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Post by innit Geezer on Nov 12, 2005 10:03:03 GMT -6
This is what I have to clean up today, at least it's beautiful outside. I could use that Farmall right about now.  |
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Post by Cherbunny on Nov 12, 2005 10:20:57 GMT -6
You need this kind of yard......no maintenance  |
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Post by Hazelita on Nov 12, 2005 10:43:09 GMT -6
I'm thinking both of those yards have Hedo-party potential!  |
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Post by Cherbunny on Nov 12, 2005 11:11:51 GMT -6
Welcome to Hedo-Tucson!
The rum was flowing and jerk chicken was served in the hot tub at 4:30.
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Post by innit Geezer on Nov 12, 2005 12:07:17 GMT -6
As I was blowin' the leaves I thought of you Cheryl. I knew you would come back with a picture. That is wild!
Hot tub! Jerked Chicken! I love it!
This message board is great.
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Post by Cherbunny on Nov 12, 2005 13:33:53 GMT -6
Gary~ I had to do it. You showed me yours, I had to show you mine.  The house was finished in 1997, but it's still a construction zone. The pool and hot tub were finished 3 years ago. We still have the guest house and outdoor shower to do and the outdoor kitchen/bar. It's all plumbed and I've got a commercial Wolf stove for out there, but we haven't gotten started on that yet. My Dad was the one who climbed our peak with my camera and took the pics. Rick hasn't climbed it yet, but I told him that we have to do it. Take a bottle of wine and a blankie and fuck our brains out up there. Sounds like a plan to me. Now...get back to blowing! Hugs~ Cher |
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Post by innit Geezer on Nov 12, 2005 21:38:22 GMT -6
Cherbunny, play it safe and leave enough brains for getting down the mountain.
That is a terrific picture.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Nov 12, 2005 23:18:33 GMT -6
I'd show you a picture of my yard, but I don't HAVE a yard. I do have a nice city park a block way, though. Ahhh, city living, I love it......Jake
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Post by Tex on Nov 13, 2005 7:55:25 GMT -6
Gary & Geri,
Your yard looks like our yard in December (except we are on the water). The eastern US from Maine to eastern Texas looks similar, then about 40 miles west of here the land ch-ch-changes drastically to prairie then the high plains of the west begin past Fort Worth. Cherbunny's yard has the rugged beauty of the west.
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Post by Cherbunny on Nov 13, 2005 8:27:41 GMT -6
Having lived in Jake's world and the east coast, the Sonoran Desert is something else. It's the only place where saguaro cactus grows.
I will admit that I do miss having grass and some big trees, but there is nothing like seeing a 20' tall saguaro in bloom.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Nov 13, 2005 11:07:46 GMT -6
I love those big saguaros. I used to go "photo hunting" for them outside of Phoenix. Once I bought a little baby one at a shop up north of Scottsdale (Carefree? Is that a town?). It was about 4 inches high, and it was "guaranteed to grow an arm within 80 years or your money cheerfully refunded." It died after a few years, still armless......Jake  |
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Post by Cherbunny on Nov 13, 2005 12:53:49 GMT -6
Yep...Carefree is a town north of Scottsdale. Hugh Downs of 20/20 fame has a place there.
Your saguaro probably died because it wasn't facing south. One side of it that has been facing south since the day it started to grow, needed to be facing south. Honest......
Rick had to transplant 30+ cactus from the home site up the peak and knew that they had to face the same direction from which it originally faced.
These cactus are protected to the point that we cannot dig one up and say...give it to Diane to plant in her yard without the proper permit. Anything over 4' tall is way too heavy to dig up and move without some serious equipment.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Nov 14, 2005 5:18:56 GMT -6
Yep...Carefree is a town north of Scottsdale. Hugh Downs of 20/20 fame has a place there. Unless you remember him better from his game show days on Concentration! |
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Post by diane on Nov 14, 2005 10:04:40 GMT -6
These cactus are protected to the point that we cannot dig one up and say...give it to Diane to plant in her yard So true...I have grass in my front yard, and the homeowners association would have a hissy fit!!!!   diane |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Nov 14, 2005 10:40:26 GMT -6
BTW- The final leaf removal tally for my yard... 283 garbage bags (if I had to put them into garbage bags... fortunately, I pick them up, haul them into the woods and dump them)
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Post by Cherbunny on Nov 14, 2005 11:12:52 GMT -6
So true...I have grass in my front yard, and the homeowners association would have a hissy fit!!!! Too bad......how about an ocotillo? I know we can part with one of those. |
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Post by diane on Nov 14, 2005 13:18:23 GMT -6
I stick with only aloe plants in my yard for cactus. Soothes the aching skin when I've gotten too much sun!!!
