tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32297466869412985952024-03-12T21:53:09.671-07:00A Desert ObserverWatching the birds and tending my patch of the Sonoran Desertkesslerdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941318128033074562noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229746686941298595.post-1223911861324630042020-05-24T12:35:00.002-07:002020-05-25T06:32:45.389-07:00MaryAnn Is Blooming!<div> Long before I knew the correct way to pronounce it, my bulletin board held a picture of a Saguaro (<font color="#222222" face="roboto, arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;">suh-wah-roe)</span></font> representing my dream of moving to Tucson. After 20 + years of living here I can name them like a local but I remain in awe of these giants of the Sonoran Desert. </div><div>A few years ago I had the opportunity to adopt my own Saguaro, after hearing of one that needed a new home, and the owner just wanted it moved! I applied for a Native Plant tag and had it relocated to my home. </div><div>I named her MaryAnn, after my mother who passed in 2013. No - I don't name ALL my plants, but a Saguaro is special and so was my Mama! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vjw86xOUOqM/XsHdI7sb5mI/AAAAAAAAGzA/r4CzZYCYx9Yb5DQiiLB0WwOTdAjT9arHQCK4BGAsYHg/IMG_4543.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vjw86xOUOqM/XsHdI7sb5mI/AAAAAAAAGzA/r4CzZYCYx9Yb5DQiiLB0WwOTdAjT9arHQCK4BGAsYHg/s320/IMG_4543.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>MaryAnn is young as Saguaros go, having not yet developed any arms. They start developing arms when they are about 15 foot tall and 50-75 years of age! She is about 8 foot tall. </div><div>I don't know if she was blooming at her previous home or not, but this is the first time she has bloomed since coming to live at my house. The blooms open in the evening, and close at the end of the following day. I am looking forward to fruit so hoping the bats were busy last night. </div><div> My Heart is overflowing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lKfzKp7gKZA/XsrKtTgr4TI/AAAAAAAAG2U/RpDh4L04RO8eliY-1Kx6J97CyNnP3wuQwCK4BGAsYHg/IMG_4602.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lKfzKp7gKZA/XsrKtTgr4TI/AAAAAAAAG2U/RpDh4L04RO8eliY-1Kx6J97CyNnP3wuQwCK4BGAsYHg/s320/IMG_4602.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HeTJMI4nLu4/XsrI5km6xhI/AAAAAAAAG1Q/d2m3aXH8O5cCMy5yH7xBYue1-iK59mXIgCK4BGAsYHg/IMG_4622.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HeTJMI4nLu4/XsrI5km6xhI/AAAAAAAAG1Q/d2m3aXH8O5cCMy5yH7xBYue1-iK59mXIgCK4BGAsYHg/s320/IMG_4622.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MqHOAZiVnwE/XsrJIgHWFdI/AAAAAAAAG1o/Q0TOmYVdORshgeNf0jVHJBU6jJbveBn_QCK4BGAsYHg/IMG_4613.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MqHOAZiVnwE/XsrJIgHWFdI/AAAAAAAAG1o/Q0TOmYVdORshgeNf0jVHJBU6jJbveBn_QCK4BGAsYHg/s320/IMG_4613.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It has been forever since I blogged, but thanks to the internet, it was waiting here patiently for me. Sending out love and peace to all on this Memorial Day Weekend 2020! And thanks Mama, for the blessings of Saguaro blooms today. I love you and miss you! </div><div><br /></div>kesslerdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941318128033074562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229746686941298595.post-68351198240311291972012-05-20T10:04:00.002-07:002012-05-20T10:04:32.170-07:00...bring May flowersMay brings new delights in the garden every day. Life is busy but I'm out smelling the flowers as often as I can.<br />
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I am still picking peppers from the pepper plants I potted up last Spring. <br />
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My "Old Man" cactus is always the first to bloom each Spring.<br />
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This year the little "Old Man" is blooming too!<br />
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These were teeny tiny baby spiders my NYC pal sent to me last Spring. They've overgrown their pot and need re-potting.<br />
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Peas planted last Fall. We've had such a nice winter- they did well and are producing now.<br />
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One of my Spring bulb gardens, with Hyacinth just starting to come up. That alligator sure is out of place in the desert!<br />
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Happy Spring!kesslerdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941318128033074562noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229746686941298595.post-67676181052776463472011-08-22T06:05:00.000-07:002011-08-22T06:05:00.957-07:00AugustAugust in Tucson has a certain magic with the seasonal rains either happening, or not, but always changing the air with higher humidity. The Queens Wreath comes into full bloom each August. Although I get a few early blooms from this vine, it seems to wait for August to really shine. I love the tiny pink flowers and the way the tendrils shoot up every which way from the fence they grow along.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4_URS8_pkjQ/TlJOYlWjnkI/AAAAAAAAFPc/5LcZdLdtWnM/s1600/26.