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
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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
#BlurryPix
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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
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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 ?
#BlurryPix
#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.
🌊🦭💚⚡️🧡🔥🐉 #HellsHalfAcre
#KitchenProse

seakelpie caught half a blurry rainbow over some joshua trees

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

bird feathers in the yard -a seakelpie blurry pix

He said his friend up the street lost 10 chickens from his coop up the street a couple of blocks from here. I said I think I know who took them & what became of them. And, I took him out back to where the piles of feathers are. Mystery Solved.
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another joshua tree on hells half acre is busting out quite a few blooms against a bright blue sky

Another Joshua Tree on #HellsHalfAcre is busting out quite a few blooms!
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#BlurryPix
(Pull it up to see the top)

a row of trash cans are lined up on the side of a street Alt: a row of trash cans are lined up on the side of a street and floating downhill in the rain and wind lol

Yes! I am quite cozy, warm & dry in my cave.

#HellsHalfAcre is another matter entirely though, I'm sure.😹💚😹

clouds flowing across the sky swallowing the blue above a white and black lattice next to a joshua tree . a seakelpie blurry pix

Storm's Leading Edge #BlurryPix
#HellsHalfAcre
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a seakelpie blurry pix of a rabbit hole next to the slab which I put over the prior hole after I filled it in.

Exhibit A - Diggity Rabbit Hole Re-Dug⚡️🐇⚡️
#BlurryPix #HellsHalfAcre

a weed with a bright yellow flower in a patch of invasive grass - a seakelpie blurry pix

Yellow
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joshua trees in a weedy field silhouetted against the setting sun and fading blue sky with tiny clouds edged in gold and peekaboo glimpses of purple hills surrounding the valley in the distance. a seakelpie blurry pix

The day was fair, with a bit of blustery north winds that made a good batch of chili hit just right on #HellsHalfAcre! I've had better & worse. #BlurryPix
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No! I absolutely did NOT crank up this song & do a dance worthy of Shakira in front of the bedroom mirror!
What a wild imagination you have!

Welcome to #HellsHalfAcre
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