Beautiful Pictures

[TheKracka]

Portage Des Sioux, MO. The statue in the bottom center is Our Lady of the RIvers, can see some of my footage here:

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[T Bone]

a little female whitethroat sparrow sunning today

 

[TheKracka]

Had a little visitor this evening.

 

[T Bone]

the goldfinches are starting to get their summer colors on!

 

[AzScorpion]

Ocotillos grow wild in the desert here and they also use them for landscape. I have 3 around my house this one being the largest one. When I got it 10 years ago it was only 5' tall now it's about 12'. You don't water them and they absorb water through the canes (branches) and they bloom every spring with red flowers on the tips. They have sharp thorns on the canes (like a pricker bush) and they only turn green a few times a year usually after a big rain storm. Most of the year it looks like a bunch of dried up sticks.

 

[JoeC]

Ocotillos grow wild in the desert here and they also use them for landscape. I have 3 around my house this one being the largest one. When I got it 10 years ago it was only 5' tall now it's about 12'. You don't water them and they absorb water through the canes (branches) and they bloom every spring with red flowers on the tips. They have sharp thorns on the canes (like a pricker bush) and they only turn green a few times a year usually after a big rain storm. Most of the year it looks like a bunch of dried up sticks.

That's pretty cool.
Native plants, sometimes look dead - but isn't.
To me, it's nice to see someone recognizing that.
Thanks for the pic.

 

[9zero1790]

Ocotillos grow wild in the desert here and they also use them for landscape. I have 3 around my house this one being the largest one. When I got it 10 years ago it was only 5' tall now it's about 12'. You don't water them and they absorb water through the canes (branches) and they bloom every spring with red flowers on the tips. They have sharp thorns on the canes (like a pricker bush) and they only turn green a few times a year usually after a big rain storm. Most of the year it looks like a bunch of dried up sticks.

i think i would group those along with what texans call a "pokey bush". loose term that describes any small tree shrub or actual bush that has thorns, prickers etc. like mesquites. great for use in a smoker, but horrible if you stumble into one. its common to hear the term in angry statements like, "id like to throw that fool in a damn pokey bush and leave em in it" . a few pokey bushes around the houses windows are a great security system esp. if you have teenagers.

I dated this one girl that was against shaving certain areas... entirely new understanding of "pokey bush" after i talked her into trying a razor for for the first time
just kidding

 

[TheKracka]

the goldfinches are starting to get their summer colors on!

Great capture! Doesn't look to be much bigger than a hummingbird. Don't believe I've seen any here in Missouri, we have the same feed though, lol!

 

[TheKracka]

Ocotillos grow wild in the desert here and they also use them for landscape. I have 3 around my house this one being the largest one. When I got it 10 years ago it was only 5' tall now it's about 12'. You don't water them and they absorb water through the canes (branches) and they bloom every spring with red flowers on the tips. They have sharp thorns on the canes (like a pricker bush) and they only turn green a few times a year usually after a big rain storm. Most of the year it looks like a bunch of dried up sticks.

Pretty cool looking. Often wondered what people do in AZ in regards to lawn care. For instance the rest of us mow, do you all rake?

 

[AzScorpion]

Pretty cool looking. Often wondered what people do in AZ in regards to lawn care. For instance the rest of us mow, do you all rake?

Some have put in grass but it is expensive to keep it up with watering all the time. Most like myself have landscape stone and plants so there's very little maintenance. I just go out and trim the palm trees every couple months. My house back east had 3 acres and over an acre was grass and I was a slave to it. No lawnmower needed here. ?

 

[T Bone]

finally, something from the ground promising spring here in the frozen hell of upstate NY

 

[T Bone]

@TracyBowman do you recognize this one? lol

 

[KNI]

@TracyBowman do you recognize this one? lol

Transformers: Age of Extinction?

 

[Tracy Bowman]

@TracyBowman do you recognize this one? lol

Where is this? Not sure if I’ve seen it, but very cool!

 

[Tracy Bowman]

Transformers: Age of Extinction?

Our area also has a huge pig made of scrap metal. Don’t have a pic though. It’s been there as long as I can remember.

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