"VISITING" WITH HUELL HOWSER "VISITING" WITH HUELL HOWSER IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE RALPH M. GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE RALPH M. PARSONS FOUNDATION.

PARSONS FOUNDATION.

WELL, IT'S ABOUT 1:30 ON A WELL, IT'S ABOUT 1:30 ON ASATURDAY AFTERNOON.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

AND WE'RE STANDING HERE IN AND WE'RE STANDING HERE INBEAUTIFUL 29 PALMS.

BEAUTIFUL 29 PALMS.

IT IS A SPECTACULAR DESERT DAY.

IT IS A SPECTACULAR DESERT DAY.

OF COURSE, YOU ALL ARE USED TO OF COURSE, YOU ALL ARE USED TO THIS, AREN'T YOU?

THIS, AREN'T YOU?

SAME THING EVERY DAY.

SAME THING EVERY DAY.

BUT WE'RE HERE TO ATTEND BUT WE'RE HERE TO ATTEND AN ANNUAL EVENT.

AN ANNUAL EVENT.

IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOSTOVER 50 YEARS NOW.

OVER 50 YEARS NOW.OVER 50 YEARS.

OVER 50 YEARS.

IT STARTED IN '44.

IT STARTED IN '44.

NOW TELL US ABOUT THIS EVENT.

NOW TELL US ABOUT THIS EVENT.

BEACUSE IT'S KIND OF UNIQUE, BEACUSE IT'S KIND OF UNIQUE, ISN'T IT?

ISN'T IT?

YES.

YES.

IT STARTED BY A SPEAKER COMING IT STARTED BY A SPEAKER COMINGOUT FOR OUR WOMEN'S CLUB OUT FOR OUR WOMEN'S CLUB MEETING.

MEETING.

AND WHEN THEY APOLOGIZED FOR AND WHEN THEY APOLOGIZED FOR HAVING NO FLOWERS ON THE TABLE, HAVING NO FLOWERS ON THE TABLE, SHE SAID, "WELL, YOU HAVE SUCH SHE SAID, "WELL, YOU HAVE SUCH BEAUTIFUL WEEDS.

BEAUTIFUL WEEDS.

WHY DON'T WE GET SOME WEEDS?"

WHY DON'T WE GET SOME WEEDS?"

SO I WENT OUT AND GOT A BUNCH OF SO I WENT OUT AND GOT A BUNCH OF WEEDS.

AND SHE MADE LOVELY WEEDS.

AND SHE MADE LOVELYCOMPOSITIONS OUT OF THEM.

COMPOSITIONS OUT OF THEM.

NOW WAIT A MINUTE.

NOW WAIT A MINUTE.

THIS WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS COMING THIS WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS COMING OUT HERE TO SPEAK TO YOUR GARDEN OUT HERE TO SPEAK TO YOUR GARDEN CLUB.

CLUB.

YES.

YES.

BACK IN?

BACK IN?

'44.

'44.

BACK IN 1944.

BACK IN 1944.

WAS IT '44?

'44.

WAS IT '44?

'44.

MILDRED BRYANT-- MILDRED BRYANT-- SIR?

SIR?

MILDRED BRYANT FROM PASADENA.

MILDRED BRYANT FROM PASADENA.SHE WAS AN ARTIST.

SHE WAS AN ARTIST.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL KNOWN OF I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL KNOWN OFAN ARTIST SHE WAS.

AN ARTIST SHE WAS.

BUT YOU ALL WERE KIND OF BUT YOU ALL WERE KIND OF EMBARRASSED THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE EMBARRASSED THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS ON THE ANY FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS ON THE TABLE FOR HER.

TABLE FOR HER.

AND SHE SAID, "FLOWERS?

AND SHE SAID, "FLOWERS?

YOU'VE GOT SUCH BEAUTIFUL WEEDS.

YOU'VE GOT SUCH BEAUTIFUL WEEDS.

WHY DON'T YOU BRING ME SOME WHY DON'T YOU BRING ME SOME WEEDS."

SO MARY HAYS AND I WENT WEEDS."

SO MARY HAYS AND I WENT OUT AND PICKED OUT A BUNCH OF OUT AND PICKED OUT A BUNCH OF WEEDS AND BROUGHT THEM TO HER.

WEEDS AND BROUGHT THEM TO HER.AND SHE MADE THESE LOVELY AND SHE MADE THESE LOVELY COMPOSITIONS OUT OF WEEDS.

