Taken today as I strolled through the Marriott parking lot during my lunchtime walk. Click on the picture for large size.
USPS — United States Parcel Smashers
Is it just me, or does everyone get their parcels smashed by the Postal “Service?” This box only contained a book, so there wasn’t any serious damage done. Click the image for a close-up.
This isn’t the first time that we have encountered this sort of scrunched package – once we had to return a ceramic crock which had been jolted into shards even though it was packed to withstand a ten foot drop. It looked like one of the handlers went “postal” on it.
When we use Fed Ex or UPS this never seems to happen.
Pink Portulacas
These are growing around the fringe of the vegetable garden. They are a nice shrub and spread out like ground cover. They also come in other colors like yellow, red, white and orange.
Heirloom Tomatoes
Coming soon to our table will be these delicious Heirloom Tomatoes. We also have a lot of cherry tomatoes on the way, thanks to a couple of “stowaways” that came home with other plants we bought. The seeds must have been in the potting soil with the plants. Click for a larger view of the heirloom.
Bromeliad
Every couple of years, our Bromeliad on the front porch will produce one of these brilliant pink flowers. Eventually, there will also be purple pods embedded in the flower, which adds more color. These come and go quickly, but not as fast as the cactus blossoms. Verna took this shot of the bloom this morning.
A while ago, I took this 3D picture of a previous bloom from the same plant (you need red/blue or red/cyan 3D glasses to view).
