The spiky plants (no idea what they’re called) in our front yard are blooming. The tree in the background is a palo boracho, which has thorns. All this in autumn.
[UPDATE: It’s a yucca. Thanks, Syd!]
Palo borracho and yucca
Plant symmetry – or not.
Same plant: leaves with 7, 8, and 9 ribs.
Nice sky
Hercules overhead
I was aware of four passes overhead today of the Uruguayan Air forces complete inventory of KC-130 Hercules aircraft. Mocha the dog did not approve of these unauthorized airspace intruders.
Why? Training, I suppose. Note that the first test flight of a KC-130 was in January 1960. I love that the aircraft of the Uruguayan Air Force are all models introduced over 50 years ago, one exception being the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, introduced “only” 40 years ago.
Mushrooms
A happy little family in a cow pie.
Smiley pizza
I’ll have a slice of pizza. Please make sure it’s smiling.
Looks delish.
Yummy.
Hot.
Hot today. This in the shade in our back yard.
Very few people on the beach midday (considerably more at 6 PM when I drove by again). Except for the utter lack of waves, the river that doesn’t flow* looked like an ocean with that extremely rare blue hue today.
*for the locals, the estuary of the Rio de la Plata is a river. Don’t even try…it’s non-negotiable.
Another boring blue sky day in Uruguay
Peaceful
