the gnomes new purchase

Apparently my no garden flamingos policy does not apply to their gardens.

another day, another two fires

Our desert has less than half its annual rainfall and now we've got lightning moving in.
Both these fires downriver from us.
The windmills belong to the Engineer's power company.
And we've got the fourth of July coming up.....

The gnomes have entered a contest

They sent in this picture to a local nursery where the staff is going to vote on a winner and award a gift certificate. I have not told the gnomes that the nursery does not sell beer...

what makes you think we want to go to your snooty flower show

 

News flash from the 2013 Chelsea Flower Show, London: The haughty “old school” members of the Royal Horticultural Society have lost their minds, by allowing something into their hallowed show which for a century has been held at an arm’s length: Garden gnomes. - See more at: http://www.hgtvgardens.com/photos/decorating-photos/gnomes-descend-on-chelsea?soc=traffic_20130524_8255304#sthash.bTMA1Jvh.dpuf

News flash from the 2013 Chelsea Flower Show, London: The haughty “old school” members of the Royal Horticultural Society have lost their minds, by allowing something into their hallowed show which for a century has been held at an arm’s length: Garden gnomes. - See more at: http://www.hgtvgardens.com/photos/decorating-photos/gnomes-descend-on-chelsea?soc=traffic_20130524_8255304#sthash.bTMA1Jvh.dpuf

The very haughty old school committee of the hallowed Chelsea Flower Show in London is allowing, gasp! garden gnomes into their garden exhibits - for the very first time.

I asked my gnomes if they wanted to go. They asked if there would be free beer. I said I didn't think so - they decided 'hell no!' we're not going if there is no beer!

News flash from the 2013 Chelsea Flower Show, London: The haughty “old school” members of the Royal Horticultural Society have lost their minds, by allowing something into their hallowed show which for a century has been held at an arm’s length: Garden gnomes. - See more at: http://www.hgtvgardens.com/photos/decorating-photos/gnomes-descend-on-chelsea?soc=traffic_20130524_8255304#sthash.bTMA1Jvh.dpuf

News flash from the 2013 Chelsea Flower Show, London: The haughty “old school” members of the Royal Horticultural Society have lost their minds, by allowing something into their hallowed show which for a century has been held at an arm’s length: Garden gnomes. - See more at: http://www.hgtvgardens.com/photos/decorating-photos/gnomes-descend-on-chelsea?soc=traffic_20130524_8255304#sthash.bTMA1Jvh.dpuf

pelicans at the duck pond

They spend the summer here and today they were slurping up the fish in the duck pond.

Fire season starts

Just a couple miles up the road from us. We watched the smoke all afternoon. They also had a fire by a fertilizer plant...! We've had half the normal rain this spring. A windy day and things can get out of hand. The first fire blew past 52 houses. Firemen protected them all.

The gnomes have moved in

They ordered a bridge in the tadpole nursery. I hear they are looking for fishing poles. I've got to stop them from accessing my computer and credit cards.