After all the yardwork today, we got nothin’.
Watchdog
Today was family day for us in Southern California. We visited my sister and family before going over to my Mom’s house. We went back to the house afterwards and dropped the dogs off so we could go do some food shopping. When we got back from the supermarket, Beethoven greeted us from his lookout post as we pulled into the driveway. Click on the image to enlarge.
The Recycle Center
Having a photo of an iris flower on a post about the recycle center might seem a little weird, but in the case of the county recycle center at the landfill in Palos Verdes, CA, there are pretty flowers all around. In fact, the South Coast Botanic Gardens is located just across the boulevard at the site of another landfill. Since the county maintains the garden, I assume they also provide the landscaping for the Recycle Center, although there are more exotic plant species over there.
Image: Iris flower at the Recycle Center. Click image to enlarge.
As for recycling, we brought 2½ 33 gallon-sized bags of crushed aluminum cans for which they paid us around sixty-five bucks. They also take glass, numbered plastics, newspaper and used motor oil. Even though we aren’t greenbats, we do believe recycling is a good thing, especially if we get some cash for doing it.
Replacement for the Space Shuttle
Ramirez has a great take on the Administration’s replacement for the Space Shuttle program . . .
Flowers on a Mesquite Tree
Today was shopping day in the Valley (Surprise and Glendale, AZ). We were in the parking lot of a store in Glendale where the mesquite trees were flowering like crazy. We don’t get as many flowers until later in the spring at our higher elevation in Wickenburg. Click on the image to enlarge.
Custom Condom
It’s time for the administration and the Secret Service to “cover up.” Regarding the current prostitution scandal, Ramirez offers this simple cover solution . . .
Pea Hen Sighting Just Down the Road
I spotted this pea hen on a neighbor’s roof. Their house is about eight-hundred feet down the road from our house. We have seen peafowl in the downtown area, but never this far out into our semi-rural area.
I looked at peafowl on the internet and think that this is a female Indian peafowl. She was just standing on the roof in the shade of a couple of eucalyptus trees. Click on the image to enlarge.