Hobo Jungle

[rogruth]

Truly joyful photos, Wayne, those birds in-flight and the poppies-not-poppies. Speaking just for myself, Thank You, indeed.

Dittos.

[webenda]

Thank you for your input Wolfgang. Your noxious weeds are truly obnoxious.

Just a note--repeating photos serves no purpose and is a little obnoxious in itself.
If you wish to repeat text, it is very easy to highlight the image(s)

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and delete it (them) from text.

[webenda]

Thank you Murph, and a big thank you for not repeating any of the photos.

Thank you Roger, plus another thank you for not repeating the photos.

[Wolf]

Sorry Wayne, mea culpa. I have just returned back upstairs from the dungeon
after a self-flagellation session to remind myself to not needlessly repeat pictures
when quoting others in a thread. I promise to curb that tendency in the future.
I guess I picked up some bad habits while wandering off to that other forum...

[E7]

Wayne,

Another superb batch of images. The worst of your work is.......wonderful.

Rich

[Wolf]

Sorry Wayne, mea culpa. I have just returned back upstairs from the dungeon
after a self-flagellation session to remind myself to not needlessly repeat pictures
when quoting others in a thread. I promise to curb that tendency in the future.
I guess I picked up some bad habits while wandering off to that other forum...

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I'd like to see more photos of him riding around the hills and low-lying areas of Arizona, esp. if there are some of those national treasure Seguaro cacti sharing the frame.

[webenda]

I guess I picked up some bad habits while wandering off to that other forum...

That was what I suspected happened.

Do not be misled. Bad associations spoil useful habits.
--1 Corinthians 15:33

[Tramp]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Like the granite ware coffee pot - nice effect. Have to remember to try that detail!

That stove needs a boy and a can of stove black.......and then some polish on the chrome trim. Had a stove not all that far off from that out in my parent's garage - I remember buying it at a farm auction in the early 70's, taking it apart, and re-assembling it to install it - adventure cutting a hole through the wall for the chimney..... We used it all the time to heat the room.....even though it really needed a new set of grates.

[E7]

Yep! The coffee/tea pot is a sublime shade of blue. Makes me think there should be a word sublue.

[webenda]

No new posts to http://quantumrun356.com/

In the meantime, the fishhook barrel cactus (Ferocactus wislizenii) are in full bloom. [Click on image]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

...fishhook barrel cactus...

Had one of those years ago, but it didn't bloom and it didn't last.

I still have a "handful" of others growing here.....that will come in with 1st frost - Winter is Coming.

[webenda]

It might be kinda hard to pick up a big Ferocactus wislizeni and move it in and out when seasons change, the one in the flower picture probably weighs 500 lbs. If you did manage to move it, it might not bloom, they are sensitive to light conditions and become acclimated to one location only.

Fishhook Barrel Cactus

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I Love Math
2 foot diameter
3 feet tall
Volume = Pi x radius squared x height = 3.14 x 1 x 1 x 3 = 9 cu ft
Weight H2O = 62 lbs / cu ft
Weight Barrel = 9 cu ft x 62 lbs / cu ft = 558 lbs

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Mine was never that size, and I suspect never mature enough to bloom. I have managed to get some of the other species of cactus on my deck to bloom in the past, but I guess I've resigned to accept them as they are now - a fraction of the diversity and numbers that I one had...

Still have one (2?) that's well over 35 years old now and the big brasiliensis is about 32 years old.....