This is a view of the Vulture Mountain Range located south of Wickenburg. Verna took this photo from US 60 southeast of the range and I cropped it into this panoramic view. Vulture peak, the highest point in the range, is the prominent feature in the distance near the center of the panorama.
After a couple of years of frustration with her little HP MINI notebook computer, we got a new computer; it is the HP Pavilion G6 notebook. She was handicapped by the lack of video acceleration, caching and memory limitations. That should now all go away.
Her installation is shown in the (clickable) image above. The new laptop, an external 20 inch monitor, external keyboard and mouse. The display is extended to the monitor on the left with the laptop being the master display.
Some of the features:
Her system is now superior to mine. 😀
Last spring, I rescued a single paddle that had broken off of its mother cow tongue cactus down in a wash near McClure park here in Wickenburg. I brought it home and planted it in this pot. Last year it grew two additional paddles. This year, it grew two more paddles and each of last year’s paddles have a new paddle.
Verna wants to wait until next year to transplant this into the west side of our property to start a border cactus. Over time, this stuff does spread out. Probably not for a while until it spreads a bit but there will eventually be prickly pear flowers galore in the springtime.
The ocotillo I posted about the other day is now showing several flower buds at the ends of a few of the canes. When they become fully opened, I will post another photo. Click on the image to enlarge.
Unfortunately, the aerial image of the property prior to excavation of the pad where a house could be built is missing from the archives. However, the aerial views of our property above represent three stages in the construction of our house; before, during and after.
Click on the images to advance the slideshow.
Last June, we had our landscaper install several shrubs and trees around the property. One of those is a flowering plum tree in the courtyard. Being a deciduous tree, it lost most of its leaves over the winter. Now that spring has sprung, the tree is showing several little (¾ inch) flowers and some new foliage. Click on the image to enlarge.
