Planes, Trains and Automobiles

PLANES:

A ride

A wreck

An imaginary flight of fancy

TRAINS:

A ride

A wreck

A monorail

AUTOMOBILES:

A ride

No wreck

Prepairing for future gridlock

Carpe Carp, Eh?

Finally the weather has turned somewhat cooler...The end of 100+ days? We sure hope so!! I took Jake out fishing early this morning. It didn't take long to get the attention of some carp. The little one I'm holding is about 13" and the big one we let run across the pond several times to tire out was probably at least 20" long - maybe more. We just had to get to McDonalds after that, so this was it for today.

Dream a Little Dream...

The lottery is where millions of idiots make one idiot look like a genius. But when it get this high it is kind of fun to imagine ways in which your world would change or ways you could change the world...So let's hear it; what would you do with this kind of money?

More Cactus Flowers

Can't hardly go to the gardens without a few cactus & flower pictures. Today was no exception. Enjoy...

Very Unusual Saguaro

I don't know where they get them, but the Desert Botanical Gardens has some very rare saguaros. The big ones can't be cheap to move - they may weigh over 5 tons! Some saguaros crestate on the top - sometimes even the arms will crestate. This one went in two directions and now has arms developing along the crest! Wow!!

New at the Desert Botanical Gardens!

If you haven't been to the gardens recently, you may want to check it out once the weather cools off a bit - or when you come to visit! This is the new cactus and succulent exhibit replacing the old aluminum structures that were hardly tall enough to cover many of the larger specimens. Shown here are the cacti - the succulent structure is the same.

Unusual Flower

Stopped in at the Desert Botanical Gardens today for a quick look at their new cactus & succulent displays. This was one of the plants in the succulent portion. This one probably isn't more than 8" tall. Not terribly unusual in and of itself, though it is interesting.

It was the flower that caught my eye. A strange looking one that looks as though it would be more at home underwater. Then there were the strange green bumps - individual flowers? seed pods? Who knows, but definitely interesting!

This aloe was also interesting, not so much for its leaves, which are different from your typical aloe - say aloe vera perhaps, but for its flowers.
These are the flowers. I noticed there were ants all over the stalks on this. I'm not sure if they show when you click on the photo, but there are several ants here.