catching up missed a few days but have the pics

last thing i bough was a fish taco. didn't  make to camera...............this is the veggie ..  okra

                                                                                                      grateful....the home i grew up  in

looking down.....16 floors.......race car going fast

bottle

 something good to drink,
and mix with..................
sorry Sandy, no beer bottle,

drawing

Drew the finger then painted  it,.

now it's in the window pointing toward

the door.

orange

depot

orange baskets, aprons, bucket.

18- hair

my first though of hair, listen please...........ya don't like getting it cut

http://youtu.be/sNSy4DX60vk

if the link doesn't show copy and paste

flower, my fav of all

stinky flower

Something STINKY

Site for more stink….heehee

http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/worlds-largest-and-smelliest-flowers-and-plants/offbeat-news

I'VE HAD THIS CACTUS TYPE SUCCULENT FOR YEARS.
it bloomed in the last few days, it had two flowers this year.

the flowers that attract flies.

Stapelia — Star Flower
Stapelia are small, low growing, spineless, cactus-like succulent carrion flower plants. The flowers are usually flesh-colored, hairy to varying degrees and emit the odor of rotten flesh. Blooms in some species can grow very large, notably Stapelia gigantea which can reach 16 inches (41 centimeters) in diameter.This is the first blossom.

second blossom, pot plant



more information.

Stapelia — Star Flower
Stapelia are small, low growing, spineless, cactus-like succulent carrion flower plants. The flowers are usually flesh-colored, hairy to varying degrees and emit the odor of rotten flesh. Blooms in some species can grow very large, notably Stapelia gigantea which can reach 16 inches (41 centimeters) in diameter.

The petals are covered with soft white hairs, resembling a layer of mold growing on rotting matter.

The putrid scent attracts attract various pollinators including blow flies of the dipteran family Calliphoridae. Flies and maggots are attracted to the central orifice where the male and female floral sex organs are located. The insects frequently lay eggs around the coronae of Stapelia flowers, convinced by the plants’ deception.

Stapelia are commonly known by various other names including Starfish Flower, Star Cactus, Giant Toad Flower, Zulu Giant and in Australia it’s called the Dead Horse Plant.

A handful of species are commonly cultivated as pot plants and used as rockery plants in countries where the climate permits. Most species are native to South Africa.

Carrion or Stinking Flowers
Unlike their sweet-smelling counterparts, the somewhat perverse carrion flowers and stinking flowers entice flesh and fecal-loving insects to their foul-smelling blooms in the guise of meat by their colors and fetid scents that typically smell and look like rotten flesh. Species and plant families vary, which include some of the largest and most bizarre flowers on earth.

Some species may trap the unwitting insects temporarily with movable parts in the flower that catapult or maneuver them to ensure the gathering and transfer of pollen.

Carrion flowers are masters in the art of deception as they lure these insects into their blossoms. The flowers become pollinated but the fate of the insects is far more dismal — maggots hatching from eggs laid by them will perish from lack of any suitable food. Unlike typical insect-pollinated flowers, most carrion flowers don’t waste precious energy on rewarding their pollinators with copious nectar.

The sources of the flowers’ unique scent is not fully identified, partly due to the extremely low concentration of the compounds (5 to 10 parts per billion), but simple amines present in decaying flesh called putrescine and cadaverine are known to be present. Dimethyl sulfides, including disulfide and trisulfide have been detected in Amorphophallus.

and that's the smell of it.

15 - sunset

i found this pic of a sunset, liked it so much i kept it,
but there is no picture of an AZ sunset that i don't enjoy.

days; 12,stairs,13 found,14how i feel

well i got behind (,)..........but here pic for 12, 13, 14. day 11 - i don't eat breakfast very often

#12 - P.O. steps, I don't like stairs, but i do get ramped up.

#13 - FOUND; friends.

HAVEN'T HER SEEN FOR 15 YEARS.
and i got to meet a new friend.
Bob and Kathy Kelton

#14 - HOW DO I FEEL.

EXCITED:
A view of Long Beach marina, and also overlooking the south end of the
LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX. race track.

Saturday time trials, i can still hear the car
go just below going into turn 8.

wow

a BUG story

What do you know about Lady bugs? i needed to know why there were so many larva all over a few weeks ago. Soooooo this is what i learned.

Lady bugs lay eggs on the under side of leaves,
where there is a large amount on aphids, so when the
larva hatch they have something to eat.

the larva are small at first but grow to about a-half inch in just a few weeks.
this one is about to morph.

2 hungry larva, and 2 in a cocoon

1 is out the other was out the next day

and this is the cute little bug,
MY LADY BUG.

cold

cool glass of ice water.
pretty good beverage

Younger Me.

1st grade

oct of 72

Inside Wallet

i do have a wallet, Daniel bought it for me when he was in Equator,
inside out,
every thing falls out without a rubber band around it

notice the pic of Ronna (40 glamor shot) & BevMo card, =)
2 of the important things, but they all are

day 7; shadow

okay, lunch yesterday was a flop, i'm skipping it
to day 's shadow

Day 5; tiny

missed posting pictures yesterday , but i'll add them today,

TINY

tiny cat. the kitten was born Tuesday.

Day 4; someone (or ones) that makes you happy,
Ronna always makes me happy.


then i got to see SADIE...happy

Sheila and Krista...happy


and Ryan and there new home.happy times.

mail time

incoming mail

Ronna has the unopened mail, and boxes of goodies. But whoa me,
i get the bills.
DION AND HIS BROTHER STILL GET STUFF, AND JUNK MAIL, i'm the mail box.

pic april flowers

day 2: color

purple

this flower says, " come smell my color."

picture a day for the month

first day. reflection

now thy to do each day.
where is Sandy and Sheila pic?

it's been a year, i'm backkk

well Daniel and Pam are back in Italy, they call yesterday evening
to let us know they were safe and sound.

while they were here they stayed at our place for a few nights and the rest of
of the time it was at the property Ken and Becky care-take. the house is an old hunting cabin, remodeled nicely,
spring water and a few ponds, and BIG oak trees


this has seen better days