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Here's ours in the back garden
Bees love these giant flowering stalks
They start out straight, then bend over as the weight gets uneven or the plant can no longer bear the strain against the wind or hillside.
Size of the plant.
After the blooms are gone
Mike
Walking in a canyon called Cañon
We walked after breakfast in a canyon along a street called Cañon. You might recall a post from last year called Pocket Parks where we briefly passed through this area. As expected, the rains have produced a generous crop of flowers -- rooftop high in thi...
Love your pictures!
I hope one day to be able to do this! But I need more free time first!
Thank you, it helps to be retired and to have the camera gear ready by the front door
I would also say for me it took a long time to get my wife on board, as she is a fitness-oriented person who cared more about "the pace versus the place" and more about getting to the end rather than wandering through the middle of whatever we encountered...
Wow! That's an awesome story, that you can get your wife on board with it.
Makes it much more fun!
I have never known or seen a cactus tree!
i always learn something new, and I really like the fact that it is often something nature related that I share with the others at home. The century plant is wild! Magnificent as always.👌🏽
Here's ours in the back garden
Bees love these giant flowering stalks They start out straight, then bend over as the weight gets uneven or the plant can no longer bear the strain against the wind or hillside. Size of the plant. After the blooms are gone Mike ...
Great stuff Mike! I've been racing up and down that street on bikes, motorcycles and cars since the 60s but never at a pace where I could appreciate everything that's there. That
Yamaha-Ford powered Bondourant SHO is a gem! Wonder if it's the V6 or the later V8 model? Might be time to do that canyon on my feet!
You can only imagine how something as huge as that which isn’t a building or other man-made structure looks to a city kid like me 🤯
Look at all those bees in the close up…what a special flower that is.
Lovely photos and story to match. Thank you very much!
I have the same Jorg Hysek watch. My dad gave it to me years ago. I don’t know exactly where it is but now I will go seek it out. Never seen another one until today!