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qaa="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4_URS8_pkjQ/TlJOYlWjnkI/AAAAAAAAFPc/5LcZdLdtWnM/s400/26.JPG" width="300" /></a></div> August is also Barrel Cactus blooming month. These common cactus are the backdrop to Tucson. Whether in the urban areas or in the wild areas, they start blooming in August. Yellow- Orange and Red- they are so beautiful if you take the time to look. These next pictures are from a wild desert area near my job. It looks like the Javelina have been eating them this year. I wonder why, and what they normally eat that they are not getting enough of. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3seQdWmS62Q/TlJPP2frPvI/AAAAAAAAFQE/ar28nZd6krw/s1600/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qaa="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3seQdWmS62Q/TlJPP2frPvI/AAAAAAAAFQE/ar28nZd6krw/s400/4.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I pulled all but two of the dead sunflowers out. They were such a joy- both to me and to the gold finches who devoured every seed. Next year I'm doing sunflowers again! The bed sure looks empty but it awaits the next adventure. </div><br />
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</div>kesslerdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941318128033074562noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229746686941298595.post-5430879795582257302011-07-06T07:53:00.000-07:002011-07-06T07:53:56.081-07:00Raining down on me<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The last day of June brought me the sad news of my older brothers unexpected death of a heart attack. The Monsoon arrived a few days later, keeping in tune with my heart it seems. My brother touched many lives with his music, friendship and love. May his spirit - his humor, his creativity, his music keep us close to him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N77nFDQJdz4/ThR0dw-UfeI/AAAAAAAAFM0/lKVM-RcnyvU/s1600/jerry2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N77nFDQJdz4/ThR0dw-UfeI/AAAAAAAAFM0/lKVM-RcnyvU/s400/jerry2.jpg" width="176" /></a></div> Jerry Kessler- March 27 1952- June 30 2011.kesslerdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941318128033074562noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229746686941298595.post-69106085559772235292011-06-25T10:19:00.000-07:002011-06-25T10:19:50.718-07:00June SunflowersI'd like to be a hummingbird....just for a day. They buzz around and taste each flower, then zoom off high into the tree-tops to sing sing sing. They seem to love the sunflowers though they are about bloomed out now. They are really friendly, seeming as curious about me as I am about them. <br />
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The sunflowers are also a big hit with the little gold finches. If you look very closely in the following pictures you will find some happily enjoying the past blooms. Click to enlarge them.<br />
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The Sunflower collection I planted in this round bed have grown quickly- the tallest are almost 6 foot now. They are starting to bloom now too. My plans to grow a vine up around the Jungle Jim did not work out- I just couldn't decide on the right vine and it never got done. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I spent hours in the garden this weekend, and it never fails to bring me joy. So many wonderful things going on, not the least of which is this "Old Man" cactus whose odd looking blooms started opening today.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WToYrFIPqlE/TZByF3vmboI/AAAAAAAAFGU/V1i-NINVvBk/s1600/march272011+065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WToYrFIPqlE/TZByF3vmboI/AAAAAAAAFGU/V1i-NINVvBk/s400/march272011+065.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can't keep a good pear down...my almost completely stripped Prickly Pears are making a comeback!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xm5a9k8t1rg/TZBuENrxf5I/AAAAAAAAFFQ/f_-r9SC49HM/s1600/march272011+077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xm5a9k8t1rg/TZBuENrxf5I/AAAAAAAAFFQ/f_-r9SC49HM/s640/march272011+077.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kQ8T-UIdSnk/TZBuQGhSKUI/AAAAAAAAFFY/UdwgF3xfVBc/s1600/march272011+084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kQ8T-UIdSnk/TZBuQGhSKUI/AAAAAAAAFFY/UdwgF3xfVBc/s400/march272011+084.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> Here are the baby Mescal Bean (Texas Mt Laurel) trees I started from seed..they are about a year old now, and ready to be planted in permanent homes. I have 8 of them and they are free to a loving home. I'm in Tucson - I can't mail them, but I can work out a pick-up place if anyone is interested. I also have family in Maricopa- I could get them there over Easter. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8oXua2ExL0w/TZBu4-ESABI/AAAAAAAAFF0/3062ka2SG2s/s1600/march272011+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8oXua2ExL0w/TZBu4-ESABI/AAAAAAAAFF0/3062ka2SG2s/s400/march272011+013.JPG" width="300" /></a></div> The little Persian Lilac is in fully bloom. I love the scent but it just doesn't compete with those in the Midwest..still it is better than no lilacs in the spring and they are just lovely.