Aiw
Member Username: Aiw
Post Number: 5511 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.70.116.187
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:05 am: | |
Here is today's P.D.J. |
Realitycheck Member Username: Realitycheck
Post Number: 306 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 68.41.173.240
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:22 am: | |
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year. -- 'A Prayer in Spring,' Robert Frost Thanks for reminding us of the beauty that blooms, Andrew. Your images are so vivid I almost can appreciate the fragrant aroma along with the colors. Heck, you probably caused some hayfever symptoms among forumers! |
The_rock Member Username: The_rock
Post Number: 1163 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 10:15 am: | |
Lovely early Spring photos, AIW. Fishflies should not be far behind. |
Pamequus Member Username: Pamequus
Post Number: 28 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 158.229.218.204
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 11:05 am: | |
Thanks for showing us a pretty side of the city. Seems all I've seen, here and otherwise, of Detroit lately is ruins or slums. I always look for your PDJ first thing when signing on. Very enjoyable and educational too. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 3725 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 2:18 pm: | |
Detroit or Windsor? Whatever, lovely. Thanks Andrew. jjaba. |
Blitz Member Username: Blitz
Post Number: 141 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 72.139.243.118
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 2:21 pm: | |
Looks very Windsory to me. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 3727 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 2:25 pm: | |
Crabapples, flowering Bradford pear, flowering plums, dogwoods, tulips, daffidils, flowering cheery, apple blossoms. Just darn pretty. jjaba. |
Aiw
Member Username: Aiw
Post Number: 5512 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 209.216.150.127
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 2:39 pm: | |
Blitz has it. It is Windsor - Yesterday afternoon. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 3730 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 2:47 pm: | |
Andrew gives it immediately to the people. Merci. Can Andrew give us the species that he saw? jjaba made a quick stab at it. Although they ain't known for their blossoms, the Jpaanese Ghinko tree loves carbon monoxide. Makes for a good street tree. jjaba. |
Aiw
Member Username: Aiw
Post Number: 5513 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 209.216.150.127
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 3:31 pm: | |
There were tulips and crab apple trees, and uhhh... I don't know. Pink trees, white trees and red trees. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 3738 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 5:14 pm: | |
Andrew knows every roof and facade style extant, but trees, eh? Truly pathetic. Ride around with a forestry guy next time. Oy Veyesmere. jjaba, LOL. |
The_rock Member Username: The_rock
Post Number: 1168 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 5:47 pm: | |
jjaba, quit picking on the Photographer Du Jour. AIW puts up a lovely photo to get us out of the winter doldrums, and you go and diss him just 'cuz he cannot identify every prickly pear he photographs. I trust you learned all about the Japanese Ghinko tree looking out the window of the Dexter bus. Oy Veyesmere is right. So are you A groyser tzulyger? |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 514 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 6:11 pm: | |
quote:cuz he cannot identify every prickly pear he photographs
Hey, hey, hey! The prickly pear is in my front yard, not his. Here's what it looked like Wednesday. Ray1936, from 36N 115W |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 3740 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 7:48 pm: | |
jjaba prefers those tall Cereus Giganteus (Siguaro) hisself. Ray1936, got any Ferocactus Wislizeni (Barrel Cactus) there in Nevada? Just remember, cactus which grows in Las Vegas, stays in Las Vegas. jjaba. |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 515 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139
| Posted on Friday, April 28, 2006 - 8:22 pm: | |
quote:got any Ferocactus Wislizeni (Barrel Cactus)there in Nevada?
Yup, got one in the back yard by the pool house. It has punctured more than one beach ball, though, and despite curses by me and threats to dig it up, it's still there. About 18" tall; they don't get too big. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 3743 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107
| Posted on Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 12:10 am: | |
Ray, remember when you had strip of Marygolds and some tomatoes in the backyard? Enjoy your cacti. jjaba. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 1095 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.95
| Posted on Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 12:20 am: | |
My Kwanzan Cherry trees just started opening up today! (stock close-up photo of Kwanzan blossom) Happy Kwanzan |
56packman Member Username: 56packman
Post Number: 226 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 24.208.234.52
| Posted on Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 12:46 am: | |
nice Willestead shots |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 517 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139
| Posted on Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 12:15 pm: | |
Nice, Hornwrecker. Nice, indeed. Jjaba....you don't know how much I miss good Michigan tomatos. All of ours come from hothouses in California and Mexico. They are small, hard, and lacking in color. Tried growing them here, but the 115 temps fried them. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 3744 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107
| Posted on Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 1:58 pm: | |
Fried green tomatoes, great title for a book. No wonder, Cal.-Davis invented the Calif. tomato. It is packed green and must be able to bounce 10 feet high. Arriving Las Vegas, it is slightly pink, ready for Joe Palooka to ripen in his warehouse before shipping to Safeways. Calif. tomatoes taste more like cardboard than cardboard. Trust jjaba, he's tried both. Ray1936, stick to cacti and your prairie dogs. Hornwrecker, incredible cherry trees. jjaba, backyard gardener. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 1096 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.189
| Posted on Saturday, April 29, 2006 - 10:04 pm: | |
Here's a shot of the Kwanzans in the front yard. Each double blossom is about two inches in diameter. I tried to get a shot of some tulips in the backyard, but the attention whore dog kept getting in frame. He will later eat the tulips, but only the red ones.
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Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 3751 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107
| Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 2:49 am: | |
Hornwrekcer, are the Kwanzan cherry trees also the Japanese cherry trees in Washington, DC? jjaba has some on the curbing at his house. They sure do light up the neighborhood. jjaba. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 1098 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.41.8.187
| Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 1:55 pm: | |
The originals were "Yoshino", but eleven other varieties are now planted, according to several web pages. What they all are, I don't know. |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 521 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139
| Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 3:27 pm: | |
Good looking shots and good looking dog! On my three trips to Seattle, I've been tremendously impressed with the huge amount of flowering trees in all the neighborhoods. Just a joy to drive down the residential streets out there. |
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 3753 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.160.138.107
| Posted on Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 5:01 pm: | |
Seattle, Emerald City. It is very pretty, expecially at this time of year. jjaba. |