Buttyrekka, nice pics! Thanks for throwing in the ones with the hedgehog, the chick, and the earlier one with the bee. I like it when wildlife comes to the garden. I think your hedgehog is probably angry about the fly!

Stinky, I like the older roses that have more scent. It seems like they've bred a lot of the scent out in order to get more specatcular looking flowers, but the scent is very important too. We picked Double Delight for it's strong scent, but is also a nice-looking flower.

Here are some more shots of the cactus flower. I was glad we got going on this conversation because it made me pay closer attention to the cactus. I thought it had a few days to go, but it actually bloomed that same afternoon! Here's a shot of the whole cactus, a close up, and a closer close up. These flowers are so weird that I like zooming up on the insides as close as I can get. It's strange in there.

Like I mentioned before, these cactus flowers do not last long. The next day another one bloomed so the plant had two at the same time. Then the first one faded and another one popped. In total, five bloomed in the space of a couple days. Sorry I didn't get pictures of the whole progression.