Vox Hunt: Going Out On A Limb...

Mar 11, 2008 at 10:56 AM
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In honor of Johnny Appleseed Day, show us a tree.

Stalks

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My favorite tree picture. From Santa Barbara, last summer.

And while it isn't a tree per se', I love the southern Californian ocotillo.

Ocotillo

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i had no idea there was a johnny appleseed day. heh.

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Funny, that's *my* favorite tree picture, too! I'll just pretend you posted that for the both of us. :)

And while it isn't a tree per se', I love the southern Californian ocotillo. WHY? It looks like it could reach out and grab you with those thorns.

Both photos are really nice.

Steve Betz replied to Grandma-P’s comment:
Mar 12, 2008
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Ahh Grandma-P --- I think that's the whole thing. I have a lot of attraction to plants that eek out an existence in the harsh environment that the ocotillo lives in (its native to the desert).

In the spring -- after the rains -- the plant buds out and gets topped by a little red flower -- from a distance they look like crazy candles. As the year wears on, the flowers go (and so do most of the leaves) -- but they keep toughing it out.

Grandma-P replied to Steve Betz’s comment:
Mar 12, 2008
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I see now, they survive against the odds and they even put out pretty little flowers as if to say don't feel sorry for me.

Vox Hunt: Going Out On A Limb...

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