The Voice Box

Let us enjoy some of the succulents which I came across in Los Angeles.  Most of the photos are from Los Angeles Arboretum and the Huntington Library.                                    

Having to manage my small YouTube Channel should be easy, but I still have difficulty keeping up with all of it.  The basic stuff which I use, the the old movie camera and the cheap video software, also adds to the problem. I have promised  myself that this year I will do some positive updating, and I will start with the software which is definitely not perfect.  In the mean time let us look at some of the images I use to front my videos. http://www.kaowinston.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaowinston https://www.youtube.com/user/kaowinston         https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/kaowinston

I almost missed out on Arizona this year.  Encouraged by the cold wings which were headed to my London base, I decided on a shortened escapade; no Desert Garden and Phoenix, just wonderful Tucson.  In case you are wondering, this has been on my calendar for the last four years. The itinerary is much the same as the years before, a Canyon visit, a couple nurseries, and this time the Ironwood Forest National Park.  I am truly grateful to Marty - Arizona Agave  for the effort in making the visit enjoyable, and that includes the delicious meals at the family Mexican restaurant. I will start off with Arid Lands which I love visiting, and is the kind of nursery that we do not have here in the UK. To get there , I flew from London Heathrow via Dallas Fort Worth in Texas, and I stayed most of the time at Four Points by Sheraton at Tucson Airport. In pursuit of looking at young plants, the nurseries are my first stop. And Tucson has a wonderful selection of the...