FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS, 
EL PASO, TEXAS

04.24.01 :: would you believe? this was taken in the winter. the hedge to the right is pyracanthia, a friend calls it pyra-panther. it is the house warming plant you give to people you don't like.

this was how the hedge had been left to grow at the time we bought the house. the branches grew straight up and were higher than the house. shades of sleeping beauty. always remember, cut the branches up as soon as you can. the canes will turn to steel in a few days and be nearly impossible to cut into smaller pieces.

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08.17.01  ::  good grief, i also wrote a cd review! thought i'd lost that forever. what would i do without google?

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all photos copyright 2000-2001 by crdrapes

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alas, what you see is what you get. cat had major run-in with a van coming down the hill much too fast. she is recuperating just fine, but is now a manx. word to the wise, never break when running over an animal. the breaking mechanism has a tendency to catch the tail