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The evil Pokeweed.
5 years agoThis is lycoris, “Surprise Lily”. It sends up its leaves in the spring/summer, then dies down to nothing, then throws up the blooms seemingly overnight, hence the “surprise”. This is a very nice bunch.
5 years agoVery cool design! Makes me wonder what it's made of...
5 years agoBienvenidos a Santiago!
We're a little behind .. on our road trip from Denver to Portland. Spent a night at the Hugens house in Boise and now with friends in Prineville.
It felt like that to me too. I think we’ll be reminiscing about New Zealand again in the coming weeks, because we’re in for an extended spell of wet weather.
5 years agoThanks! I saved off links to. Ohh trees, but mostly focused on the acorn shapes. Really a beautiful forest.
5 years agoI like your reminiscing of your very first overseas bike trip. Coming right at the beginning of this trip, so many years later, it shows that you are doing exactly what you love. Something all of us who cycle tour should be cognizant of at the beginning of our trips as well. It's a way of thanking the universe. And thank you for this.
5 years agoLeaf shape is more that of the pedunculate oak, I think. Also known as the English oak or common oak. I think the sessile has smaller, tighter lobes and not as deeply cut.
5 years agoDon’t they though? Bruce should design one into the back yard unit.
5 years agoPortico! I should remember that word. You’re right - Portland would feel like a much different place with more porticos and fewer cars.
5 years agoMagical is just the right adjective. What a special place this is. We could spend a long time here.
5 years agoPortland could use more porticos.
5 years agoI am always partial to those multi-paned windowed porches, they look like great places to hang out and watch the scene from.
5 years agoGlad to see you safe and sound in Santiago! It's a marvelous, magical place. Janos and I first met on the Camino de Santiago back in 1997 and since then have walked its full length together.
5 years ago
While the leaves look a lot like a mimosa, some acacia species have similar ones, and the flower/bud habit of this guy would suggest one of the many acacias, perhaps Acacia dealbata, or silver wattle.
5 years ago