Busy time of year

It's non-stop birders these days but at least the birds are showing up in good numbers. No place else to go in the drought. Didn't have time to take many pics today, and nothing real interesting to photograph.

Here's something interesting though. The pond in the courtyard has water lilies that make huge root masses that, in turn, collect dirt. Things grow in that mass. Here's a photo of two oleander bushes that sprouted in the pond. I have pink varieties growing nearby, but I've no idea where the white one came from.

American Robin visited.

And here's that Prickly Pear blooming over the septic tank leech-field.