I need to go dig up thistle sprouts. I'm so not feeling it, but I can't let it get any bigger. We had moisture in the air over the weekend, & that shit sucks it up like a mutant alien. #HellsHalfAcre

Ah, the sounds of Friday night. Listening to Capricious Wind slap the shazbot outta trash bins to send them dancing down the street or falling down like drunken sailors on liberty.
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#HellsHalfAcre #KitchenProse

a seakelpie blurry pix of the moon shrouded in mystery in the night sky over a chain link fence with a ribbon of green juniper with fresh whitish gray baby juniper berries visible despite the blur of 3:22 a.m.

I wish I lived farther out of town so I could see the moon & stars better. #HellsHalfAcre
#BlurryPix
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the intersection of the stucco exterior wall and sand aka dirt where some creature - possibly squirrel rabbit or mouse - has dug a vent hole and freaking hole hole in the area we just got fixed after it flooded my kitchen and I seakelpie am contemplating violence against this creature who also chewed into 2 bags of unopened charcoal and then the plastic bags I put them in after the initial chewing . Note no food has ever touched said bags so i do not know why the fuck said creature is chewing on stuff but now I gotta gather rocks to shove into said holes and put the dirt back and throw a bigger rock on top and it is really quite vexing

This creature is disturbing my calm #HellsHalfAcre
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a mesquite tree stands tall over a granite sand field with dead invasive grasses and weeds , a wooden fence - half old and half new - stands in the background with blue skies overhead - a seakelpie blurry pix

a close up of mesquite tree green straw like leaves in bloom with reddish and yellow buds and yellow blossoms against the granite sand and dried invasive grasses and weeds below - a seakelpie blurry pix

The barometric pressure is at 30.05 this morning, which has my head on the verge of exploding with a migraine and me with only aspirin, caffeine & an ice pack to try to hold it together. But hey, it's a lovely 72°F with blue skies above and the Mesquite's in bloom. #BlurryPix #HellsHalfAcre
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a weed or wildflower about 9" tall with sage green stem & leaves and pretty white petals on a background of straw-like yellow leaves from a possible Mesquite tree.

Lens says, The plant in the image is known as the Brownplume wirelettuce (Stephanomeria pauciflora).

It fell to the rake, but at least I took its #BlurryPix first.
#HellsHalfAcre
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a sage green prickly pear cactus with several bright yellow blossoms with brilliant orange-ish red centers next to a bunch of mauve buds - so many you can't really see the sharp pointy black barbs that guard this bounty of blossoms - a seakelpie blurry pix

Happy Easter from #HellsHalfAcre
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prickly pear in bloom - a seakelpie blurry pix

close up of prickly pear in bloom - a seakelpie blurry pix

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#BlurryPix
#HellsHalfAcre

an opuntia cactus also known as prickly pear or nopales in spanish - a sage green cactus with round leaves and sharp black barbs and dark pink or mauve pods that produce brilliant yellow flowers with crimson centers - a seakelpie blurry pix

aclose up of the flower of an opuntia cactus also known as prickly pear or nopales in spanish - a sage green cactus with round leaves and sharp black barbs and dark pink or mauve pods that produce brilliant yellow flowers with crimson centers - a seakelpie blurry pix

Well, one of the pinkish blossoms opened up to this magnificent yellow with crimson center. I take no credit for Mother Nature's brilliance!
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#HellsHalfAcre
#BlurryPix

It was almost perfect weeding weather, not too hot, kinda overcast but just a tad windy🌊🦭💚⚡️🧡🔥🐉
#HellsHalfAcre
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a succulent cactus with round green flatish leaves and very fine black spines that are nearly impossible to see and dig out of your fingers and pink or dusty rose colored flower buds along the top edges are shadowed against an ivory wall . a seakelpie blurry pix

Weeding around this was painful. It is a very happy cactus. #HellsHalfAcre
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a coyote stands in the shade on a joshua tree surrounded by weeds & a fence - a seakelpie blurry pix

Saw this fella hanging out across the street in the shade this afternoon.
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#HellsHalfAcre
#BlurryPix

overview photo of the top of a joshua tree . the trunk is brown and the branches have bundles of green spikes and creamy ivory and palest green blossoms adorn most of the tops of this tree . a seakelpie blurry pix

closer photo of the top of a joshua tree . the trunk is brown and the branches have bundles of green spikes and creamy ivory and palest green blossoms adorn most of the tops of this tree . a seakelpie blurry pix

closer photo of the top of a joshua tree . the trunk is brown and the branches have bundles of green spikes and creamy ivory and palest green blossoms adorn most of the tops of this tree . a seakelpie blurry pix

cliser photo of the top of a joshua tree . the trunk is brown and the branches have bundles of green spimes and creamy ivory and palest green blossoms adorn most of the tops of this tree . a seakelpie blurry pix

