Cool Clouds this Morning....

There were really neat clouds this morning.
Looking to the west I saw the pattern below.
Note the large patch of blue sky directly overhead.
Looking east (I was in the exact same spot but turned around 180 degrees) this cloud patter was coming.....

About 1 hour later the two patterns had almost met...the birdhouse is still there...

We really get to see some amazing stuff down here....

Washing Adenium Roots....&....Bones....

My little kitty buddy ‘Bones’ was neutered yesterday...
This morning he was doing pretty well and we walked and played some...
and then he was off hunting ....
Anyway, I hope he was hunting and not looking for kinder pastures...

Above: Here is an 8-inch pot of Adenium as it was in the greenhouse this morning...
No flowers since we had taken cuttings for an experiment...

Above: Here is the same plant 5 minutes later after a root wash...
This particular cultivar makes really big roots compared to others...
I am not sure which is cooler with Adenium, the flowers or the caudex...

Above: is the plant from above and 3 more of its buddies...

Back to Plants................Then and Now

Below is some pothos breeding stock planted so they root onto moss covered poles that are 9 feet tall....the moss is held in place by shade fabric that is stapled to the poles....on top of the pole is an irrigation dripper that runs a few minutes each day to keep the moss damp.....

Here are the same plants today........almost ready for flowering induction treatments.......

Even with 3.5 inches of rain our lizard was high and dry.....

It was a completely cloudy/rainy weekend where we got 3.5 inches of rain...........
that was actually less than half of what other people got in this area.......guess we are still in the desert.......

Mosiac Mom has a lizard living in an old bird house that we moved up near the carport.....
Look closely and you can see him sitting on the front porch....
I like lizards and think that a line of lizard houses would be cool......they are neater than birds.......
Anyway this guy lives in his house and comes out everyday to sunbathe and eat insects.......sounds good to me....

Meanwhile back at FNATS 2011....

Below: I got to see one of my kids at the entrance to the convention center...that is a planting of Aglaonema 'Silver Bay'...They looked really good.....there also was a distant planting of my other kids Aglaonema 'Golden Bay' or 'Emerald Bay' but they were too far away to tell for sure (it is one BIG convention center) and I forgot to go and look closer on the way home as I was too tired to walk that extra mile.....
Below is the carpet in the hotel across the street where we ate lunch.....I like bright happy colors.....

Below: I really like all the colored clippers under the ARS display sign.... They are my favorite and get used by my hands all the time.... I want one of each color....

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The Week of Dead.........

What a week of dead.......
Garden dead.....I am thorough.....
Main water line to house dead.....not our fault.......my plumbing is going also.....
Pool pump dead.....normal around here.......
Water heater would be dead but was saved by Mosaic Mom at 3:00 am....she is a HERO.....

On the LIFE side of things.....
Bones has become the "golf cart buddy".......
He comes running now when we say here kitty kitty golf cart ride......
Then he hops into his little compartment say lets go.....Above he is wondering what the holdup is..........
What a week.........what a good kitty kitty.......