{"id":7369,"date":"2010-04-01T21:14:08","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T03:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/?p=7369"},"modified":"2013-05-01T09:56:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:56:07","slug":"bread-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/bread-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"“Bread Rock”"},"content":{"rendered":"<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7275\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/redalert\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7275\" title=\"redalert\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/redalert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Gross Post Alert!…Gross Post Alert!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7123\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03132\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7123\" title=\"Rotten Taro\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03132-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03132-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03132-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03132.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">The stench inside this cavern I cannot put into words, for fear of involuntary retching over my laptop keyboard once again just remembering it <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><em>(mops side of mouth with Kleenex).<\/em><\/span> It really was the most diabolical combination of fermented sweet and sour, and I am not talking about a kimchee – esque aroma, (which I love) oh no! Let me try and explain it, just to get you in the appropriate gag arena: Imagine a sickly sweet pumpkin pudding aroma, combined simply with fizzing rotten chicken <em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">(description courtesy of my oldest hobbit, minus the fizzing)<\/span><\/em>, it also had the texture of moist bread! <\/span><em><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">(Burp… starts to look around worried)<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7254\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/terry-jones\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7254\" title=\"Monte Python\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/article-0-018002D800000578-910_468x486.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/article-0-018002D800000578-910_468x486.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/article-0-018002D800000578-910_468x486-288x300.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">This nasty cavern,<em><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"> (caverns being a popular post-topic recently in the Patch)<\/span><\/em>, was created as I started to examine this thing of immaculate beauty…<\/span><\/p>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7125\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03120\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7125\" title=\"Rotten Taro\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03120-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03120-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03120-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03120.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">My largest<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"firstHeading\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Colocasia<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">or giant elephant ear. Granted it is looking more like the painful stump of an elephant’s foot right now, but not for long, not for long at all!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">I have left this tuber in the ground for the past four years, no problem, but this year’s prolonged cold winter temperatures had apparently taken their squishy toll. I prodded it, my hobbits prodded it, it started to ooze flesh, this could not be good. Then we all prodded it some more. Remember the infamous scene in poltergeist when the paranormal investigator started to touch his face, then proceeded to dig in his fingers and pull off his face?<\/span><\/p>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7128\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/poltergeist3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7128\" title=\"Poltergeist3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Poltergeist3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"492\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Poltergeist3.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Poltergeist3-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Well that’s how we got started with this Taro…A prod led to a poke that led to a gouge that…<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7129\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03125\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7129\" title=\"DSC03125\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03125-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03125-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03125-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03125.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">led to a push…<\/span><\/p>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7130\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03128\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7130\" title=\"Taro\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03128-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03128-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03128-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03128.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">That led to the Taro finally “giving way” in a scene reminiscent of the horrible resuscitation scene from <em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">“The Thing”.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7131\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/defib1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7131\" title=\"defib1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/defib1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/defib1.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/defib1-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7132\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/teeth1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7132\" title=\"teeth1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/teeth1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/teeth1.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/teeth1-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">I think we all remember what disgusting “thing” happens next! I digress. When the head of the taro rolled back everyone recoiled and “ewwed” simultaneously, turning our faces away from the smell that hit us like a tsunami of flatulence. A stink horn is a terrible thing <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><em>(right G?) <\/em><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thegerminatrix.com\/?p=637\"> <\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thegerminatrix.com\/?p=637\">http:\/\/thegerminatrix.com\/?p=637<\/a> <span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">but this rank atrocity came pretty close as far as tickling ones stomach release valve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7137\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/poltergeist-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7137\" title=\"poltergeist\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/poltergeist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/poltergeist.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/poltergeist-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">“It’s just a rotten Taro ESP, nothing to be scared about”.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">If you say so scary Kane! Brrrr<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7138\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03232\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7138\" title=\"Dolichopus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03232-1024x742.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"802\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03232-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03232-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03232.jpg 1464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">A couple of hours after the decapitation, I reluctantly revisited the carnage and found these tiny iridescent<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"firstHeading\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><\/em><em>Dolichopus<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em><\/em><em> <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">flies having a great time, their wings flicking back and forth in sick excitement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7139\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03236\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7139\" title=\"Dolichopus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03236-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03236-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03236-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03236.jpg 1842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">These tiny, tiny flies are really interesting visually, looking like molten metal, their segmented bodies are really quite amazing. This one is about to make a left turn apparently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Enough nastiness…<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7180\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03270\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7180\" title=\"Hanging Roach\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03270-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03270-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03270-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03270.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">What!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> Okay I promise that is it on the gross front…<\/span><\/p>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7156\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03145\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7156\" title=\"The Rock\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03145-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03145-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03145-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03145.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Today was the day to move a rather large rock, a rock that has stayed where it fell from a truck that delivered a large delivery of decomposed granite some time ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> <\/span><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7157\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03146\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7157\" title=\"Texas Rock\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03146-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03146-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03146-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03146.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">The rock was wiggled and pried, rotated and shuffled down the slope until it came to rest and leveled in a more appropriate location…Thanks Bob at Draco! <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/dracogardens.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/dracogardens.blogspot.com\/<\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> <em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">(and “PP” for the pry-bar and strategic leveling)<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7160\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03220\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7160\" title=\"Front of House\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03220-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03220-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03220-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03220.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">…right in front of my beautiful gas meter. While I was messing around in this part of the Patch I decided to relocate a plant or twelve, the agave and<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> a<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">gave parryi var. truncata<\/span><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> all coming <\/span>from this container:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7163\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03219\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7163\" title=\"Container\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03219-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03219-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03219-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03219.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">None of these plants were doing particularly well, buried in the shade of the vines that are slowly coming back into the land of the living.<\/span><\/p>\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7161\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03229\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7161\" title=\"Front Bed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03229-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03229-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03229-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03229.