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From The Adventures of Garfield and Tango by marilyn swett

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Gregory Garceau commented on a photo in Mission accomplished!

I see it--the saguaro's arm is wrapped around your waist. Don's head is unusually tall though. And his eyeballs are popping out of his tall head all over the place.

2 years ago
Kelly Iniguez commented on We've got she-assist!

I will give ridewithgps a plug here - I tend to get lost on a good day. I love the spoken voice cues. There are all sorts of apps - Strava, Komoot, ridewithgps, etc. Komoot has the added feature of being able to set your depart time, and see the wind/temperature on a sliding scale as the day progresses.

Thanks for the great report - I felt i was riding with you!

2 years ago
Kelly Iniguez commented on a photo in We've got she-assist!

I think, but am not sure that these are changed periodically. I've seen some new designs that weren't here last year. Maybe. Perhaps my memory is bad . . . but, that's what I think.

2 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on Shut up and dance

It took lots of looking at photos of both the downy and others. The allaboutbirds site's similar species really helps, and using those names to google search images pretty much confirmed it for me. The one that was most similar was the hairy woodpecker...

2 years ago
marilyn swett replied to a comment by Scott Anderson on a photo in I'll take the high road and you can take the low road

Thanks Scott! I couldn't miss with this one, just had to hustle outside to catch it at just the right time.

2 years ago
marilyn swett commented on a photo in Money, money, money....it's a rich man's world

Interesting that it's part of the asparagus family. When we've been in Texas, we've seen agave/century plants that were actually in bloom. Thanks!

2 years ago
marilyn swett commented on a photo in Money, money, money....it's a rich man's world

Ahhh - ok. I don't have a good book showing flowering shrubs for this area.

2 years ago
marilyn swett commented on a photo in Mission accomplished!

Thanks Bill!

2 years ago
marilyn swett replied to a comment by Bill Shaneyfelt on Shut up and dance

Thanks for confirming that. Sometimes pictures in a book don't always fit what you're seeing. And this bird was moving quite quickly through the trees.

2 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in Money, money, money....it's a rich man's world

Correct! It is Agave, but it is done flowering. note the withering reddish leaves that gave it their all. When they are getting ready to flower, they shoot up a stalk that looks like giant asparagus (same family, actually).

https://www.alamy.com/looking-up-at-the-top-of-a-tall-flower-stalk-of-the-agave-plant-also-known-as-the-century-plant-sprouting-buds-image243635728.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_americana

2 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in Money, money, money....it's a rich man's world

Brittlebush

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encelia_farinosa

2 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in Mission accomplished!

I believe you are correct.

2 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on Shut up and dance

Looks like you are correct.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Downy_Woodpecker/id

2 years ago
Scott Anderson commented on a photo in I'll take the high road and you can take the low road

Wow. Great photo!

2 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in I'll take the high road and you can take the low road

Fungi are so variable... Sometimes almost impossible to definitively identify without genetic testing. That said, It might be that this one is gasteroid agaricus. The wiki convoluted account of its (current) name is rather long, but serves to reinforce my confused , tentative perspective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus_deserticola

2 years ago