Futile Hunting

I rode around the park for a bit this morning. The bale of turtles was large. I believe there were over 30 sunning themselves on the end of the little island. I tried very hard to be inconspicuous as I approached to take a picture, actually just creeping small steps at a time from behind a tree. BUT! They saw me and immediately slipped back into the water. I could only find one head above the surface. I even sat on the wet ground and waited---waited---Oh well, I gave up, and got up with a damp backside.

In pure frustration I took pictures of the ducks and one egret. Nothing interesting or enlightening there.

As I traveled to the other side of the park I checked in on the lovely cactus plant that I have been watching for several years as it developed.  It seems that the abandoned trailer had enough dirt on its roof in the beginning to be nutritious enough for a seed to grow. It might have been dropped there by a bird. Last year the first blooms came. Well, sadly it went from bloom to doom after our ice storm. A small branch from the live oak tree has crushed this unusual sight.

DARN!

Last year I had better luck with my captures!

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