Friday, April 11, 2014

Captured Tumbleweeds

April is National Poetry Month


Someone asked to see
A few Southwest tumbleweeds
Nature to behold!

16 comments:

  1. This is so fun to see, I had never seen that before when I was in the US.

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  2. Do people buy those to decorate their rock yards? Do they have rock yards there, like in Arizona?

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  3. Well, it sure is easy to see why it's called tumbleweed. :)

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  4. Tumbleweeds can be a huge problem in some areas. And I've heard that Texas Longhorn cattle were quite resilient and long-lasting because they used their horns to protect themselves from the tumbleweeds so prevalent in central and west Texas.

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  5. That's a pretty good gathering!

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  6. Not a sight I like to see along my fence. Those nasty things show up any time of year and can become a big problem.

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  7. Not the best features in a landscape, but I can picture being out in a dry, windy desert and seeing these bounce along. It's evocative to me...

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  8. That is a first for me! Wonder how they all ended up in the same place.

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  9. Always remind me off old westerns on Saturday mornins'. Tumblin' Tumbleweeds... Gene Autry?

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  10. I remember seeing some of these while travelling in parts of the American west. Quite peculiar.

    Good capture!

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  11. Although they are nice to look at, the Russian thistle is a nuisance plant, scattering seeds as it tumbles across the land driven by the wind.

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  12. Wow, I saw these only in the films...

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  13. Thanks Kate...I remember the first time I saw one in person.....and not on the movie screen as someone mentioned. Now we need an action shot ...as one tumbles across in front of the car....Let someone else drive!

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  14. i loved to see those piles. and unfortunately i didnt take too many pictures of it....

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