From the show and sale at the Botanic Garden this weekend.
A Stroll Through the Garden
After we visited the Orchid Show and Sale at the Botanic Garden, we took our usual stroll out through the various sections of the garden. We visited the Japanese Garden, the Fuchsia Garden, the Dahlia Garden, the Rose Garden and, of course, the Cactus and Succulent Garden, where this photo was taken. We also visited the upper and lower meadows, the Children’s Garden, the Water Wise Garden, the Vegetable Garden, the Pumpkin Patch, and – well, it goes on and on. It is always relaxing and we enjoy all of it.
I’m not sure of the name of the particular cactus in the photo, but it is similar to a prickly pear and produces these pretty yellow flowers. Click on the image for full-sized view.
By the way, I put up a Slide Show on the other site, if you’re interested in seeing the Orchids we saw today.
Boeing-Stearman Model 75 in 3D
We stopped at Torrance Zamperini Field today to visit the Western Museum of Flight. While we were there, a neighbor to the museum had his hangar door open and inside was this beautiful Boeing-Stearman vintage biplane. I paused to take a couple of images to merge into this 3D shot of the aircraft.
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If you don’t have a pair of 3D glasses, you can see the 2D version here.
This is Wikipedia’s summary of the Boeing Stearman Model 75:
The Stearman (Boeing) Model 75 is a biplane, of which at least 9,783 were built in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s as a military trainer aircraft. Stearman became a subsidiary of Boeing in 1934. Widely known as the Stearman, Boeing Stearman or Kaydet, it served as a Primary trainer for the USAAF, as a basic trainer for the USN (as the NS & N2S), and with the RCAF as the Kaydet throughout World War II. After the conflict was over, thousands of surplus aircraft were sold on the civil market. In the immediate post-war years they became popular as crop dusters and as sports planes.
A Little Visitor in the Flower Shop
We were at Lowe’s this afternoon getting some birdseed and garden supplies. While we were there we shopped around looking at the pretty flowers. Well, we weren’t the only ones interested in the flowers. This little guy browsed these little purple flowers long enough for me to get a half dozen shots of him. This was one of the best of the lot. Click on the image to see full sized.
Little Green Apples
I like to decorate the coffee table with these edible green apples from time to time. They sit in a monkeypod bowl and today the lighting was perfect for this nice artsy still-life photo. Click image to enlarge.
Halloween Is Coming
. . . and Verna is ready with her pumpkin fashion statement:
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