Do You Get The Point

I think the first two images are of Musk Thistle (or something very similar). The spines are really hard and viciously sharp. I really like the fine hairs along the edge of each leaf and the way they trap the tiny droplets of dew.

In the third picture I had intended to show the droplets lined up along the blade of grass but if you look closely you can also see fine hairs along the edge which is what has trapped the water and prevented it from draining away.

All The Small Things #4 Pedro

Meet Pedro...

Just over four years ago when my daughter set off on her university adventure she we decided that no student house was complete without a cactus so we bought her a small unobtrusive cactus in a tiny pot.  She fell in love with it immediately and named it Pedro after the character in the movie Napoleon Dynamite. 

It traveled home with her at the end of term in the cup holder in my car and then  traveled back in the same fashion.  Only for the first year though, after that Pedro stayed behind on the kitchen widow sill.  He is still thriving and I thought the perfect subject for an up close and personal photo shoot.