pictures for 9 pink, 10 hands, 11 m is for.

pink

got this last year at the football game

its on the freig 

 had this pink seat also,

 hands displaying knife,

 My sweet Lilly

day 8 corner

90 degrees

what you saw today

didn't do 8 0'clock 4 yesterday. nobody want to see a guy sleeping

TODAY

What you saw today

 ta bug

love these little guys

catch up

got to keep the camera batteries charged, or no pictures,.
here for the third. me today

in the new wheels

day 4 and five 

in motion doing laundry,

and afternoon

Something  COLORFUL

going to try to do photo of the day this month

Dillion drew this.

 

desert friend Gila monster

a friend saw one, so. of Tucson,  and though it was poison to touch. you would probably get bitten if trying to touch. try google search for more info.

At a length of up to two feet (0.6 meters) and a maximum weight exceeding five pounds (2.3 kilograms), the venomous Gila monster (pronounced HEE-luh) is the largest lizard native to the United States.
 
                                                                   GILA MONSTER

Easily identified by their black bodies marked with dramatic patterns of pink, orange, or yellow, Gilas are found in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico. They take their name from Arizona's Gila River basin, where they were first discovered.
The Gila monster is one of only a handful of venomous lizards in the world. Others include the similar-looking Mexican beaded lizards.

 
                                                          Mexican beaded lizard

just wanted to remind to watch for, and snakes  when desert hiking .


The Gila monster is one of only two species of venomous lizards; both are of the family Helodermatidae and both are similar in appearance and habits. Its venomous cousin, the Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum), is slightly larger and darker.
Most of the Gila monster's teeth have two grooves that conduct its venom, a nerve toxin, from glands in the lower jaw. The toxin is not injected like that of the snake, but flows into the wound as the lizard chews on its victim. While the bite can overpower predators and prey, it is rarely fatal to humans.
There are two subspecies of Gila monsters in the deserts of the Southwest:

• H.s. suspectum (reticulate) resides primarily in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts. Adults are mottled and blotched.
  
• H.s. cinctum (banded) resides primarily in the Mojave Desert. Adults have a broad double crossband.

Range

Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of extreme southwestern Utah, southern Nevada, southeastern California, Arizona and southwestern New Mexico into Mexico.

Habitat

Desert and semiarid regions of gravelly and sandy soils with shrubs. Found under rocks, in burrows of other animals and in holes it digs itself.

Behavior

During warm weather the Gila monster feeds at night on small mammals, birds and eggs. Fat stored in the tail and abdomen during this period is utilized during the winter months. Both species of Heloderma are sluggish in habit, but they have a strong, tenacious bite.

hey Bike fans

Amgen Tour of California
The largest cycling event in America, the 2013 Amgen Tour of California is a Tour de France-style cycling road race, created and presented by AEG, that challenges the world’s top professional cycling teams to compete along a demanding course from May 12-19, 2013. For more information about the men’s and women’s races, please visit www.AmgenTourofCalifornia.com.

They start in Esconidio this year, only 30 miles away, 2nd stage starts in Murrieta, and the route comes within about 4 miles from the house. i'll have my wheels out theresome where,...better than a Charger game.  May 13th, 10:15 start. .............so cool.

the teams;

2013 Teams

• Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling
• BMC Racing Team
• Orica-GreenEdge Cycling Team
• Cannondale Pro Cycling
• Omega Pharma-Quick-Step
• Team Saxo-Tinkoff
• RadioShack Leopard Trek
• Team Garmin-Sharp
• Team NetApp-Endura
• 5-hour ENERGY presented by Kenda
• UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
• BISSELL Pro Cycling
• Bontrager
• Champion System Pro Cycling
• Optum Pro Cycling presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies
• Jamis – Hagens Berman

Early Morning Colors!

 I like the clear skies.

What goes up.....

 must come down.

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