Whoosh! Clean Up in Aisle…

/ Gypsy Laurel

Heavy Winds

April 7th…

Main Picnic Grove…

Guess who gets to clean up the palm fronds? Actually, I don’t mind. It’s a methodical process… We use these big branch nippers to cut the fronds in two and load the fronds in a cart. We drag the branches. Where to? The dumpster in the parking lot. When the dumpster is full, we place the fronds and branches in piles nearby. We rake up the small debris and sprinkle it on top of the stomped down fronds and branches. It is a slow weekly process.

Oh no, not again!… May 16th

Behind the RV and behind the Visitor Center cabin…

It took me over 3 hours but, with help from Jeff, it all got cleaned up!

Meanwhile, on the boardwalk… a palm tree in the main oasis falls over…

This task is beyond our skills…

Yet, the end of the day peacefully masks the destruction of the wind…

But wait, there’s more… Another whoosh! on May 20th…

Yep, behind the RV and Visitor Center again!

And finally, not a whoosh! but an invasive popping up of rabbits’ foot grass in the desert streams on the Coachella Valley Preserve…

I cut and pulled and bagged until the day we left the Preserve.

I’m a gonna miss these desert chores!

One thought on “Whoosh! Clean Up in Aisle…”

  1. You are both missed. After reading your blog and digesting your wonderful photos I understand your disappearing act. Oliver has grown so much. A handsome, fun loving boy.
    Sending love your way!
    Marcia

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