Day Lilies & Darkroom

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We are getting a nice variety of day lilies with interesting colors.

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Sink with faucet and shelves. The black square in the wall is a light tight exhaust fan.
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The enlarger will go on this area. The silver top is a portion of an old elevator door. Old elevator doors make great tops because they have solid cores, covered with an 1/8 inch thick brushed stainless steel. So even this 34 inch wide top weighs about 60 pounds. When the elevator door top is attach to the walls it makes a very stable surface.

 

Grapes Gone Wild

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The garden got about 3/4 inch of rain over the past few days, and with a good soaking from the irrigation, the grapes have gone wild (along with most of the plants on the property), and climbed into the apple tree, where they are dangling among the apples. I’m sure most self respecting winers would not allow their grapes to mix with their apples, but when we get a little water in our dry climate, grapes (and a whole lot of other stuff) happen!

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Our irrigation gate with a note from the ditch rider

 

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With all the rain, the irrigation water was the color of chocolate milk

 

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Grape vines spilling out of the apple tree
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Mama Manx practicing her “show kitty” stance by the edge of the flooded garden.

 

4th of July

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Fireworks are outlawed in Corrales, so all we have is 4th of July (the rose), and the lightning storms passing overhead. A tiny spider was watching the lightning show from an Easter lily.

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