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">It feels so good to be back in the garden. </div>kesslerdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941318128033074562noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229746686941298595.post-49503752043845352042011-03-06T06:56:00.000-07:002011-03-06T06:56:45.214-07:00Spring at last<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Winter was brutal- for Tucson standards anyway. We had two stretches of freezing night temps- dipping down to about 18 or 19 degrees a couple nights. It was the worst I've seen since I started gardening, and I lost so many plants. Every night blooming cactus in my yard is either dead or severely damaged. My two majestic old Prickly Pears (one featured in my header picture) are just stumps coming from the ground. The dead and rotting pads filled a pickup truck load. The Sky Flower, Hibiscus, two Passion Vines, all seem lost. My sweet little Ponytail Palm- if it comes back it will be amazing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But it seems Spring has found us at last...and the little bulb garden I planted in the fall is really coming to life. The first Crocus opened up yesterday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jdPdHdQ9e4I/TXOPDJWXQbI/AAAAAAAAFEk/hQjD7H9PdFg/s1600/march52011+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jdPdHdQ9e4I/TXOPDJWXQbI/AAAAAAAAFEk/hQjD7H9PdFg/s400/march52011+004.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Pg2IBx5M1GI/TXOPkP6ecnI/AAAAAAAAFE8/J6lu9dMsexA/s1600/march52011+018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Pg2IBx5M1GI/TXOPkP6ecnI/AAAAAAAAFE8/J6lu9dMsexA/s400/march52011+018.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> As I walked around the yard, I noticed the little Mescal Bean Tree, the first one I planted, has some tiny blooms starting. This little tree has not grown an inch, and has deformed leaves, never thriving no matter what I did. But it is going to bloom! It made my heart soar.</div><br />
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</div>Happy Spring!kesslerdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941318128033074562noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229746686941298595.post-38697384563340183912011-02-27T10:40:00.000-07:002011-02-27T10:40:58.577-07:00Conflicting viewsThe mountains were inclined to think that Winter still remained....<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2FEHd1E5GVc/TWqLPu_byJI/AAAAAAAAFDI/2hpv4kGVwLg/s1600/02272011+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" l6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2FEHd1E5GVc/TWqLPu_byJI/AAAAAAAAFDI/2hpv4kGVwLg/s400/02272011+013.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Hyacinth sweetly took another view...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-n_6GuTP93tw/TWqLcNkJZoI/AAAAAAAAFDM/n845u9nauWU/s1600/02272011+019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-n_6GuTP93tw/TWqLcNkJZoI/AAAAAAAAFDM/n845u9nauWU/s400/02272011+019.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
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</tbody></table> The freezing nights hit some of my cactus the hardest. The big prickly pears had large branches freeze and just break off. In the almost 8 years I've lived in my home I've never seen this happen until this winter.<br />
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Spring...where are you?kesslerdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941318128033074562noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229746686941298595.post-75220006747204853902010-12-04T06:53:00.000-07:002010-12-04T06:53:14.083-07:00Blooms for ThanksgivingThis little cactus bloomed again this year, for Thanksgiving week, just as it did <a href="http://adesertobserver.blogspot.com/2009/11/bloomin-purple-for-cactus-monday.html">last year.</a> I'm not sure of the variety. I thought it was a Ferocactus latispinus but someone who knows much more than I suggested it might be Biznaga de Dulce or Ferocactus macrodiscus. I don't really care...to me it is my Thanksgiving cactus...one of the few cactus that bloom for me this time of year, and one of my favorite blooms. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Look who I found hanging in my Yellow Bells bush. Isn't he a cutie? Anyone know what kind of caterpillar this might be? In trying to research it seems it might be a Tomato Horn Worm, but it isn't on the tomato plants and the horn is green, not red. I left him be...will have to watch and see if he has any buddies nearby.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Purple Peppers? Well maybe just a few!</td></tr>
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No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden. <br />
