These nice orange-colored roses are in the office this week. Click on the image to enlarge.
Home & Garden
Christmas Cactus
I know that there are a lot of species with the “Christmas Cactus” nickname. We have several cholla on the property with that nickname but they look (and are) formidable as opposed to the flowers on this delicate succulent. I got this potted plant last week at the supermarket. Click on the image to enlarge.
First Christmas Decorations
A little at a time, we’re going to decorate our little desert house for the Christmas Holiday. Today, I started out by trimming our little mailbox with poinsettia flowers. They are the plastic kind, but look very nice around the rim of the milk can that serves as an anchor for the post. Click on the image to enlarge.
Asian Lilies Bouquet
Last week, we brought home several stems of Asian lilies that were on sale on the flower stand at the supermarket. This week, they have started to open and display their vivid colors. Click on the image to enlarge
Lemon Harvest
Now that the lemons are ripe, we went to the “orchard” next to the RV drive and pruned off all the lemons. These are the “Lisbon” variety of lemons. There were about forty on the tree before we picked them today.
The bucket in the image to the left measures about a foot in diameter and is fifteen inches deep. Click on the image to enlarge.
Most of the lemons are quite large. We’re planning on giving some to the neighbors and keeping a few in our fruit bowl for our Friday fish meal.
One Year Ago Today
One year ago the house looked like this. Mouse over the image to see our home today.
Cimarron Sage Flowers
The Cimarron sage bushes that we installed last June are starting to bloom. The tiny purple flowers look very nice next to the greenish gray leaves on the bush. Click on the image to enlarge.
