After I posted my blog last night, Laurie and I laid out on our lawn chairs and looked at the stars. The big dipper was very clear. I got up a 3:00 am to turn in the irrigation water, and discovered the Conservancy had buried our gate in the process of dumping dirt and grading it to build up the ditch bank. I put down the main gate, went back up to the house, grabbed a pair of gloves and a shovel, went back out to the ditch and spent the next 30 minutes in the dark, digging out our gate while standing on a 60 degree bank of loose dirt with the water rising quickly. I simply wanted to turn in the water and go back to bed like I normally do, but I feel like I got the “Spanish Inquisition” instead.
We went on the Corrales garden tour today. I’m still working my way through the photos, but some of the critters, a more exotic stripey plant and old adobe building were the most interesting photos that I’ve worked on so far.
Off Center & Not Even 
These are all great, but I really *love* the canna lily! (That beautiful curvy, stripey plant)
Sorry about the problems with the water last night!
Laurie said it was a Calla Lily, but I like the “stripey” description.
I like “stripey” also. But, I’m pretty sure it is a canna lily – I grew some like that until the Big Freeze of Feb 2011. And, they are great fun to photograph – you would enjoy growing them.
I should add, that had I dug the tubers up in the fall and stored them like I was supposed to, I wouldn’t have lost them in the cold. 😦
I like the way that turkey gobbler posed and strutted for you! That has to be a canna lilly and you certainly got a great phot of its stripey leaves. Lois