Sunset and Flowers

I have a cactus that is very ordinary--most of the time--but once a year it has these beautiful, large pink & white flowers. The only problem is that they only bloom for about 2 days, and they start blooming in the evening, so I have to be pretty quick to catch them. This year I think we had the most flowers at one time--14! They start out as little fuzzy things and then gradually grow to be about 3-4 inches long and then the flower blooms on the end. This year I took pictures for a few days to show what it looks like in the process. I also took a pretty sunset in January and took some pictures of our greenhouse and Don's bamboo.

Race to Robie Creek

Yesterday was the race to Robie Creek and Deanna's husband, Greg, ran it. The race is a very popular 13.1 mile race with over 2,000 participants each year. The race starts at Fort Boise and ends over the mountain (Aldape Summit) to the Robie Creek Park. Greg did the race in 2 hours 5 minutes.

In 1992, Don, me, Deanna, Jim and Chuck did the race. I think Deanna and I did it in 3 hours 15 minutes--once is enough for me! The last hill is a killer!