This is a saguaro in our neighbor’s yard. It is really busy making spring flowers, some of which are open. The saguaro in question is about five hundred feet east of us near the paved toad. Click on the image to enlarge.
Bob
Alex at Age One and a Half
Our Great Grandson, Alex, posed for this photo that his Mom (our granddaughter, Anna) posted on one of the social media sites. Alex is a year and a half old now and seems to be enjoying the bike ride training wheels and all.
Verna and I have a rough plan to go out there to visit them in Santa Rosa, perhaps this summer and in any case by the time for his second birthday in September.
Desert Camo Cactus Wren
After I went up on the little hill behind our RV drive to reload the bird feeders up there, I hung around the back of the patio with my Canon EOS to see if I could get some photos of birds that come to feed. It took a while, but eventually a cactus wren showed up and took a nut from the trail mix block; the bird retreated to some underbrush to deal with its prize. I captured this image as it posed with the nut in its bill.
Photo details: Canon EOS Rebel SL1, 1/400sec, F7.1, ISO 100, 300mm Telephoto lens.
Baby Jerry Throwback
This is a throwback to last month in California when we were visiting with the new Baby Jerry. Verna was holding him and he put his little hands to give her a little hug.
We will be out there by next weekend for another visit. We will be a week late visiting this time since the kids (baby’s parents) had to take the other grandparents out to LAX for their vacation trip down to Cancun this weekend.
More to come later – click on the image to enlarge.
A Living Ocotillo Cane Fence
Verna and I went down to the touristy part of town to look in one of her favorite shops this afternoon while we were waiting for the groomer to finish with the dogs. We have known for some time that this fence had been planted for the individual ocotillo canes to take root and eventually do what is seen in the photo above. Click on the image to enlarge.
We thought about doing something like this in our rock and cactus garden with a couple of ocotillos that our neighbor gave us after clearing a lot for one of his construction jobs, but those are also in bloom where we stuck them in the back. I guess we’ll let them stay where they are for the time being.
Joys of Dog Ownership
When I say “Dog Ownership,” I actually mean the DOGS OWN US. Verna took this photo of me coming down Gloria’s Driveway today holding a bag of the puppies everyday contribution to the perpetuation of the ecology of the planet. These bags go to the landfills and eventually decay so that the nitrogen cycle of the contents can be released, thus completing the aforementioned contribution.
We had rain today, badly needed in the desert and there is more forecast for the week to come – April Showers/ May flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.