This joshua tree is jam packed with blossoms!
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#HellsHalfAcre
#BlurryPix

two big black crows are sitting on the tops of a joshua tree against a brilliant blue sky where it was sunny and warm but a bit breezy

two big black crows - a side view - sitting on the tops of a joshua tree against a brilliant blue sky where it was sunny and warm but a bit breezy

It was a beautiful day on #HellsHalfAcre
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a tiny nut shell or seed pod i think as it seems to have a stem

a tiny nut shell or seed pod i think as it seems to have a stem at one end

I was weeding & saw what I thought was a tiny seashell, which I have found on occasion in my desert wanderings. And stuck it in my pocket to look at with my glasses on. 😹 Turns out this is more likely a nut shell. Very smol.
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#HellsHalfAcre
#BlurryPix

poppy closed

poppy open in full sun

evening primrose

orange weed flower -

/4 I even let him give me a business card for his bullshit tools - which I fully intend to shred forthwith. OK, so anyway, here's my photo penalty for the rant. And nobody died.
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#KitchenProse #BlurryPix #HellsHalfAcre

a red brick patio with half covered with green weeds and grass in the cracks and the other half with green weeds and grass removed from the cracks and a zillion pissed off ants running around where I have disturbed their asscracks

I'm pretty sure I pissed off about a zillion ants today, & they will make me pay for it. 😹
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The other new neighbor just saw a coyote across the street & freaked out a little. It's fine, really, there are a few in the area. I didn't tell her about the chicken feather incident though. Welcome to #HellsHalfAcre 😹💚

a clump of green weeds or wildflowers with yellow flowers and orange center among invasive grasses and other weeds - a seakelpie blurry pix

A matter of perspective - weed or wildflower?
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#BlurryPix
#HellsHalfAcre

a seakelpie blurry pix of ivory colored joshua tree blossoms on the ground among clumps of invasive grasses and assorted weeds

The wind has been busy. #BlurryPix #HellsHalfAcre

wispy clouds fan out across the high desert late in the afternoon catching a rainbow on the righthand side above joshua tree silhouettes -a seakelpie blurry pix

Icy Rainbow or ?
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#HellsHalfAcre
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Sunlight painted sky in shades of orange, lilac and golden splendor with wispy clouds streaked by pink sun rays over a white house and some joshua trees in the foreground

Sunlight painted sky in shades of orange, lilac and golden splendor
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#haiku
#HellsHalfAcre

sunset in shades of yellow and amber with blue skies above as seen through joshua trees with mountains that appear blue and purple in the distance - a seakelpie blurry pix

Hi-Desert Sunset, 3/1/2026
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#BlurryPix #HellsHalfAcre

And then the wind changes directions, & the fucking trash bins blow over & the lids flap & slap - noisy & annoying AF. These cheap ass plastic bins suck, Burrtec!⚡️ #HellsHalfAcre

a picture of snoopy and woodstock dancing with the words happy dance above them Alt: a picture of snoopy and woodstock dancing with the words happy dance above them

You guys! I'm so happy right now. The landlord okayed the guys to cut back all the cat's claw acacias on #HellsHalfAcre ! No more fighting the monsters & bleeding from the many tentacles of doom! Ima happy dancing fool!
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a tiny bare patch of dirt next to a driveway and a very green joshua tree from which the tall mustard weeds and assorted invasive species of grass and more weeds have been removed . I grabbed them by the silky roots and short hairs to prevent as much regrowth as possible . after numerous interruptions , i stopped to fight again another day

What's up? Weeds & grass - about 3-4x what they got last year or so everybody's told me. We've gotten almost an inch of rain this year so far. We got a healthy amount in the last quarter of last year, too. The joshua trees are fairly happy and green. The weeds/grass are 💀👻
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Low - hanging joshua tree blossoms side view - a seakelpie blurry pix

Low - hanging joshua tree blossoms front view - a seakelpie blurry pix

Low-hanging joshua tree blossoms - front & side views. #BlurryPix #HellsHalfAcre

A black and white photo of a blonde woman looking up and screaming as a leopard is looking down and screaming - photographer unknown. I borrowed office the birdshite years ago

Insert ^*Existential Scream*^ Here
#HellsHalfAcre
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My green bin has blown over, the wheelbarrow is sailing like a yacht around the patio & my patio cover is flapping wildly in its quest for flight. The plastic rake is standing up & dancing towards the broom, & the bucket is careening drunkenly across the bricks.
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#KitchenProse

seakelpie caught half a blurry rainbow over some joshua trees

HolyMoly! We are having some Weather!
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#BlurryPix
#HellsHalfAcre