Photo of the Day for 02/28/16: Looks Like Spring

Photo of the Day for 02/28/16: Looks Like Spring

Spring around here is largely signaled by all the oxalis, everywhere. Our yard is full of it right now, as is pretty much all the open space around town. I shot this in our backyard a couple days ago.

Photo of the Day for 02/29/16: Pleiospilos

Photo of the Day for 02/29/16: Pleiospilos

When we went to the nursery last week, S. picked out a tiny succulent, a Pleiospilos. It is quite small currently, so more than maybe four-five inches across. It is the front porch on a table with his other succulents and when we came home from school today we saw that it had flowered. The flower is sticking up straight out of the center of the plant and was quite brilliant in the sunlight. By the time we came home from swimming this evening it had closed up for the night. I shot this of to today with the 100mm macro. I like how some of the petals look like shadows.