebounding sphere out of the air thus effectively ending whatever streak I was on and ended up by the south side gate where she immediately set to growling through the wooden slats — ball still firmly in mouth — at something on the …
Just a couple backyard butterflies (click to doublify):
 click to quadruplify Tonight’s sunset over the Micheltorena ridge.
It started with the territorial alarm calls of a pair of mockingbirds in the tree that grows over into the front yard. Jiggy, the cat most noted for messing with them was inside, so I knew he wasn’t the source of their distress. For once. Judging from how high up in the boughs the confrontation …
Seems I can’t walk down the brick walkway through the sidegarden of the house without finding something fascinating. Today’s example being a wasp that was moving along the rocks with something in its jaws. An eggsag? A coin purse? Nah just a spider it had invited to lunch: Other members of today’s garden party are …