We made the trip 'over the hump' to Las Vegas yesterday. The occasion was the Springs Preserve fall plant sale. When we bought this house there were 20 or so dead trees planted around the yard. The previous owners had purchased trees that need irrigation then hadn't provided any. Duh! We want plants that, after they get started, will not require watering. Or at least not much! Cacti! This way we can still travel and not worry about the irrigation system dying. In Florida it seemed that all we had to do was think about taking a trip and the sprinklers would start having problems.
I've not been to the Preserve before and we didn't visit it this time but now I am going to make it a priority. It looks like a great place with lots of information about this area. And they had some lovely plants for sale. There were enough people for me but one of the guys working there said the spring sale is when they have many, many more people. Ain't that great. Anyway, now we have four different plants awaiting the big day when they taste the soil on this side of the mountain.
We also got in lunch and a little shopping. I even got an early birthday present: a micro hi-fi by Sony for my den. Now I'm loving Bolero as I type. The speakers on this laptop just are not the same and wearing earbuds all the time hurts my ears.
Gotta go. It's my day to cook dinner - pork roast on the barbie, salad and a vegie. Have a good one.
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What - no yard filled with grass and green plants? What kind of desert dweller are you?
You're right Joe. I'm a lousy desert dweller but you have to remember, I just moved her from Florida where we get 10 or 15 times the rain.
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