Our local paper featured a story today about the windy conditions and the storm of little yellow Palo Verde flowers that engulf the city this time of year. The picture is the surface of the pond of our fountain. I skimmed it out before work and now it is covered again.
Palo Verde is Spanish for green stick. The tree gets its name from the color of the branches and trunk which are green rather than brown. When drought conditions prevail the tree drops most of its leaves, but the green pigment of the trunk and branches allow photosynthesis to occur.
The tree that is currently creating havoc in our back yard, is a volunteer plant that sprang from the earth uninvited. It is on the property of the synagogue next door and hangs over our wall. It provides a block against the evening sun, so I resist the urge to chop it down under the cover of darkness.
I took off work today at ten am to play golf with my friend, the seafood magnate. It was fun but windy as heck. We teed off at ten forty-five and I was home by three. Not a bad way to spend the day.
In other news, Skivy-gate continues with no resolution of the question, "Skidman or Skidchick".
Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong, sometimes just full of it, but always judgmental and cranky
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9 comments:
A pond and a fountain , hmmm... make sure you pick up extra bags of those sunflower seeds...for the birdies. They're hungry.
Ched, are you messing with me?
Wow, That is either a female or a shemale... I never use the word yikes but hey YIKES!
ps Eddie has been pestering me about some seeds here for when he visits.
Just imagine the side view or the full frontal view maybe it coulda been worse.
EWWWWW! Anonymous!
Ha ha! You are hilarious! I will NEVER challenge you again! From now on, you're always right!
Merle is always right!!!!
I think he has proved it alright!
OK, OK.... Since Jennyhaha dragged me over here (kicking and screaming since I really didn't want to see that picture again but HAD to find out the truth of it) I finally have to say that I believe you now! Merle is right - it's gotta be a skidchick. But don't men get cellulite too? ewww...
Then I got to reading about your wind storm last night and the palo verde tree mess... I was wondering if you had stayed at my house last night?! That storm was NASTY! I came out of Walmart at about 8:30pm and the wind was so bad it about blew me over - and visibility was down due to the huge amounts of dirt in the air. But then I scrolled down and saw the post about the fast-food place burning down. I guess we don't live in the same area afterall - but I bet you do live in AZ.
BTW, LOVE your flowers. Mine bit the dust but I have pictures on my blog of my MIL's garden - including palo verde blooms.
Oh yeah, to see the purdy flowers, go to my "Are we having fun yet?" blog and scroll down. :-)
hooo is that awful photo still here?
While I like the term SWAG, I much prefer LOOT.
some song is rattling around my brain-- spending loot .... is mentioned in the song...who could it be?
Bette Midler? Joni Mitchell? no... shoot.
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