This is supposed to symbolize my back – not Mr Lifecruiser’s condition! *giggles*
The past 2 weeks I’ve been really slacked, like a cat in bad weather, just wanted to stay inside and roll up somewhere cosy 
I guess I’m not 20 any more (surprise! *giggles*) and the weather is tough this summer. We’ve had a pressuring weather, to put it mildly. First rain and windy and now it has been the pressure in the air as if it should come thunderstorms, butt it hasn’t. Yet.
Any one having any idea of what the kind of tree/cactus this is and have any theory of why it’s slacked?
It even looks like some kind of Loch Ness creature… It really shouldn’t be slacked, if you look at the other trees and bushes there, they look just fine. This photo is taken in Fuerteventura, Spain.
It’s always a real pleasure to go abroad and see what kind of plants and trees (and animals!) you’ll find there that you can’t find at home.
My back is preventing me from travelling right now and that’s also how I got this idea about the Lifecruiser Cyber Cruise! So out of something bad comes something good suddenly
It has been a lot of nice cruiser partying, butt since it’s Sunday today, I’m taking the day the slack way. I need to rest some time. *giggles*
Since we’re having different time zones, US still has evening when it’s night here in Sweden, I’ve stayed up until morning when we’ve been partying!
Don’t forget to come back tomorrow though, so we can go to the Edinburgh Festival together
Oh, and check out Maribeths post: When The Moons Come Over The Mountains – hilarious bending there too!
UPDATE: I got an answer on my question about the tree from Aiyan at Water When Dry who is a certified Desert Landscaper and Master Gardener in the Phoenix, Arizona!!!
“Your Loch Ness appears to be a Washingtonia robusta (Mexican Fan Palm) that has bit the dust. There are two types of palm trees in the photo–the Mexican Fan Palm and the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera.) The bent appearance is caused by the decay process going on in the trunk. It appears the fronds have been removed to prevent litter. Both of these types of palms are extremely common in Arizona and we see a few of the Mexican Fan Palms in their death throes every year. This usually happens during the initial transplanting that fails, but there are many other pathogenic causes.
Aiyan”
Thank you so much Aiyan
Last Cyber Cruise Events:
♥ The Rolling Stones Concert
♥ Monaco
New Cyber Cruise events::
♥ Edinburgh Festival, Scotland, Monday 13 Aug
Coming Cyber Cruise events:
♥ Dröbak, Norway
♥ Castle Howard in Yorkshire, England
♥ Another castle in Lincoln, England
♥ Fulu Fjäll (mountain), Sweden
♥ Linneaus week, Uppsala, Sweden
♥ Denmark
♥ Algarve, Portugal
♥ Scotland (several posts)
♥ Fuerteventura, Spain
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I really thought it was some sort of long neck dinosaur running lose in the garden. It’s really unique
I have a miniature version of this cactus. The taller it grows, the more weight it has to support. Thus, it somehow will slump downwards.
No idea what the cactus is but the palm tree is a date palm tree …! Hope you feel better soon, captain, maybe it was all that rock&roll…
Captian i am not surprised that your back is playing up i have never seen any one giggle quite like you do….
I hope you dont show Mr Lifecruiser this picture, it could be off putting.
Keep taking you tots fo rum and before you know it you will be swinging from the rigging.
Cheers Mark
After all this restlessness, my captain…Strange cactus…I don’t remember to see one like that in Monaco. I’m very tired too with my parties and the parties of the daughters. I tried to go swimming at the beach this afternoon, but didn’t arrive to park my car! They were too much people! I have to go there early in the morning or later in the evening.
See us tomorrow in Edinburgh but we’ll try to stay relax this time, not too much crazy! We’ll try…
Oh, dear Captain,you know my lady in red (Anna) and I, wish fromthe bottom of our hearts : Mrs Lifecruisers back must be recovered…:D
You asked:
Any one having any idea of what the kind of tree/cactus this is and have any theory of why it’s slacked?
Of course we know. It’s so simple for us specialists:
Dinopalmesus.
Thank you for your courrage to please your crew.
Hugs to the both of you from us in the Summerhouse
btw РNo pleasant weather report from here. Still missing some photos from Dr̦bak due to bad weather.
I have no idea what it is but am fascinated to know now, I’ll have to keep popping back to see if anyone has suggested an ID on it. Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog btw.
