In The High Sierra

 

Unsurprisingly, there's no info on this slide, other than a Feb 1979 processing date. But, it looks hot n high to me.

The dreaded AI suggests "The image features Washingtonia filifera, commonly known as the California fan palm or desert fan palm, with snow-capped mountains in the background. "

Which is amazing, because I went to university with a guy called Washington Filifer. I wonder if they're related?

Bonus -  

The Colours of Summer

 

Frustratingly, there's no info on this side.

But, from my extensive knowledge of bushes and shrubbery, I am confident in saying "That's not a daffodil."

Bonus - Derby magician hopping mad after his rabbit lands him £429 council bill

Magic Stuart (on the left)

Desert Flower

 OK. Let's get back to "normal"

Quite a stunning bloom, innit.

Bonus - 

Still enjoying doing these

Tedious - Plant Edition

 

Blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah blah.  Blah blah blah.

Yadda, yadda yadda

Bonus - 

Cosmic Rough Riders - Revolution (In The Summertime?)   live on TOTP

A Young Norbert Colon

 

Tho' he would later find fame as a character in the scientific journal "Viz", Norbert first found fame as BBC Radio Bracknell's "The Prepubescent Plant Botanist".

That changed after the infamous "Noodle Incident."

Bonus - 

It may look like an aspidistra

 

but it is, in fact, Grandpa Henry.

You see, when he was dying, he asked that his ashes be mixed with some John Innes Number 4, and used to nurture an aspidistra. And his spirit would become one with the plant...forever.

So we did, and you know what.... that aspidistra  is very like Grandpa Henry. Stays indoor, likes a drink and doesn't do much.

Creepy, huh?

Bonus - What's the difference between a Hippo and a Zippo?

One is really heavy, and the other is a little lighter

The Casual Gardener

 

After the Solemn Sailor, we cheer things up today with The Casul Gardener.

Alice, here shown in June 1962, is a casual gardener, who enjoys growing medical hemp, and was the innovator who first used Maxwell House Coffee Cans to grow Hemlock in.

Nice.

Bonus - How a doctor’s two-decade quest to grow the penis is leaving some men desperate and disfigured

The Rose Beds

 

It's amazing how Tedious Tuesday comes round. It's like clockwork.

But fear not .... there's a Vast supply of tedious slides, such as this...undated, unlocated, uncommented.

And uninteresting

Bonus - The global population milestone of 8 billion represents nearly 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived on Earth.

The Return Of The Triffid

 

Honeysuckle or wisteria growing around the cottage front door...it sounds quaint and picturesque....but beware.

Bonus :I got 50 quid from my mom...

She told me to take my brother to the movies, but not to bring him home before 6, so they had time to prepare his surprise birthday party.

That's the day I realized he was the favourite twin

Bonus 2 - 

They Might Be Triffids

 

Norman, my gardener, reckons that they are examples of Trussler's Stinkhorn, but I'm not convinced. They look like Triffids, waiting for the right time to murderous assault on humans.

And that is Mrs Edna Crumweevil, or Norwich posing beside one.

Bonus - Anyone fancy Kermit The Frog singing Once In A Lifetime?

 Same as it ever was.

Two Flutterbies

 

or to be accurate, two butterflies plotting to break into your house, ransack the place and steal your car.

Nobody ever suspects butterflies of being psychotic criminals.

Bonus : Well Played, Shop Person

The Last Snow Patch of Spring

 

I was looking for a Tedious Tuesday slide, and happened across this one.  

OK, it's not exactly an action-packed image, but it does have a certain calm restfulness in it, and I like it.

Bonus - Damn! Video file doesn't work, so....

Hahahahahahahahaha....

Henrys Stinky Horn

 

Henrys Stinky Horn  (macrodorous lemurus henrii) is the common name of a variety of Melon Conifer, endemic to Eastern Utah..

Discovered by Omar Henry in 1873, it gets it's name from the overpowering scent of Belgian Waffles exuded from it's spent seed carrier (shown).  The reason for the odour is unknown.

Bonus - My Life at the moment.

( Not A Triffid )

 

Sadly, no info on this slide, nor for the plant in question.  A Heuchera would be my guess.

Bonus - People always cite "moving house" & "divorce" as stressful life events but too often they forget "putting a duvet cover on when very tired".

Bonus 2 - 

Cactus Flower

Does what it says in the title. It's a cactus flower.

Nice photo !

Bonus - The curious creation of HMS Zubian.

Valerie and her Bushy Front Garden

Oh, come on.

Stop that sniggering.  You're not teenage boys.  Well, not all of you.

Bonus - Jimi Hendrix - Killing Floor (Live).  O_O
Wow.

Withered on the Vine

Something about this picture makes me thing "Hops", but I have no idea whether that's right, wrong or way wrong !

So, dried leaves on a plant would be my caption.
Bonus -



Bonus 2 - Comedy Central have a trailer for Pulp Fiction...

The Bulgarian Teacup

An unusual name, for an unusual plant.   Spheroides Maklabantake is the proper name, and the plant has the rare skill of making a sound like a duck, at moments of danger.

Bonus -

Mossy Wood

Just for a change, a rather pleasant vignette from a mature mossy wood.

Bonus - McMoon: How the Earliest Images of the Moon Were so Much Better than we Realised. Geek Heaven

The Great Yucca of Halifax

A gift from the revolutionaries of Tijuana in thanks for Halifax's support during the Battle of San Junipero, the great yucca has survived over a century at one end of Halifax's Bridge Street.

Long may it continue to Yuc.

Bonus - Husky Chillin'

Bonus 2
Three friends walk into a hotel room in Soviet Russia