Your window on your world? - Part 2
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Sorry to steal your thunder, BhamToTexas, but I took the helicopter tour when I was there in 2018.
Unbelievable.
The helo tour is pricey. I think it was $250 a head. But worth every penny. You get to see the Canyon in a way not many get to see.
Unbelievable.
The helo tour is pricey. I think it was $250 a head. But worth every penny. You get to see the Canyon in a way not many get to see.
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The Mosque-Cathedral in Córdoba, Spain.
Words cannot describe the beauty of it. And I kind of wish the Catholic Church had just left the bldg alone, and not move in a bunch of icons. I kind of feel the same way about the Hagia Sophia's being turned into a mosque in Instanbul. All the early Christian iconography and it's tured into a mosque.
Erected in 785 during Andalusian times. I asked the guide about capacity, and he said it could have accomodated 40,000 worshippers.
Words cannot describe the beauty of it. And I kind of wish the Catholic Church had just left the bldg alone, and not move in a bunch of icons. I kind of feel the same way about the Hagia Sophia's being turned into a mosque in Instanbul. All the early Christian iconography and it's tured into a mosque.
Erected in 785 during Andalusian times. I asked the guide about capacity, and he said it could have accomodated 40,000 worshippers.
This is my largest Ponytail Palm. Full of blooms right now! 
So, this past winter really scuffed up the garden. Most of the plants are making a comeback, but some we had to replace. The area around the koi pond is looking pretty again:
The waterlilies are coming back strong:
However, there appears to be a new issue:
The waterlilies are coming back strong:
However, there appears to be a new issue:
If they'd just stay on that side of the pond and not raid the veggie garden ...
Lily rocking the "Bangkok tourist uniform" that I brought back for her. She says she likes it, but I have yet to see her wear it outside of the house.
A good day to take pictures in the garden with my wife, daughter, and SIL:
Lan made homemade olive oil and rosemary sourdough. (The rosemary is from our garden.)
Carbs are delicious!
Carbs are delicious!
On display every day...the right to assemble........
Sourdough loave and muffins rising this morning after a night in the fridge.. Nothing like the taste of sourdough!
The 7 tall Cabbage Palms at one of my accounts got trimmed today. I have it done once a year around mid-July, when the bloom spikes have all emerged.
This species only blooms once a year - in the middle of summer. If you leave the flower stalks on - eventually fruits are formed - and eventually the fruits drop off - and that can be a problem.
It's not easy to just remove the flower stalks by themselves without trimming off some of the fronds. So most people give the palm a haircut, removing the flower stalks and some of the fronds.
These were given a '10-2' haircut - the resulting canopy mimicking the hands of a clock at 10 and 2. A '9-3' cut is also acceptable. When you get into '11-1' territory - that severe a cut is sometime referred to as a "hurricane cut". Usually that is how they are cut when they are re-located, to relieve stress on the palm as it acclimates to it's new location. And also grows itself an entire set of new roots.
The person I hired to do the job today did one of them for me last year when the 'other' company dropped the ball - the last one in the back yard. So it's his gig now. Family man with 3 children - the 2 boys helping Dad today. He also works 2 jobs, so happy to give him the work.
Messy work and of course it was very hot today......
Before:
After:
This species only blooms once a year - in the middle of summer. If you leave the flower stalks on - eventually fruits are formed - and eventually the fruits drop off - and that can be a problem.
It's not easy to just remove the flower stalks by themselves without trimming off some of the fronds. So most people give the palm a haircut, removing the flower stalks and some of the fronds.
These were given a '10-2' haircut - the resulting canopy mimicking the hands of a clock at 10 and 2. A '9-3' cut is also acceptable. When you get into '11-1' territory - that severe a cut is sometime referred to as a "hurricane cut". Usually that is how they are cut when they are re-located, to relieve stress on the palm as it acclimates to it's new location. And also grows itself an entire set of new roots.
The person I hired to do the job today did one of them for me last year when the 'other' company dropped the ball - the last one in the back yard. So it's his gig now. Family man with 3 children - the 2 boys helping Dad today. He also works 2 jobs, so happy to give him the work.
Messy work and of course it was very hot today......
Before:
After:
Here's our afternoon thunderstorm today....(not my pic).........
Got two new tires for the front of the Silverado this morning - and an alignment. Used a new (to me) place and am very happy with their service and product.
Truck rides smooth as silk again!
This unit was on the lift ahead of me.....
"I've been everywhere." ~ Johnny Cash
Truck rides smooth as silk again!
This unit was on the lift ahead of me.....
"I've been everywhere." ~ Johnny Cash
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