A very uncooperative Prickly Pear - Perservere - Teenager

Prickly Pear, AZ Gardens, Stanford  University

This very uncooperative Prickly Pear keeps her face turned away. 

She knows how to use her prickles to her best advantage.

I finally catch her blooming when she isn’t looking.

Once upon a time my daughter was a teenager.

I know all about perseverance.

Yerba Santa- Holy Herb in Bloom

The Holy Herb, Yerba Santa, is bloomin' at the Edgewood Preserve

Click on the illustration above for a glorious in-depth view.