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A Joshua Tree Photo Index 2009

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 Joshua Tree 2009

A Prius and a GPS

The Los Angles Adventurer Hotel cottage

Our 'found' wrought iron chairs

The Cottage Restaurant, Laguna Beach

The Mass. FastLane transponder
  Toilets:
Our original rock privy

A Coleman chemical toilet, circa 2001

A chemical toilet disposal hole

A makeshift urinal

A Sun-Mar Compost Toilet kit

The compost toilet interior

Fitting a compost toilet vent

A C-channel and rubber bumpers

The compost toilet interior, used

The compost toilet drawer on day 20

Compost & microbe mixes from Sears.com

Compost mix in a Buddeez container

My compost toilet vent system

An outlet for the toilet fan & heater
  Sinks:
Our first sink in the trailer

Plumbing a retractable faucet

A Pegasus glass vessel vanity

Covering the plumbing holes from below

Filling the old plumbing holes

Our original dishwasher, 2001
  Laundry:
The Joshua Tree Laundromat, 2001

The Danby DTT420 specifications

The Danby twin tub portable machine

The machine & sink drain to this bucket
  Irrigation:
Delivery to our 2600 gallon water tank

Filling our water tank

The DIG Automatic Timer 9001DB

The Orbit H2O-6 Sprinkler

Mating the Rain Alert receiver & transmitter

The ultrasonic transmitter installed

Adjusting The Rain Alert receiver

Getting the water level in the tank

Our home
  The Tree:
Boring granite with a gas powered auger

Holes augered into granite

Buying mulch, gypsum and stakes

Planting a Red River Eucalyptus

Six stages of a fast growing tree

Our Red River Eucalyptus and home
  Waterfall:
A heavy evening sky

Granite polished by eons of rare flows

Our spontaneous waterfall

A creek through the wash by our home

The boulder that rolled in the rain

This wash was a river 2 days before
  The Sign:
A community

Narrowing the road on our land

To discourage truck traffic
  A Shower Roof:
Adding a corrugated panel roof

A SUNTUF polycarbonate corrugated roof

The shower stall
  Rattlesnakes:
A dog line trolley - BAD idea

A new leather and brass dog collar

Rattlesnake vaccination sign

Accidental rattlesnake road-kill

Medicated after the rattlesnake bite

Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
  Creatures:
PetSafe Electric Dog Fence Collar

Tarantula

Hummingbird on a Yucca
  Skys:
Full moon

Golden mountain range

Double rainbow
  Vegetation:
What is this? An herb? A chia?

Desert Spinystar

Beavertail Cactus

Desert Wishbone bush

What is this? A Walker's Suncup?

Pink Mormon Tea Pods
  Misc:
An aluminum vintage teardrop trailer

Cusions and quilt by Eileen Blakeman

An antique silver hogs hair brush

Carl Hiaasen, Sandwich High, July 2010
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