It’s hard for a dark-colored dog in the desert sun running barefoot on the hot sand on the road in front of the house. That’s why we have a wading pool for them when they get back on the patio. Bay Bay voluntarily jumps in the pool, but little Cabela has to be helped in. Once she’s there, she appreciates the Mama dipping her and rubbing cool water on her skin. Click on the image to enlarge.
A few weeks ago, I spoke with the landscaping folks about our ocotillo out front. The one they installed a couple of years ago had completely died and was being consumed by termites or some other wood eating vermin. The landscape crew came out shortly after and removed the dead plant.
Today, the crew showed up with this beautiful living replacement for the old ocotillo. Luckily for us, the landscaper has a policy of replacement of anything they planted for up to five years. When the saguaro they planted failed, they promptly removed the fallen cactus and eventually replaced it.
Hopefully, the new ocotillo will prosper in the new location and produce the beautiful little arrays of red flowers on the tips of the canes. This is a young ocotillo and has the potential to grow in height and have more canes and flowers in the spring. Click on the image to enlarge.
We had to delay our Thursday grocery shopping to Friday this week because we were returning from our California trip yesterday. While shopping, I found these nice Gerbera daisies in the flower concession. I arranged them in the vase in the great room on the sofa table where they will look great for several days. Click on the image to enlarge.
The red birds are doing great in the courtyard. I took this photo a couple of days ago when the sun was shining. Now, however, the clouds are overhead and there is a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms. The flowers in the courtyard like the rain. Click on the image to enlarge.
I decorate our mailbox stand with flowers for every season. I just updated it to show red, white and blue colors for the Fourth of July holiday.
At Christmas time, there will be poinsettias, on Halloween, there will be orange, yellow and brown flowers and in the springtime, there will be bright spring flower colors.
Other times of the year, I will take a notion to just put something cheerful and pretty around the stand (which is a painted old milk can). There is always something I can put there.
I know we don’t get a lot of traffic on our dead-end road, but for those that do pass by, there will be something pretty.
We were taken by surprise this morning, when we saw another flower on our big saguaro. There were many flowers in late May and early June and we thought they were done.
There are also a couple of new small flower buds that promise to bring more flowers soon. We love spring and summer in the desert! Click on the image to enlarge.
