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Cow Tongue Prickly Pear Cactus

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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.

April 16, 2012 by Arizona Home & Garden Retirement

The Titanic 100 Years Later

stern.jpegVerna and I watched the interesting two-hour documentary “Titanic at 100: Mystery Solved” this evening. It was the story of one of the latest expeditions to document the disaster and to try and determine the actual cause of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (Verna says “It was the @$#! iceberg – get over it!”).

Underwater image of Titanic’s Stern on the ocean floor

All that aside, it was very interesting. The team of scientists, oceanographers and archaeologists sought to explore and map the entire debris field at the bottom of the North Atlantic. Ultimately, their conclusion agreed with Verna’s assertion; the accident was a result of the overwhelming force of the vessel striking iceberg. There was no actual fault in the construction and design and the crew was following standard procedures and because of unusually calm conditions, they were unable to see the iceberg until it was too late to maneuver the immense vessel around it.

If you’re a history and archaeology buff or interested in the technologies used by the expedition, we recommend you watch the documentary. We saw the premiere tonight, but I’m sire it will come on History Channel again.

April 15, 2012 by Entertainment Nostalgia

The Evolution of Our Desert House

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.

April 13, 2012 by Arizona Home & Garden Retirement

Pink Flowers

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On our way home from the grocery store today, we passed a retirement community where the landscapers are known to keep things bright and beautiful. I took this photo of these pretty pink flowers in one of the flowerbeds near the entrance to the place. Click on the image to enlarge.

April 12, 2012 by Flowers Photography

Flowering Plum Tree

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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.

April 11, 2012 by Arizona Flowers Home & Garden Photography

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