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Thomas Jeffersonkesslerdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941318128033074562noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229746686941298595.post-58781060994444475982010-10-20T06:05:00.002-07:002010-10-20T06:15:16.250-07:00Good Morning Morning Glory<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> While my son, Zach, and his beautiful bride, Heather, said their wedding vows in an orchard in Ohio, the Morning Glory seeds they sent me for Mother's Day finally sent up blooms in Arizona. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TLM8aSkL-FI/AAAAAAAAE0U/toyPpEgOS3k/s400/100910+086.JPG" width="300" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's to October..may Winter never come. </div>kesslerdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941318128033074562noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229746686941298595.post-75858750217309313452010-10-03T05:37:00.001-07:002010-10-03T05:39:32.311-07:00Moon over Morning Glory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TKh31LVudBI/AAAAAAAAE0Q/3swX1NhxnpY/s1600/093010+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TKh31LVudBI/AAAAAAAAE0Q/3swX1NhxnpY/s400/093010+009.JPG" width="300" /></a></div> Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. <br />
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W. Clement Stonekesslerdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941318128033074562noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229746686941298595.post-33548587467878341272010-09-08T04:36:00.000-07:002010-09-08T04:36:56.039-07:00Trouble in Paradise...<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">My little Mescal Bean trees are growing quickly these days, with the tallest over 4 foot. However as I wandered the yard this weekend taking note of the plants, I discovered one of the little trees was infested with caterpillars-- at least the very top most leaves were covered with these little buggers.</div>A little research identified them as Genista Caterpillars- and turns out they love these trees. I lopped off the affected parts, and hopefully that takes care of them. Only one tree had any evidence of them, but I will certainly keep close watch on them all now. Yuck!<br />
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The picture shows the branches I lopped off- lots of little worms feasting away! Click for a better view of the little guys.kesslerdeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941318128033074562noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229746686941298595.post-82149784236336485072010-09-06T11:53:00.002-07:002010-09-09T05:46:02.466-07:00Summers best of weather...September brings a little cooler weather and the promise of better gardening soon. The monsoon is almost over and we actually got a little rain the last couple weeks. The yard has attained a "lush" look it doesn't have other times of the year, thanks to the weeds. Of course theres a few things besides weeds growing in my garden. <br />
This little cactus has been blooming non-stop all summer!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUkwf-gKsI/AAAAAAAAEzI/ZW0mgz3aico/s1600/september62010+016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUkwf-gKsI/AAAAAAAAEzI/ZW0mgz3aico/s400/september62010+016.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I almost missed this bloom. The pot was tucked in a corner and had already bloomed once without me noticing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUcuiaNUtI/AAAAAAAAEww/zTXOn0FFZek/s1600/sept62010+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUcuiaNUtI/AAAAAAAAEww/zTXOn0FFZek/s400/sept62010+003.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This little cactus has bloomed many times but this is the first time I've caught an open flower in a picture. They seem to open and close up quickly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUc0skgdDI/AAAAAAAAEw4/p5rYH5YwrmY/s1600/sept62010+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUc0skgdDI/AAAAAAAAEw4/p5rYH5YwrmY/s400/sept62010+009.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The giant sunflower blooms and blooms...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUdQJUETJI/AAAAAAAAExA/Y_yTPEs5dvM/s1600/sept52010+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUdQJUETJI/AAAAAAAAExA/Y_yTPEs5dvM/s400/sept52010+011.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A shot of the whole plant. It must be 8 foot tall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUds2PemxI/AAAAAAAAExo/OodAKXWGUao/s1600/sept52010+057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUds2PemxI/AAAAAAAAExo/OodAKXWGUao/s400/sept52010+057.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rain Lilies that bloomed in spite of my forgetting they were planted in this bed that has been overtaken by weeds due to the recent rains.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUdVP1BTAI/AAAAAAAAExI/ZWj4_33s0wI/s1600/sept52010+018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUdVP1BTAI/AAAAAAAAExI/ZWj4_33s0wI/s400/sept52010+018.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What is that hiding in the garden? A Watermelon!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUdiwegfKI/AAAAAAAAExY/SoalCeNAXns/s1600/sept52010+044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUdiwegfKI/AAAAAAAAExY/SoalCeNAXns/s400/sept52010+044.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And twin pomegranates developing nicely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUdeHa_WQI/AAAAAAAAExQ/Em7cR4Jq3-I/s1600/sept52010+038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUdeHa_WQI/AAAAAAAAExQ/Em7cR4Jq3-I/s400/sept52010+038.