COMPOSITIONS OUT OF WEEDS.AND THAT'S THE START.

AND THAT'S THE START.

SHE SAID, "YOU SHOULD HAVE A SHE SAID, "YOU SHOULD HAVE A WEED SHOW, NOT A FLOWER SHOW."

WEED SHOW, NOT A FLOWER SHOW."

SO THAT'S WHAT STARTED US.

SO THAT'S WHAT STARTED US.

NOW WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED NOW WOULD THIS BE CONSIDEREDMATERIAL FOR A FLOWER MATERIAL FOR A FLOWERARRANGEMENT?

ARRANGEMENT?

NOT FLOWER.

NOT FLOWER.

FOR A WEED ARRANGEMENT.

FOR A WEED ARRANGEMENT.

SURE, YES.

YES.

ALL OF THESE.

SURE, YES.

YES.

ALL OF THESE.

SO THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT SO THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT YOU ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED OUT YOU ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED OUT HERE.

HERE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS IS THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS IS CREOSOTE.

AND THAT'S OLD.

CREOSOTE.

AND THAT'S OLD.

AND THEN THIS IS ANOTHER TYPE OF AND THEN THIS IS ANOTHER TYPE OF WEED.

WEED.

DESERT SAGE.

DESERT SAGE.

AND HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

AND HERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

WHAT IS THIS OVER HERE?

WHAT IS THIS OVER HERE?

THAT'S A DESERT SAGE.

THAT'S A DESERT SAGE.

MM-HMM.

MM-HMM.

SO THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF SO THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF MATERIEL TO WORK WITH.

MATERIEL TO WORK WITH.THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

JUST ANYONE CAN STEP RIGHT OUT JUST ANYONE CAN STEP RIGHT OUT THEIR FRONT DOOR AND GET A WEED.

THEIR FRONT DOOR AND GET A WEED.

AND IT'S LOW MAINTENANCE AND IT'S LOW MAINTENANCE STUFF TOO.

STUFF TOO.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SO THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THEN.

SINCE THEN.MM-HMM.

MM-HMM.

IT'S BEEN OVER 50 YEARS.

IT'S BEEN OVER 50 YEARS.

WOW.

WOW.

WELL, WE HAVE BEEN INVITED FOR A WELL, WE HAVE BEEN INVITED FOR A VIP TOUR OF THE 29 PALMS ANNUAL VIP TOUR OF THE 29 PALMS ANNUAL WEED SHOW.

WEED SHOW.

AND AS WE WALK INTO WHERE THE AND AS WE WALK INTO WHERE THE WEED SHOW IS BEING HELD, THIS IS WEED SHOW IS BEING HELD, THIS IS A PERFECT TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE A PERFECT TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE.

OLD SCHOOLHOUSE.

BECAUSE WE WERE HERE YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE WERE HERE YEARS AGO WHEN THE SCHOOLHOUSE WAS MOVED.

WHEN THE SCHOOLHOUSE WAS MOVED.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND NOW WE USE IT AS A MUSEUM.

AND NOW WE USE IT AS A MUSEUM.

AND THAT'S WHY THE WEED SHOW AND THAT'S WHY THE WEED SHOWCOMES TO THE MUSEUM.

COMES TO THE MUSEUM.

AND ACTUALLY, LARRY, IT'S AND ACTUALLY, LARRY, IT'S USED FOR A LOT OF THINGS NOW USED FOR A LOT OF THINGS NOW TOO, ISN'T IT?

TOO, ISN'T IT?

IT'S THE NATURAL HISTORY IT'S THE NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION FOR 29 PALMS.

ASSOCIATION FOR 29 PALMS.

AND THEY USE IT FOR FUNDRAISERS.

AND THEY USE IT FOR FUNDRAISERS.

BUT MAINLY IT'S THE MUSEUM.

BUT MAINLY IT'S THE MUSEUM.

WE RUN THE WEED SHOW IN IT.

WE RUN THE WEED SHOW IN IT.THEY HAVE GATHERINGS AND THEY HAVE GATHERINGS AND FUNCTIONS AND FUNDRAISERS.

FUNCTIONS AND FUNDRAISERS.

NICE GIFT SHOP.

NICE GIFT SHOP.

SO THE SCHOOLHOUSE HAS A NEW SO THE SCHOOLHOUSE HAS A NEW LIFE TO IT.

