Random Pictures.

[DonDuck]

Most years, in north Texas; late winter and early spring is very dry. The year, we have experienced almost weekly rains and everything is very lush and green. The blue sky with some floating clouds was the perfect backdrop for a gorgeous day.


In one of the photos, you can easily see part of a sixty foot long flower/garden bed. I've had a lot of asparagus planted in the bed for about three years and it has started producing great this year. This morning, I planted ten Bush Cowhorn okra plants which I hope produce abundantly this summer. I spaced the okra at five feet between plants because I understand the plants become huge.


Enjoy the veiw as much as I do.

[SpookyShoe]

Feathery and delicate...

[SpookyShoe]

Your land is gorgeous, Duck.

[DonDuck]

Thank SpookyShoe! We love our trees in the hot summer. If you drive ten miles west of where we live, the terrain becomes open prairie and farmland until you reach the mountains of New Mexico. We are fortunate to have so much hardwood because it attracts a lot of wildlife.

Beautiful land; looks like a park!

[Gerardo]

All of these taken on the road to San Borja-Adac (the native name for the place), Baja California Norte.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misi%C...rancisco_Borja



The Fouquieria columnaris that I'm feeling up was easily 10+ meters. Flowers were plentiful, and we were a week or two ahead of the massive blooms from the Agavaceae.



I have a lot of respect for those mules, the terrain is really rough. I walked about 50 m away from the road and had quite a few spines in my trail shoes. And even though the sole was designed for punishment, the desert flora went through them with ease.


The Mission itself was impressive, although a mass grave behind it was disconcerting. More or less explains what happened to the native Cochimies.


The desert lichen had cool colors.


The pooch was a local puppy, named Terrible.

[GrowingCoastal]

Oh! I'm liken the lichen and everything else in the images above. Thank-you so much for posting these.

[DonDuck]

Beautiful photos. It intrigues me that in desert climates, plants developed sharp spines to prevent being eaten. I also had no idea lichen would thrive in such dry and hot climates. It's also interesting how some succulents are shaped like large containers to retain moisture while others retain the shape of branches with very little storage space.

[Harry Cabluck]

Gerardo, Nice photos.

These are wonderful images!

The lichen is just fascinating, and everything else so interesting.

And cute dog!

[SpookyShoe]

My friend Kathy lives 10 miles from me in Dickinson, Texas. Her back yard borders Dickinson Bayou, which overflowed its banks during Hurricane Harvey. Her house was badly damaged and it was almost a year before she was able to move back into it. She sent these photos a few hours ago. The bayou is out of its banks and she is afraid for her house.

Who knows what the brown blob is in the second photo? I, of course, know.

[Worth1]

Brown blob is fire ants.
Horrible in flood water because if you let it touch you, you will be covered in them in seconds

[SpookyShoe]

When the fire ants move, things are pretty bad. Cattle are afraid of them, as am I.

[Worth1]

Locust swarm in the Sudan.

[Worth1]

Belt flew off mower today from stick.
Mind still foggy from waking up and got belt all out of whack.
Came inside looked it up took picture of computer screen with phone went back out put belt back on and continued mowing.
I have no idea where my owners manual is because my wife put this stuff some place.
For the past few years after her death it has been the never ending story of my life.
Very upsetting to say the least.
But anyway I took the picture and life moves on.
This isn't even the exact same mover but it worked well enough to get things going in the right direction.
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