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Flower stalk of the Soaptree Yucca |
Becca and I tooled around the west side of Tortugas Mountain this morning, baking in the heatwave gripping our region. We're in the 90s already--far too hot for this time of year. The heat will continue through the week. After our hike I went to buy cooler pads for our evaporative cooler, then mounted our roof to get the darned thing running. Although I overhauled it completely, right now it doesn't feel as if the pads are getting enough water. I'll have to check tomorrow since it's too hot to go up there now.
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Dig those crazy filaments |
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Soaptree Yucca flower stalk in front of Tortugas |
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Resting in the shadow of a Yucca |
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Torrey Yucca fruit |
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The flaming flowers of the Ocotillo |
3 comments:
Even in a drought, there are still lots of cacti and flowers blooming.
...reconsidering Las Cruces as a retirement home right now (90 degrees in late April)!
But it's a "dry" heat, Scott.
:)
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