While hiking last Saturday I passed a lot of prickly pear cactus on the trail as is often the case but this time I noticed that yellow jackets seem to really like the fruit. I mean really like it! There were about 20 of them inside and around the pear. The first photo is what a prickly pear cactus looks like. The second and third photos are a close-up of all the yellow jackets. The fourth pic is what the inside of the fruit looks like. I went to a seed harvest for our local conservation group a few weeks ago and as a treat one of the docents brought a cleaned prickly pear for each of us to eat. Very interesting. Sweet, but not too sweet. Jodi-

I lurk at the beautiful pictures that are posted here. They are the beauty for my day. Casey - a friend of mine is visiting Newfoundland right now and is in a place called Trinity Bay. The pictures that she is posting are stunning. I'm on the Cdn west coast and have been to the Maritimes (not Nfld) and it is gorgeous country. She walked a short trail called Skerwink Trail.

I have a plain ole point and shoot camera. I pull it out my bag, and shoot, all while riding most of the time. Sometimes they are crooked, and I have to straighten them out (using picassa) but often they turn out great. this is my camera and phone bag:

Cheese tortellini with pesto.Mille-Feuille Madagascar with Praline and Ice Cream.