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Re: [OM] IMGs: Chris' Cycling Photos 3 March 2014

Subject: Re: [OM] IMGs: Chris' Cycling Photos 3 March 2014
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 06:55:51 +0200
Good on them. I remember this was an issue when we lived in Florida--people 
planted various northern grasses and plants in their gardens, and as a result 
wasted lots of water and had to turn their gardens into toxic waste dumps to 
"protect" their gardens.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA









On Apr 4, 2014, at 4:52 PM, Chris Trask wrote:

>     There's very little in the way of wildflowers in the back country this 
> season due to the lack of winter rains, so I have been looking around for 
> opportunities along my daily cycling routes here in Tempe.  There are a few 
> homes in the southern part of town that have defied the "Disney Desert" form 
> of landscaping and have instead turned their front yards in to nice showcases 
> of more natural desert flora.  One home in particular has a couple of 
> interesting species, one being a well formed Strawberry Cactus:
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624098065/
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624099075/
> 
> and the other being a species of succulent that I have heard refered to as 
> Desert Candle but which I cannot for the moment properly identify:
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624099265/
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624099855/
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624100085/
> 
>     Another home nearby has an interesting cactus with orange flowers that I 
> have yet to identify:
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624198995/
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/13624199025/
> 
>     Notice the arrangement of rocks in the next to last photo.  The owner has 
> gone to the trouble of gsthering rocks that are typical of lower altitude 
> Sonoran Desert slopes and arranging them in a way that you would commonly 
> find them in a natural environment.  This is a high degree of detail that I 
> rarely see, but I would not want to encourage people to go to unless they can 
> find the rocks in areas that have been disturbed by road grading.
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
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