Dust off

I didn't realize until yesterday, how much of a Macro kick I have been on lately (thanks for pointing it out Sam); but hey I am a sucker for pictures of stuff up close and personal. So I will continue this week with some animal pictures.

Back home in Maryland, we had a large garden/pond in our backyard in which my mom had planted a ton of cacti. Now how cactus plants managed to survive year in and year out in Maryland is beyond me, but they managed to come back with new yellow blossoms every year. Needless to say this attracted lots of insects, specifically bumblebees like the one below.