Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

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Wipe that Smile Off Your Face, Jack

no-smile.jpgOver the past couple of weeks, Damsel and I have been joking about the little Jack antenna ball on the SUV. We would be on an errand to facilitate our move to Arizona and we would look up at the antenna ball’s silly smile and one of us would say “Jack likes Arizona.” It got to be a standing joke whenever we would stop to take a photo or to check on the progress of our new house. We have been chuckling at the silly clown so often that has become a cliché.

Image: Jack’s not smiling anymore (courtesy Damsel).

We pulled into Ehrenberg, AZ, a small riverside community on the banks of the Colorado River, where you can see California on the other side. Damsel told me that Jack wasn’t smiling anymore. The irony of going back into California and Jack losing the silly grin gave us a good laugh. I guess Jack doesn’t like California all that much.

19 Aug 2010 by Arizona California Humor

Alamo Lake

On our way back towards California, we took a side trip to Alamo Lake, an Arizona State Park. It’s a project of the US Army Corps of Engineers and a reservoir for the City of Los Angeles, who, by the way, is boycotting Arizona except for water and electricity and anything else those disingenuous idiots need.

At any rate, the lake is a beautiful, although out of the way, recreational facility for boaters, campers, picnickers and anglers – plenty of catfish, trout and other desert varieties. I also saw plenty of quail running about. Click on the wide-angle image to enlarge.

Alamo Lake

12 Aug 2010 by Arizona California Travel

A Welcome Stowaway

stowaway.jpgIn late spring, I bought some Asian lilies to put in the front porch planters for some spring color. Eventually, the lilies played out and I bought some Gerbera Daisies for the summer decorative flowers in the planters. I didn’t get around to putting them in the planters since a tomato plant had started to sprout in the soil where I cut back the lilies. It looked healthy, so I left it to grow into a mature tomato plant.

I guess it’s quite common for plants from a nursery to carry seeds from tomatoes and other things. This isn’t the first time for this to happen to us.

This is the plant today – sporting a healthy crop of six little tomatoes. I got a trellis from the back yard to support the weight of the tomatoes while they get ripe. Now, I’m looking forward to having garden-fresh tomatoes grown on the front porch. Click on the image to enlarge.

05 Aug 2010 by California Home & Garden

Cereus Cactus Flower

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This is one of four cereus cactus flowers in bloom this morning. This time of year. one or more of these opens every day. Within hours the flowers wilt, eventually fall off leaving a portion of the stem that will grow into the fruit of this cactus. Click on the image to enlarge (notice the pollinator inside).

01 Aug 2010 by California Home & Garden

Tiny Persimmon Orchids

I’m not sure about the name of these tiny orchids, but they come in purple, yellow, red and this shade of persimmon. I have had all four come out on our California patio this year. They grow from stems that extend out of the leaves and form clusters of several inch-wide flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.

persimmon orchids

31 Jul 2010 by California Home & Garden Photography

Putting America to Work

work-sign.jpgThe now nearly ubiquitous sign proclaiming “Putting America to Work” keeps the taggers busy in East Los Angeles. Despite the grand plans of the Administration and the Democratic Congress to put Americans back in the workforce, the unemployment numbers remain high, especially in urban areas like this depressed area of L.A. County.

It appears that the graffiti- mongers still have time enough to deface this $12,400 sign along Interstate 710 (along with most other signs, bridges, K-rail walls and a lot of private property in the area. I wonder what plans the Administration has to end this defacing?

Oh, yes – suing Arizona ought to clear this right up . . .

17 Jul 2010 by California Degenerates Whacko Politics

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