Wednesday, October 16, 2013

October Harvest - Florida


One fine October morn, I stood staring up into the pine, watching the sun paint the limbs...


BOB! LOOK! 14 blooms. In 24 years we have never had night blooming cactus blooms after Sept 5th. the first two week of October, we had 14 and 10 the next day.
We think these late blooms are due to the wettest July in our history and the hottest October in our history...


While staring up at the blooms, my camera found something else... to be continued

32 comments:

  1. Lovely orange light in these... can't wait for the continuation!

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  2. Can not take my eyes off those cactus blooms! They are so different and amazing! Looking forward to the next post!

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  3. Can not take my eyes off those cactus blooms! They are so different and amazing! Looking forward to the next post!

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  4. Looks like you are enjoying some lovely weather my friend. I like your holidays pictures below!! Not ready for Christmas though. :(
    xo Catherine

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  5. Love the way the morning sun is reflected on today's photos. Those night cactus are beautiful. Pray tell what's next that you found to photograph!!!

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  6. What a beautiful pine ! Love the light !

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  7. Love your cactus blooms- they are just gorgeous!

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  8. Wow, they're beautiful! I'd say you had a bumper crop!

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  9. Exciting. I didn't even know there were night blooming cacti!

    Waiting for the mystery to be revealed.

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  10. I have to say your header just took my breathe away. I have to go and do one!

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  11. I love that header. Real spooky.

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  12. Absolutely beautiful...our October broke some records too. It is normally dry and gorgeous. I cannot recall one as week as last week.
    Hugs C

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  13. Love your new header! Your photos are just beautiful! I have never seen any cactus bloom, we don't have them here in the Ozarks! Thank you for sharing!

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  14. good morning, sandra, wow!
    i really like that first shot! and your header. real spooky!

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  15. Very pretty! I love your spooky header too!

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  16. Those are gorgeous, love how the color pops at you too !

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  17. all beautiful shots. hooray for more blooms!

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  18. Your header nearly scared me away!! Now what else's could you have possibly found that is torturing us with suspense? Is this a Halloween trick?

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  19. the sun did a great job of painting those limbs and the blooms in the other pictures are so pretty.
    I can't wait to see what else you saw while you were looking up

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  20. You have captured such beautiful light in this series. Makes these blooms extra beautiful. P.S. Awesome header!

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  22. The flowers are very pretty,but I love the sunlight on the branches.

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  23. Gorgeous photos.. The sun really does provide some fantastic colors, doesn't it????

    Fantastic cactus blooms.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  24. I'm glad your camera found those beautiful blossoms and that magical morning light. I can hardly wait to see what else it found.

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  25. I love your cactus blossoms! I can't wait to see what else you found!!!

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  26. Looks like the sun is giving you some more fall colors. The blooms are amazing in the bright sunshine. Wish I could say we have had a warm October.

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  27. Strange weather but gorgeous blossoms!

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  28. The picture of the sun on the pine is so pretty. The cactus blooms are gorgeous. I see you are all decked out for Halloween...I like it! Hugs

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  29. So I'm reading your posts backwards. I already saw the other thing!!! Always love the cactus.

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