Hope your back is feeling better soon and you get lots of relaxation and rest!!! ((())) We are gonna get out soon with the boys – they are going stir crazy…
Me too…. *giggles*
Miniature version sounds cool… Are you sure it won’t grow monstreous later….? *lol*
Ah, thanx for the info Mar, I didn’t know the name of the palm tree either! I know I always can trust my cruisers to help me out
Ah, of course Mark, how wise you are! The Rum, of course that’s missing! *giggles*
Eh… I don’t think anything would put off Mr L – thankfully! *giggles*
Sorry to hear our Captains back is no good, but I can tell your fingers and keyboard is in perfect conditions! So thanks for your support, you guidance and enthusiasm in our wonderful Cyber Cruise. It is an honor and pleasure to be in the A-Team!
I have a ‘white day’, so I only cheers you in water – there is no problem filling it up here in Norway either:-( – you just hold your glass out of the window for a minute and it’s full to the brim;-)
Wow, that much people at the beach! Must be tiring to not get there. I hope you can get a parking spot later
Maybe you should try screaming: it’s a monster, it’s a monster in the water!!!! And point somewhere in the water…. *giggles*
Thanx Tor and Anna
Ah, so now the name quest is solved, Dinopalmesus it is…
I tried to swing my magic wand to get you better internet connection, butt you know… me and bad weather… are like glued to each other…. *giggles*
Thankx Sword Girl. If I get forced to take too much rest I’ll start act as your boys… *giggles*
Well that goes both ways Renny! Excellent tours with the cruisers – as always!!!!
Hm. funny, everybody else seem to have so much rain – we don’t, just dark clouds and a pressing heat. We wanna see a thunderstorm clearing the air, butt no!
I had an actual chiropractor crack my back the other day. It was amazing. I’m not sure I’ve been that relaxed at any point in the last five years.
On the other hand, it’s kind of unsettling to hear your back make the same sound as a zipper being pulled apart.
I know the feeling Thomas, I’ve been to one before my worst back problems started and he saved me a number of times!
One time I hardly could get there with that 90 degrees angle of me and he did one pull and I could walk normal again.
Instead of being on sick leave for at least 3 weeks I only had to stay home for 3 days – quite a difference!!!
What an interesting and unusual tree, but I’m sorry I have no idea what it is. Hope your back is better soon and you are back enjoying your cruising around the world.
I hope your back will get better soon. Nice looking tree.
There is a wonderful product called “Traumeel” which is sold in health food stores here. It’s a homeopathic cream, and it also comes as a gel. Perhpas you can purchase some where you are? It’s really quite amazing….rub it in, and it quickly takes the pain away from the inflammation. Hoping your back gets better so you can swing from the sails again! Oh, was I supposed to say that???
Fortunately at least during my holidays I had wonderful weather but I catched a cold in the train back and have a running nose now ! I first thought saturday for the cruise but then there is Photo hunting so I changed it to sunday (also on my blog) sorry about that, must be my foggy brain ! We don’t suffer from global warming but rather from Global Freezing ! The Brits say about time zones : We are early before the Americans but late for the rest of the world !
Your Loc Ness appears to be a Washingtonia robusta (Mexican Fan Palm) that has bit the dust. There are two types of palm trees in the photo–the Mexican Fan Palm and the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera.) The bent appearance is caused by the decay process going on in the trunk. It appears the fronds have been removed to prevent litter. Both of these types of palms are extremely common in Arizona and we see a few of the Mexican Fan Palms in their death throes every year. This usually happens during the intial transplanting that fails, but there are many other pathogenic causes.
Aiyan
Ok…trying to post a comment again on a different computer! I wonder if this one will go through. Do you have a “lock” on your comments????
Anyways…I was recommending a wonderful product for inflammation called “Traumeel”….it’s a homeopathic gel…give it a try…it’s amazing!
Kuanyin, you had a typing error in your first comment in your address, so because I have moderation on any NEW commenter, it were put in the moderation queue, that’s why you didn’t see your first comment showing up
Thanks again for the tip!
Oh, how nice of you to tip me about that – I’ll try to find out if I can get it over here somewhere!!!!
Well, if I don’t get better I’ll let Mr L help me to swing from the sails… Poor man, he has to work hard for me…. *giggles*