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Morning Glory vine- all vine and no blooms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUd-bGuueI/AAAAAAAAEyA/p6OeC0UhD9I/s1600/sept52010+076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUd-bGuueI/AAAAAAAAEyA/p6OeC0UhD9I/s400/sept52010+076.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Shrimp plant has really responded to recent rains. Lots of new growth and new flowers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUeL0KyLgI/AAAAAAAAEyY/Baee5qeUxI4/s1600/sept52010+085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUeL0KyLgI/AAAAAAAAEyY/Baee5qeUxI4/s400/sept52010+085.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just love my little Baja Fairy Duster- it always has a bloom or two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUeCgv5HQI/AAAAAAAAEyI/SHQytFZhjho/s1600/sept52010+082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUeCgv5HQI/AAAAAAAAEyI/SHQytFZhjho/s400/sept52010+082.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lovely Lantana</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUdy4yf-lI/AAAAAAAAExw/oEGRKO39IsI/s1600/sept52010+063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUdy4yf-lI/AAAAAAAAExw/oEGRKO39IsI/s400/sept52010+063.JPG" width="372" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This little cactus has one bloom starting and an interesting green fruit from a previous bloom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUePm7OerI/AAAAAAAAEyg/lY2BLCKYC2U/s1600/sept52010+089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUePm7OerI/AAAAAAAAEyg/lY2BLCKYC2U/s400/sept52010+089.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This beautiful vine doesn't start to bloom till late August. I see it planted near trees locally and suddenly the trees are wreathed in pink flowers. It is gorgeous. The one I have planted by the fence out front is doing pretty well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIU36h9LDMI/AAAAAAAAE0A/I9ufXMkPqNY/s1600/sept32010+072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIU36h9LDMI/AAAAAAAAE0A/I9ufXMkPqNY/s400/sept32010+072.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of little buds poking up in my Owl cactus.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUeVHO6i3I/AAAAAAAAEyo/iE-oleaw68w/s1600/sept52010+091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUeVHO6i3I/AAAAAAAAEyo/iE-oleaw68w/s400/sept52010+091.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More lovely lantana.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUeauj8j8I/AAAAAAAAEyw/QJmsds9NEz4/s1600/sept52010+099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUeauj8j8I/AAAAAAAAEyw/QJmsds9NEz4/s400/sept52010+099.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of the succulent garden under the olive tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUee6_ZEEI/AAAAAAAAEy4/BD5Jin4-WuA/s1600/sept52010+106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUee6_ZEEI/AAAAAAAAEy4/BD5Jin4-WuA/s400/sept52010+106.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And Moon Flowers To Be!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUkN48VbpI/AAAAAAAAEzA/nuspF9Oi5j0/s1600/september62010+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUkN48VbpI/AAAAAAAAEzA/nuspF9Oi5j0/s400/september62010+009.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3 Kinds of Prickly Pear in a pot- this came from the desert near my job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUk11ScHHI/AAAAAAAAEzQ/UT9XrV9OEtM/s1600/september62010+020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUk11ScHHI/AAAAAAAAEzQ/UT9XrV9OEtM/s400/september62010+020.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sky Flowers- dainty, delicate and loving the rain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUlFe1S7_I/AAAAAAAAEzo/yfuEOS6ds_s/s1600/september62010+028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUlFe1S7_I/AAAAAAAAEzo/yfuEOS6ds_s/s400/september62010+028.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Baby cactus growing up from my butchered cactus. I've <a href="http://adesertobserver.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-blooms-and-re-blooms-and-no-blooms.html">waited over a year</a> to see if anything would rise out of the ashes of this old piece of cactus that I lopped off after a fellow blogger suggested it. At last!!! And the "twins" have a baby too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUk7LvkCbI/AAAAAAAAEzY/vkjkljQ72L8/s1600/september62010+025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUk7LvkCbI/AAAAAAAAEzY/vkjkljQ72L8/s400/september62010+025.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And last a fat caterpillar feasting away on one of my Passion Vines...it is a battle that wages on every day. Me vs the caterpillars...this week they are winning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUlK1HwhZI/AAAAAAAAEzw/myyk8EStGaM/s1600/september62010+035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__yfW0g8fBaI/TIUlK1HwhZI/AAAAAAAAEzw/myyk8EStGaM/s400/september62010+035.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"By all these lovely tokens, Septmber days are here</div> With summer's best of weather, And autumn's best of cheer."<br />
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