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The storm on Saturday brought lots of rain .70" to Livermore and strong winds.  A few boards of our fence blew over.  A few branches blew into the back, but nothing too damaging. It is a relief that everything got a good drink. Sunday was gorgeous.  I've been meaning to post this pic - A fern Ivan mounted on a grow pole, plus a little Hoya vining it's way underneath - I moved to the back in a warmer spot for the Hoya. *S, can you chime in with the fern ID? 


Olivia and I drove to Berkeley, nabbed Sophia and went back to Urban Ore.  *I was inspired by Loree, DangerGarden Blog  post on her visit to The Tropics Inc. Also, stir crazy from a day inside. I was hoping to pick up a street grate from a pile they had available the last time I visited. 

 So many windows!  I'd love to build a little house made up of these. 

Oooh, something rusty?

Ah, weights for all those windows.
I liked this old crank/press thing, does anyone know what that was used for? I'd love to use that base as a planter, but at $425, too rich for my blood.
Half of a chair, I love the lion head in the middle.
I was drawn to the bike rack, I stood there staring at that quite a while trying to come up with a good reason to bring it home. 
I was intrigued by this dramatic lamp shade, for planting obviously.  It turns out, it's a GUBI and over $100.  Hahaha, I have no idea what a Gubi is, but I'm not paying that much for a fancy funnel.
Alas, all the grates were gone.  Oh, oh my! Do I see more of the clay flue liners? The 3 squares were a little cracked, the 5 round ones were perfect.  Can you guess what I went for?  I will say they were heavy, and my arms were sore when I woke up this morning.  I also nabbed a big holey rock, that took 2 tries to get to the car. 
This post is all over the place, sorry about that.  We had a lovely sushi lunch and shopped a bit. As we were walking back to the car Sophia asked us "do you want to visit the vivarium, it's just a block away". Why noooooot? 
Little tree frog.
Such a dapper mustache!
I'm afraid of snakes.  I have to admit, when I saw this around a corner I gasped loudly. Peekaboo. A lavender x albino reticulated phython.  A steal at $1,500 for "Cupcake". 
An albino Burmese python, only $450.  No nickname.

I prefer my pets fluffy.  Just outside the door, this guy was calmly sitting.  I wondered if they were feeding him? 
To cleanse the palate, I will end with a photo of noID Aloe- but my guess it is Aloe aculeata.
She's a sharp one!
Merry Christmas to everyone!  While we are getting some more rain this morning, this week should be a mild one. 

Comments

  1. Liz A.December 16, 2024 at 10:50 AM

    Sometimes it's just good to get out and take a look around. I'm not a fan of snakes, either.

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