Thanks anyway though,
diane
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Post by drmryder on Nov 14, 2005 15:38:05 GMT -6
I can't even imagine having that many leaves!! We live on a corner in a small town and have only 4 trees. We had our yard leaf free and the town hadn't bothered to come and collect the leaves (we put them in the gutter and they come and suck them up) so this weekend we had 50+ mph winds and we got all our leaves back in our yard and at least three more yards worth! Worse yet, our one neighbor hasn't bothered raking yet so somehow his leaves got up and over our fence and I had to rake all those too! He still has tons of leaves in his yard and I don't have the heart to tell him this is the last week they will come around and pick them up. BTW- The final leaf removal tally for my yard... 283 garbage bags (if I had to put them into garbage bags... fortunately, I pick them up, haul them into the woods and dump them) |
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Nov 14, 2005 16:53:57 GMT -6
I love those big saguaros. I used to go "photo hunting" for them outside of Phoenix. Nice photo. Now edit out your shadow. Ansel Adams would NOT be proud!!   |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Nov 14, 2005 17:27:36 GMT -6
This is what I have to clean up today ... Could be worse. Imagine if each one of those leafs was a poo. |
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Post by Lady Irie on Nov 14, 2005 17:50:48 GMT -6
Gary~ I had to do it. You showed me yours, I had to show you mine. The house was finished in 1997, but it's still a construction zone. The pool and hot tub were finished 3 years ago. We still have the guest house and outdoor shower to do and the outdoor kitchen/bar. It's all plumbed and I've got a commercial Wolf stove for out there, but we haven't gotten started on that yet. My Dad was the one who climbed our peak with my camera and took the pics. Rick hasn't climbed it yet, but I told him that we have to do it. Take a bottle of wine and a blankie and fuck our brains out up there. Sounds like a plan to me. Now...get back to blowing! Hugs~ Cher |
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Post by Chicago Jake on Nov 14, 2005 23:46:55 GMT -6
I love those big saguaros. I used to go "photo hunting" for them outside of Phoenix. Nice photo. Now edit out your shadow. Ansel Adams would NOT be proud!! FUCK Ansel Adams. The big pussy. I believe in documenting the relationship between observer and observed. That's why I deliberately included my shadow in the picture. Photography is a very personal medium......Jake |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Nov 15, 2005 6:00:59 GMT -6
I believe in documenting the relationship between observer and observed. That's why I deliberately included my shadow in the picture. If I ever take a photography class, I have got to remember that one |
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Post by PattyD on Nov 15, 2005 7:10:16 GMT -6
Jake I think it is a cool picture...
The shadow looks like one of the comic people my son draws. Of course his comic person is a jail bird complete with black & white shirt with prison ID number.
Patty
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Post by Dan on Nov 15, 2005 7:20:14 GMT -6
Nice photo. Now edit out your shadow. Ansel Adams would NOT be proud!! FUCK Ansel Adams. The big pussy. I believe in documenting the relationship between observer and observed. That's why I deliberately included my shadow in the picture. Photography is a very personal medium......Jake So what you're REALLY saying is you didn't notice your shadow in the frame before taking the pic? D |
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Nov 15, 2005 7:27:26 GMT -6
One of these days, I am going to have to disable 'Ad-Blocking', I feel like I am missing some fun!
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Post by diane on Nov 15, 2005 9:07:56 GMT -6
Just don't disable everything, especially on this board. Sometimes you really miss out on the fun, and don't even know it. diane |
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Nov 15, 2005 11:20:49 GMT -6
Actually, I think Dr. Goon *does* know the fun he's missing out on -- he's just too sly to come out and say so.
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