Schleppin thru LuKdia Quarantine Easter

[Tracy 4,838]

I schlep through my neighborhood often because I'm one of those dog walkers twice a day.  Yesterday and today I did something a little different, donning a custom made face mask, I took a real camera with me to take some photos of some of the neighbor's homes.  So are a few of the homes I walk by regularly and I skipped quite a few only because eventually the dog got thirsty and I didn't bring her water bottle.  First stop was the park and Lake Leucadia.  Did I mention it rained a little here the last few days?

[Tracy 4,838]

Yes, I know one of those houses has been photographed a lot. So rather than focusing on something you may have already seen I'll go the other direction up to the north end of the neighborhood and the border with Carlsbad.  Some of the palms aren't as unusual, but it's still a pretty palmy place.

[Tracy 4,838]

Sometimes its tempting to walk up and look over the fence, but other times its just all right out front to see.

[Tracy 4,838]

Some of the CIDP's are domesticated while others are volunteers at our lagoons edge.

[Tracy 4,838]

Roystoneas and Hyophorbes don't do bad here either.

[Tracy 4,838]

In the end, it's nice to get home and relax... maybe even have banana or two.

[DoomsDave 8,659]

Wow, @Tracy your 'hood's a lot prettier than mine.

Hmm. Interesting how those Roystoneas appear to be doing very well. I'd always heard they didn't like the beach areas much because of the relative lack of heat.

Hope there's something to catch the leaves when they fall on expensive cars (or people) . . . .

[Tracy 4,838]

3 hours ago, DoomsDave said:

Interesting how those Roystoneas appear to be doing very well.

The ones in the garden with the Hyophorbes are Roystonea regia, but I'm not sure what the other two are.  The homes are very close less than a couple of hundred yards apart as the crow flies.  The first house has a carport that any falling leaves would land on as opposed to their cars, but the other home could have a problem if someone were parked in front at the curb.  I didn't take a photo of it when I went by, but you may recall that Dorian's house also has a Roystonea out front.  Dorian's home (formerly Dean's) was on the last San Diego area So Cal Palm Society tour in 2019.  Maybe Dorian or Dean can advise which species that one is, I know there used to be a label below it.

[Kim 3,447]

Truly palmy neighborhood! Fun to walk and snap pix in a place like that! Thanks for posting your tour. 

[DoomsDave 8,659]

Did the Quarantine Bunny leave y’all a basket of toilet paper?

 

Sorry been a long day ....

[Tracy 4,838]

On 4/17/2020 at 9:28 PM, DoomsDave said:

Did the Quarantine Bunny leave y’all a basket of toilet paper?

No toilet paper from the Easter Bunny.  Although, I think the Easter Bunny facilitated a bit of the barter economy, as some of my banana's ended up down the street at a neighbor's and some of their avocados ended up at my house.  Good Bunny, now who will facilitate the next exchange as it's a long wait before he returns.... the Tooth Fairy?  Monstera deliciosa is getting close to ripe.

[Darold Petty 2,531]

On 4/19/2020 at 5:55 AM, Tracy said:

  Monstera deliciosa is getting close to ripe.

Tracy, please explain how to recognize the characteristics of a mature fruit and how it is consumed.  I have a hard, green one about 3 inches diameter by 10 inches long, but I have never tasted one.  Thanks !

[Gonzer 1,664]

24 minutes ago, Darold Petty said:

Tracy, please explain how to recognize the characteristics of a mature fruit and how it is consumed.  I have a hard, green one about 3 inches diameter by 10 inches long, but I have never tasted one.  Thanks !

The fruit take months and months to ripen. The individual hexagonal(?) pieces will start to pull away from the core when ripe. The taste is fantastic but not something you'd wanna eat every day. Clean up any parts that fall to the ground as they are gnat magnets.