Bob
Possum
I have seen this little guy several times in the yard. For the last couple of weeks, I have seen him every once in a while, sitting atop the block wall in back. Tonight, I walked out and took this photo of him before he lumbers down behind the bushes and digs for grubs or whatever little possums do.
I think he’s adopted us.
Happy Birthday to Verna
Christmas Eve is also Verna’s birthday. So, to give her a good early start for it, I fixed one of her favorites for breakfast – country-style biscuits and gravy.
Here’s to having a great birthday, baby!
Poinsettia Bowl
Tonight we’re watching a football bowl game – the “San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl.” I guess that bowl game sponsorship is important these days, but could we just have them call it the “Poinsettia Bowl” and mention all the sponsorship stuff in a subtitle? It probably won’t happen, but it would be nice.
Meanwhile, take a look at this nice poinsettia growing on the front porch. Image credit, Verna. Click to enlarge.
California Fan Palm – a.k.a. “Weed”
It took me a couple of hours with the electric chain saw, but I managed to get the first cut at removing this fan palm. It took root there several years ago, just after we had the Brazilian Pepper tree removed (it was rotting and messy). At first it seemed to be a nice little palm, but it quickly got out of control as you can see from the ‘before’ panel on the left (click image for larger).
California Fan Palms are like weeds in our part of the state. You can see them growing everywhere – between the cracks in the sidewalks or in vacant fields and even in between the railroad ties along the seldom used spurs.
Eventually, I’ll get these completely removed. In addition to the major trimming I gave the one in the photo, I also dug out a stump from one I cut back a few weeks ago.
Ahhhh . . . the joys of home ownership . . .
Ocean Panorama at Point Vicente
Yesterday, while we were taking our walk along the path at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center, I imaged several adjacent, overlapping views of the horizon from south to northwest. I ‘stitched’ the images into a single panoramic image. Click on the small panorama below to open in the image viewer. Use the scroll bars in the image viewer to scan across the image.
