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Post by rockpickerforever on May 9, 2014 15:26:08 GMT -5
Uh, no, not that personal, lol!
Have been doing a lot of walking lately (2 1/2 hours a day, you could say my new addiction), so took my camera with me the other day, and snapped a few pics along the way.
We were talking about ocotillo a little while back, so first up is a large Madagascar Ocotillo (Alluaudia procera) in a nearby neighbor's yard. (To right side of driveway.) This sucker is tall, maybe 25 feet? 
Flowers at top. Yes, it is a euphorbia, related to poinsettias. Milky sap. 
The multiple trunks are a good six inches in diameter. 
I like the interesting striped look the lines of paired leaves give it. Could've put some cheaters on it. It was big enough, but I don't have any. 
This one is in my front yard. Leaves about 3/4 inch long. Most of the is plant is leafless right now, but showers last week have encouraged leaves to come out on some stems already. Spiney, yes. 
Here's a trunk that has some advanced leaves. Succulent leaves store water, but they'll drop off in dry conditions so as not to lose water from the trunk. Stem to left of pic has smaller leaves just starting out. 
This is a view to the east Tuesday morning, weather threatening and windy. Peak at left with antenna farm is San Miguel Mtn. Lower (closer) hill in center is Mother Miguel Mtn. 
Antenna farm, 2565 feet high. 
Sweetwater Reservoir, with Mother Miguel Mtn behind it (1527 feet). 
This composite pic taken last March. Much greener then. This view is from a little further south. 
Can you guess what made these prints? Bet jamesp can. 
Loong fingers... 
A good sized animal, tracks about as big as a medium-sized dog. Would rather see this type of evidence of them, than dead, half-eaten lizards in my pond. And I have no desire to examine their scat up close and personal, like someone I know does, lol. 
For @shotgunner... Like this duck boat? Been neighbors with this guy for a few years now, would say hi to him when I saw him, that's about it. Met him for the first time on Tuesday, told him I liked his boat (great conversation starter, BTW). He hunts duck out at Salton Sea in season, has a black lab for retrieving, and makes duck sausage. He and his wife seem like great folks, will have to get to know them better. 
Some more dingleballs. These aren't as hard as the ones off the liquidambar, kinda soft and fuzzy 
This is a sycamore tree, AKA, "plane tree" for whatever reason. 
And a little color to end the show. These are epidendrum orchids. These are even lower maintenance than the sarracenias, IMHO. 
They can take quite a bit of direct sun, but not when the temp goes over 100 degrees, the leaves get scorched. Supposed to be that hot next week. Whatever happened to spring this year? We went straight to summer, lol. |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2014 15:41:42 GMT -5
itsa 'coon.
Need to meet up with that neighbor and hunt the sea with him. Please get to know him better!
Love the HUUUUUGE Alluaudia - wowzers.
That's cool. I just got some epidendrum cuttings from an old and good friend. Purple like yours too. Potted them up, hoping they root. Pics later.
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Post by jamesp on May 9, 2014 22:53:30 GMT -5
If you rub the scat between finger and thumb you can determine it's age by the level of greasiness. just kidding
Back yard pond owners that slush up their water to call the goldfish for feeding make a mistake. A coon
will do the same thing and catch/eat the goldfish. Dogs chasing a coon into a swamp is a big mistake.
the coon will swim to them once in deep water and climb on the dog's head and drown them. They are
clever creatures. Had a bulldog that would tackle then kill them. But one coon can fend off 3 hound dogs
as it is a losing battle baying the coon. They get into stuff around here all the time.
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Post by jamesp on May 9, 2014 23:54:36 GMT -5
Euphorbia, best grown in soil from Uranus. It's all about the aliens.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2014 10:47:22 GMT -5
Euphorbia, best grown in soil from Uranus. It's all about the aliens. Not my anus. Your anus. That's the alien component. |
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Post by jamesp on May 10, 2014 12:30:43 GMT -5
Let's let Jean decide which anus. She could do a soil sample and sniff test. And a core test -----on you.  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 10, 2014 15:28:45 GMT -5
Let's let Jean decide which anus. She could do a soil sample and sniff test. And a core test -----on you. Um, do I really want to step in get in the middle of this? I'm sure either one of your anuses (anii?) would be just fine. How 'bout you just toss a coin? James, since you are the one that brought this up, you call it. |
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Post by jamesp on May 10, 2014 20:03:40 GMT -5
Pm your address Jean and I will send you a stool sample.  |
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Post by Thunder69 on May 10, 2014 22:07:01 GMT -5
Don't call Tails...LOL...
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Post by Tommy on May 11, 2014 1:02:42 GMT -5
Good stuff Jean  thanks for posting it. |
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Post by Fossilman on May 11, 2014 9:43:07 GMT -5
Yuppers,coon tracks........Nice lookin' area Jean............Wouldn't want to wall bang(old Army slang for being drunk) into some of those thorned trees or plants..LOL
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 11, 2014 14:00:26 GMT -5
Scott, James is wanting to send poop through the mail!! Tell him why that is wrong on so many counts...
(Actually, Kaiser is sending me one of their little test kits soon, so guess I'll be guilty, too, lol!)
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Post by mohs on May 11, 2014 14:24:30 GMT -5
Picture of no rocks are boring, Jean but you seem to break the rule every time !  Question What is the elevation where you reside? mostly |
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 11, 2014 18:23:47 GMT -5
Ed, I think the elevation is about 300 feet where I reside. You know I love to break the rules, lol!
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Post by mohs on May 11, 2014 20:09:38 GMT -5
I never would have thought that, Jean
I figured your elevation was much higher
so your not very far from the Ocean?
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Post by drocknut on May 11, 2014 21:57:34 GMT -5
OMG I'm still laughing about the stool sample. Nice stool James. Oh and the pics are nice Jean.
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 11, 2014 23:17:51 GMT -5
I never would have thought that, Jean I figured your elevation was much higher so your not very far from the Ocean? I double checked the elevation - 340 feet. Within 20 - 25 miles is considered coastal plain, pretty flat, but smaller hills and canyons. Head farther east, the elevation goes up, and the mountains get more rugged.
I just checked the distance on AcmeMapper, and I am 14.7 miles from the Pacific Ocean. The farther from the ocean, the less cooling effect (or warming during cold spells) you get from it. Supposed to get into the low 100 degrees next week, but it will be another Santa Ana - it's dry heat!
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Post by mohs on May 11, 2014 23:46:56 GMT -5
that's interesting Jean I never looked you location up on the map had no idea you were that close to the Ocean I've only drove through your area once 40 years ago on my way to L.A. to attend a concert at The Whiskey A GO GO believe me -long story-and I survived  so your real close to the Salton Sea? that mythic and that area is some of the best weather in the world |
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Post by mohs on May 11, 2014 23:50:45 GMT -5
o & I forgot to mention
that I really enjoyed your photographic eye
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Post by jamesp on May 12, 2014 11:58:30 GMT -5
OMG I'm still laughing about the stool sample. Nice stool James. Oh and the pics are nice Jean. My Magician buddy used to carry pill bottles with a tiny stool in them. Handed them out as stool samples. Great joke. Especially at assisted care homes and around old folks. Sit at a restaurant and ask the waitress if she wants to see your stool sample as you hold it towards her with just the top of the pill bottle showing. I had a waiter ask if it was painful to pass. |
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thanks for posting it.