LIFE TO IT.

VERY MUCH SO.

VERY MUCH SO.

PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY IT'S BEEN ABOUT THE WAY IT'S BEEN RESTORED.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF RESTORED.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT, WASN'T THERE?

WORK WENT INTO IT, WASN'T THERE?

THAT'S RIGHT.

A LOT OF WORK.

THAT'S RIGHT.

A LOT OF WORK.

AND FORMER STUDENTS COME BACK.

AND FORMER STUDENTS COME BACK.

AND THEY'RE VERY THRILLED TO SEE AND THEY'RE VERY THRILLED TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THEIR OLD WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THEIR OLD SCHOOLHOUSE.

SCHOOLHOUSE.

AND YOU GOT THE OLD WINDMILL AND YOU GOT THE OLD WINDMILL GOING OVER HERE.

GOING OVER HERE.

THE OLD WATER TANK.

THE OLD WATER TANK.

THIS IS A VERY HISTORIC COUPLE THIS IS A VERY HISTORIC COUPLE OF OLD TRUCKS.

OF OLD TRUCKS.

WELL, WE'RE GOING INSIDE TO LOOK WELL, WE'RE GOING INSIDE TO LOOK AT WEEDS.

AT WEEDS.

NOW I'M TAKING THIS ON FAITH, NOW I'M TAKING THIS ON FAITH, ADA, THAT'S THERE'S SOME GOOD ADA, THAT'S THERE'S SOME GOOD STUFF IN HERE.

STUFF IN HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO SEE.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO SEE.

LET'S GO SEE.

LET'S GO SEE.

THE WEED SHOW.

THE WEED SHOW.

THEY CALL ME WEEDY HEDGE.

THEY CALL ME WEEDY HEDGE.

[HUELL LAUGHS] [HUELL LAUGHS] OK. WE ARE IN THE OK. WE ARE IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE.

SCHOOLHOUSE.

THIS IS YOUR DAUGHTER, RIGHT?

THIS IS YOUR DAUGHTER, RIGHT?

AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WENT TO AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WENT TO SCHOOL IN THIS SCHOOLHOUSE.

SCHOOL IN THIS SCHOOLHOUSE.

I DID.

I DID.

IN 5TH GRADE AND 6TH GRADE.

IN 5TH GRADE AND 6TH GRADE.WELL, HOW DOES THE PLACE WELL, HOW DOES THE PLACE LOOK?

IT'S BEEN RESTORED.

LOOK?

IT'S BEEN RESTORED.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

DID IT LOOK THIS GOOD DID IT LOOK THIS GOOD WHEN IT WAS A SCHOOLHOUSE?

WHEN IT WAS A SCHOOLHOUSE?NO.

WE HAD THE OLD SLATE NO.

WE HAD THE OLD SLATE BLACKBOARDS.

BLACKBOARDS.

AND IT LOOKED A LITTLE AND IT LOOKED A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

BUT IT'S GREAT.

DIFFERENT.

BUT IT'S GREAT.WELL, IT'S PART OF THE WELL, IT'S PART OF THE COMMUNITY AGAIN, ISN'T IT?

COMMUNITY AGAIN, ISN'T IT?WHEN THEY RAISED THE WHEN THEY RAISED THE SCHOOLHOUSE AT THE OLD PLACE, SCHOOLHOUSE AT THE OLD PLACE, UNDERNEATH WERE ALL OF OUR LUNCH UNDERNEATH WERE ALL OF OUR LUNCH SACKS THAT WE HAD THROWN DOWN SACKS THAT WE HAD THROWN DOWN THIS HOLE FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

THIS HOLE FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

AND THEY WERE STILL THERE.

AND THEY WERE STILL THERE.WE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

WE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

IT WAS REALLY FUN.

IT WAS REALLY FUN.

NOW HOW ARE YOU PART OF THIS NOW HOW ARE YOU PART OF THIS SHOW TODAY?

SHOW TODAY?

WELL, I LIVE IN ARIZONA.

WELL, I LIVE IN ARIZONA.

BUT I ALWAYS COME HOME FOR THE BUT I ALWAYS COME HOME FOR THE WEED SHOW.

WEED SHOW.

AND I BRING ARIZONA WEEDS.

AND I BRING ARIZONA WEEDS.

ARE ARIZONA WEEDS ALLOWED?

ARE ARIZONA WEEDS ALLOWED?

YES.

YEAH.

