After a day of grueling errands and chores in the desert, a dip in the cement pond out back is sure great for Damsel’s tired feet. Click the image to enlarge.
Colorful Freeway Landscaping
We passed several colorful “Red Bird of Paradise” bushes planted along I-10 near Yucaipa. There will be lots of these when we get to Wickenburg, Arizona today.
White Echinopsis
This white echinopsis flower greeted me when I went out onto the patio this morning. I also saw eleven cereus cactus flowers. This was the unique one today, though. Click on the image to enlarge.
According to the label on the planter:
The genus echinopsis, native to South America are globular cacti that are quite cold tolerant. They produce white, yellow, pink or lavender flowers in the Summertime.
Sliming the Constitution
From Power Line:
Conservatives have long said that the day would come when liberal judges declare the Constitution unconstitutional. That happened today, when a gay federal judge in San Francisco, relying on the opinions of mostly-gay “expert” witnesses, ruled that an amendment to the California constitution, which was adopted in perfectly proper fashion by a substantial majority of voters, is “unconstitutional.” In this context, unconstitutional means “unpopular with me and my friends.”
A Welcome Stowaway
In 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.
