This bunch of “Voodoo” roses, consisting of orange and yellow hues, is in the vase today after we finished our trip to the supermarket. I don’t know how they got the “Voodoo” name, but they sure are pretty with the baby’s breath accent flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.
This poppy was growing out of a crack in the patio sidewalk of the California house. No kidding! Just before we left here in April, Bob sprayed Roundup® all over the backyard to kill the weeds that grow out there. Somehow, the poppy seeds managed to find the cracks in the sidewalk where this pretty flower is growing today. There are several places where poppies are growing, literally, like weeds, out of the cracks. Click on the image to enlarge.
We were cleaning up weeds and stuff in the California House back yard today. I paused a moment to snap this photo of one of the tiny orchid clusters still in bloom. Click on the image to enlarge.
I hiked up to the marker that defines the northeast corner of our property. I took a series of images from the corner panning from south to west. This is the view from the top of our lot.
Our lot is about a half acre. The pad where the house sits is about a third of the total property. We like the isolation from the houses to the north and west. This allows the wildlife to run as they will up here. It’s sort of like an entertainment center that we don’t have to subscribe to! Click on the panoramic thumbnail above to view the full-sized panoramic image.
I planted three sign posts this week – two to accommodate no trespassing signs near both entrances to the RV drive, and one in the wash behind the house. I bought the no trespassing signs when we bought the other materials, so they were installed on Tuesday.
Today, the “JAVELINA XING” sign arrived in the mail. I installed it on the post in the wash. Verna took this photo.
The sign is installed approximately where we have seen javelina in the past. Verna took the image below to show the location of the sign next to the RV drive. Click on either image to enlarge.
These three aerial views came from the Maricopa County Assessor’s website. I can’t be sure of the dates the images were taken but I can guess based on the progress. Click on the image to advance to the next image.
The first image was taken between 2008 and the first half of 2010; it was labeled 2010 on the county website and shows the parcel and the bare pad. The second image was taken in about November of 2010 judging from the building progress; this image was labeled 2011. The third and last image had to have been taken in late 2011, judging from the shrubbery and landscape; it is marked 2012 on the county site.
Unfortunately, the county only maintains images for three years; it would have been nice to have a view of the parcel prior to the pad excavation.
