Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Serious Century Sentries

Walking around the block as frequently as we do gives us the chance to notice small and not so small changes in our neighborhood.

A house on the next street has a pair of large century plants flanking the driveway.

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Look at the interesting patterns on these leaves.

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But what drew me to take this series of pictures was this little shoot coming from the parent:

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Doggone, if it isn’t cracking right through the asphalt!

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It is either one tough little plant or we have pretty lousy asphalt.

2 comments:

David said...

Now that is neat! Great shots of the shoots!

R.Powers said...

Wow! Make way for junior!