Today I practiced taking pictures with the macro feature on the camera.

Rose

Mesquite Tree

Oleander

Agave
I never noticed the design on the leaves before - quite interesting.

Passionflower
My favorite flower in the Retreat - and so intersting to photograph.

This is some sort of cactus weed.  How can a weed be so pretty?

Finally, Rain in Buda!

It was a long, slow, drizzly rain...but I'm sure the flowers enjoyed the cool shower.

This is the photograph I am entering in the Gardening Gone Wild Picture This Photo Contest.  May’s theme for the contest is ‘Lighting: A Closer Look’.