05 July 2005 - front yard

prickly pear
The delicate, pale yellow blooms are late this year.
In fact, I didn't think they'd appear at all, given our dry spring.
Too bad each blossom lasts but one day.

campanula

gray santolina
This shurb did not bloom last year, so I'm pleased to see
scores of tiny yellow blossom rising from the sage-hued foliage.