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">This area took a real beating when the hole where the Tahoe hit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2009\/09\/dude-wheres-my-car\/\">http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2009\/09\/dude-wheres-my-car\/<\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> was being repaired, it received a lot of foot traffic and compaction as the house was repaired and repainted. Here it is the area planted up, the bed also has Mexican bush sage pushing through that will soften the scene and provide good contrast with the agave’s as they mature. The two silver Agave ,<\/span><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> known as <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Parry’s agave<\/strong><\/span> or <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>mescal agave<\/strong><\/span>, are slow-growing agave’s native to <\/span><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Mexico (Sonora)<\/span><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">, hopefully these will reach their full potential in their new, more sun-loving home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7162\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03230\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7162\" title=\"Front Agaves\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03230-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03230-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03230-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03230.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">An old ceder carcass is added for a<\/span> <em><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">“Waltons” <\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7170\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/scene_2b_house_zi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7170\" title=\"Scene_2b_House_ZI\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scene_2b_House_ZI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scene_2b_House_ZI.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Scene_2b_House_ZI-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Now to wait for the scene to fill-in. There is also a line of tiny transplanted feather grasses in front of the moss boulders, well it wouldn’t be the Patch without them after all!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">While all this transplanting and rock shuffling was going on, my Hobbits were being way..way too quite…<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7166\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03149\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7166\" title=\"Hobbit Hole\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03149-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03149-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03149-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03149.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">They had found my last trowel,<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><em> (my favorite trowel has been missing for the last couple of weeks)<\/em><\/span>, I surmise that somehow it has found it’s way to<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em> “Davy Jones’ Locker<\/em>“<\/span> at the bottom of my stock tank fish-pond. Mmm…Now I wonder who would do such a thing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7173\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03156\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7173\" title=\"In the Hole\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03156-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03156-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03156-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03156.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Apparently the hole was to house a pill bug and this snail, a few leaves were thrown in then the hole back filled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7187\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03151\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7187\" title=\"Masks and Rock\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03151-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03151-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03151-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03151.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">The raggedy pram makes it into yet another shot. After the hole was filled in, my oldest hobbit went to the back garden to check on her new container garden that she has taken over as manager…<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7334\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03231\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7334\" title=\"Hobbit Garden\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03231-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03231-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03231-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03231.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">…and things seem to be growing very well. This is all hers!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Moving on…<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7188\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03251\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7188\" title=\"Snail, cactus and verbena\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03251-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03251-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03251-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03251.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Snail, cactus and verbena…<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7189\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03172\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7189\" title=\"Verbena\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03172-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03172-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03172-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03172.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Here is the same purple verbena in full flight…<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7213\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03249\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7213\" title=\"Swallowtail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03249-1024x986.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03249-1024x986.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03249-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">attracting once again the zombie \/ Thestral eyes of this swallowtail butterfly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7220\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/harrylunathestral\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7220\" title=\"HarryLunaThestral\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/HarryLunaThestral.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/HarryLunaThestral.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/HarryLunaThestral-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><em><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">“I see the swallowtail too Harry”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7191\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03264-copy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7191\" title=\"Gopher Plant Bloom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03264-copy-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03264-copy-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03264-copy-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03264-copy.jpg 1842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Looking like a glittering harlequin’s hat, the blooms on this ghost plant are really quite involved… when you get up close.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7193\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03268\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7193\" title=\"Paper Wasp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03268-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03268-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03268-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03268.jpg 1842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">This paper wasp is looking pretty sharp, color coordinated on the blooms of this gopher plant…<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7194\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03261\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7194\" title=\"Mexican Lime Tree\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03261-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03261-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03261-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03261.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">and my Mexican lime lives, it lives I tell you! This is the first bit of green it has developed at the base of the trunk. I knew she would pull through!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7227\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03247\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7227\" title=\"Mountain Laurel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03247-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03247-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03247-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03247.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7226\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03246\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7226\" title=\"Mountain Laurel seed pods\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03246-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03246-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03246-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03246.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Tiny seed pods are now replacing the fading blooms of the mountain laurels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7335\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03200\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-7335\" title=\"ESP Spring\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03200-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03200-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03200.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7336\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03201\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-7336\" title=\"ESP Spring\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03201-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">The ESP is jumping further out of winter everyday, the survival of my Mexican lime tree and my Barbados cherry has made my week, even both of my dwarf bottle-brushes are steaming back to life. Although spring usually lasts a matter of hours in Central Texas, I plan to make the most of it…an iced turban will be in my future soon enough after all! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">That little sotol in the middle of my circular bed is finally starting to develop a presence!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><em>And finally:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7223\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03276\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7223\" title=\"Four Nerve Daisy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"1427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03276.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03276-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03276-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">I told you I was not finished with these four “nervous” daisies quite yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> <\/span><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Inspirational Images of the week:<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7230\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03116\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7230\" title=\"Texas Red Bud\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03116-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03116-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03116-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03116.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Anybody<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> visiting Zilker Gardens in Austin last weekend for the plant festival, probably noticed t<span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">his crazy Texas red bud specimen<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">…<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7231\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/2010\/04\/%e2%80%9cthe-rock%e2%80%9d\/dsc03117\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7231\" title=\"Red Bud\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03117-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03117-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03117-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eastsidepatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/DSC03117.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><em><\/em><em> <object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9MkLTN9Zo9k&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9MkLTN9Zo9k&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\/><\/object><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><em>MacCrimmon’s Lament [Song]…Mac Umber<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Stay Tuned for:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><em>\u201cIf you Mock Orange Me, I’ll Satsum ya!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">All material \u00a9 2010 for eastsidepatch. 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