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Here’s another type, in Mexico, traditionally used to remember family members and friends who have departed this life:
Walking without a Plan Rocks
We drove to a neighborhood we have never visited, not knowing what we would find. As we slowly cruised along, interesting things surfaced almost immediately, like this mosaic on the side of a commercial building.
Followed by what looked to be a home-decorated "Performance" Bimmer.
Neighborhood is vintage 1950's like where I grew up. But in our yard we used rocks for retaining walls, not instead of grass! (Refer to my AbNormal Heights Walk for the reason rocks are an interest item for me and ArmisT.)
Proper fitment of rocks!
Even on a cool cloudy morning these flowers were HOT on our retinas!
Tulips! Are we in Holland?
No, we are approaching the end of the street, and find a home-designated park. We investigate...
Looks nice enough, and we strolled down the hill, taking care not to twist an ankle on the half-buried rocks.
"Free Rocks" as the supply is virtually unlimited in San Diego.
We passed some poppies against a back fence. These are code-named "Fried Egg" flowers
And this is the appropriately-designated "Bottle Brush" tree.
A vintage grapevine was visible through the undergrowth too.
Great colors of white and pink flowers against the green ice plant, with accents of red.
Our first hummingbird of the day chirped angrily as we entered his territory,
then settled his fat little body on a palm frond to check us out.
Wild licorice / anise were prevalent in this canyon, and very tasty too.
The foliage was too thick for us to proceed in our street clothes, so we turned around and headed back.
One of the neighbors on the right had a beautiful flower display on the edge of his yard.
and the people next to him had a severely pruned and very creepy ancient pepper tree. Does anyone else see this as ideal for a Halloween haunted house?
Potentially dangerous in more ways than one,
so we retraced our steps back over the grafitti-covered drain outfall, and took the path to the left.
This was lush but easy to walk and dry.
Meadow yellow.
We came to another stream which goes down into Tecolote Canyon (others walk from last year), so we spun around.
I like this one - we have not seen it before.
These flowers were really nice.
They grow on these big stalks.
Not sure what this is, I will look it up and put the names in.
An oak boll; looks like an apple.
We saw this sign and burst out laughing,
which amused this dove. We hopped in the Volt and headed home for breakfast.
Followed by what looked to be a home-decorated "Performance" Bimmer.
Neighborhood is vintage 1950's like where I grew up. But in our yard we used rocks for retaining walls, not instead of grass! (Refer to my AbNormal Heights Walk for the reason rocks are an interest item for me and ArmisT.)
Proper fitment of rocks!
Even on a cool cloudy morning these flowers were HOT on our retinas!
Tulips! Are we in Holland?
No, we are approaching the end of the street, and find a home-designated park. We investigate...
Looks nice enough, and we strolled down the hill, taking care not to twist an ankle on the half-buried rocks.
"Free Rocks" as the supply is virtually unlimited in San Diego.
We passed some poppies against a back fence. These are code-named "Fried Egg" flowers
And this is the appropriately-designated "Bottle Brush" tree.
A vintage grapevine was visible through the undergrowth too.
Great colors of white and pink flowers against the green ice plant, with accents of red.
Our first hummingbird of the day chirped angrily as we entered his territory,
then settled his fat little body on a palm frond to check us out.
Wild licorice / anise were prevalent in this canyon, and very tasty too.
The foliage was too thick for us to proceed in our street clothes, so we turned around and headed back.
One of the neighbors on the right had a beautiful flower display on the edge of his yard.
and the people next to him had a severely pruned and very creepy ancient pepper tree. Does anyone else see this as ideal for a Halloween haunted house?
We went up and over a couple blocks on the sidewalk, and stumbled onto another branch of the canyon. This one had water and was totally overgrown.
Potentially dangerous in more ways than one,
so we retraced our steps back over the grafitti-covered drain outfall, and took the path to the left.
This was lush but easy to walk and dry.
Meadow yellow.
We came to another stream which goes down into Tecolote Canyon (others walk from last year), so we spun around.
I like this one - we have not seen it before.
These flowers were really nice.
They grow on these big stalks.
Not sure what this is, I will look it up and put the names in.
An oak boll; looks like an apple.
We saw this sign and burst out laughing,
which amused this dove. We hopped in the Volt and headed home for breakfast.
Alas when we arrived, we were out of bacon, so I had Lucky Charms instead 😉 (a left-over birthday present for my wife on St Patrick's Day).
Cheers,
Cazalea
That pepper tree silhouette shot ....
is definitely my favorite this time around, it does have a distinctly spooky character to it!....
I know you’re accustomed to the sites you see…
but I’m not kidding when I say that the spectrum of foliage that you show on posts such as this almost strikes me as scenes from Avatar in a land whose natural habitat almost defies the imagination. Wow, and I thought I did good and widened my perspective by moving to the burbs.🤣 Now I really feel bad for the kids😳.
Questions:
1. What are those woolly mammoth-like trees?? Is that what an old palm tree looks like? I don’t think so, since the fronds don’t grow along the length of the trunk, yes? Truly amazing.
2. The fried egg poppies are awesome, but what were those sunburst looking flowers on a red base??
3. Lastly, what was that green spiked thing hanging from the stalk? I swear, if you told me it’s a sleeping Pokémon I’d believe you.
Amazing to think this is all growing naturally in one area.
Thanks for another great post.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Answers
Palms look like this if the fronds aren’t cut off as the new ones grow at the top. The old fronds make a mess but good homes for rats …
Flowers of the crimson bottlebrush
Fruit of the Marah oreganus “Manroot”
Flowers of the crimson bottlebrush
Fruit of the Marah oreganus “Manroot”
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽Just reviewed all this with the kids. Great stuff!
Last question: what is this flower that you said was hot on the retina?
A type of marigold
Here’s another type, in Mexico, traditionally used to remember family members and friends who have departed this life:
That BMW is hideous. That Zenith timepiece is perfect!
Another nice walk through the pleasant streets of San Diego!