YES.

YEAH.

YOU CAN HAVE ARIZONA WEEDS?

YOU CAN HAVE ARIZONA WEEDS?

THE JUDGES MIGHT GET 'EM IN THE JUDGES MIGHT GET 'EM IN THEY KNEW IT.

BUT THEY'RE PRETTY THEY KNEW IT.

BUT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH LIKE OUR WEEDS.

MUCH LIKE OUR WEEDS.

OK. GREAT.

WELL, LET'S GO OK. GREAT.

WELL, LET'S GO INSIDE AND TAKE A LOOK.

INSIDE AND TAKE A LOOK.

BECAUSE, LARRY, I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE, LARRY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.

LOUIE, WE'LL WALK ON THIS SIDE.

LOUIE, WE'LL WALK ON THIS SIDE.

MAYBE YOU CAN GO OVER HERE.

MAYBE YOU CAN GO OVER HERE.

TELL US WHAT THIS CATEGORY IS.

TELL US WHAT THIS CATEGORY IS.WELL, THIS IS THE PURPLE WELL, THIS IS THE PURPLE GLASS.

AND WE HAVE 2 DIFFERENT GLASS.

AND WE HAVE 2 DIFFERENT PURPLE GLASS.

PURPLE GLASS.

ONE FOR WHAT WE CALL MUSEUM ONE FOR WHAT WE CALL MUSEUM QUALITY, WHICH IS UNBUSTED.

QUALITY, WHICH IS UNBUSTED.

AND THEN WE HAVE JUST A REGULAR AND THEN WE HAVE JUST A REGULAR PURPLE GLASS, WHICH IS BUSTED.

PURPLE GLASS, WHICH IS BUSTED.

SO THIS IS THE KIND OF GLASS SO THIS IS THE KIND OF GLASS THAT OUT IN THE DESERT YOU CAN THAT OUT IN THE DESERT YOU CAN JUST PUT OUT ON THE WINDOW AND JUST PUT OUT ON THE WINDOW AND THE DESERT SUN TURNS IT PURPLE.

THE DESERT SUN TURNS IT PURPLE.

OUT HERE IN THE DESERT, WE OUT HERE IN THE DESERT, WE JUST LAY THEM OUT IN THE DIRT.

JUST LAY THEM OUT IN THE DIRT.

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND A LOT OF THIS PURPLE AND A LOT OF THIS PURPLE GLASS HERE IS FOUND IN THE GLASS HERE IS FOUND IN THE DESERT.

DESERT.

YEAH.

YEAH.

WELL, HERE'S OUR FIRST HONEST WELL, HERE'S OUR FIRST HONEST TO GOODNESS WEED.

TO GOODNESS WEED.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS IS OUR DESERT GLASS.

THIS IS OUR DESERT GLASS.

NOW WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THIS?

NOW WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THIS?

I WOULD CALL THAT A WEED SHOW I WOULD CALL THAT A WEED SHOW ENTRY.

ENTRY.

BUT WHAT IS-- BUT WHAT IS-- WELL, THE ONLY ONE I CAN TELL WELL, THE ONLY ONE I CAN TELL IS IT LOOKS LIKE EUCALYPTUS.

IS IT LOOKS LIKE EUCALYPTUS.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST SOME KIND AND THEN THIS IS JUST SOME KINDOF A DESERT GRASS.

OF A DESERT GRASS.

AND THIS IS PROBABLY A FLOWER AND THIS IS PROBABLY A FLOWER THAT ISN'T NATIVE TO THE REGION.

THAT ISN'T NATIVE TO THE REGION.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY ITDIDN'T RECEIVE A RIBBON.

DIDN'T RECEIVE A RIBBON.

THE JUDGES GET ON THAT THE JUDGES GET ON THATSOMETIMES.

SOMETIMES.

SO THESE ARE--AND THIS IS SO THESE ARE--AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CACTUS-- JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CACTUS--THAT'S THE BEAVER TAIL THAT'S THE BEAVER TAIL CACTUS.

WHAT IS IT, LINDA?

CACTUS.

WHAT IS IT, LINDA?

[INDISTINCT] [INDISTINCT] THAT'S A SMOKE TREE.

THAT'S A SMOKE TREE.

THAT'S WHAT BLOOMS VERY PURPLE THAT'S WHAT BLOOMS VERY PURPLEIN THE SPRINGTIME.

IN THE SPRINGTIME.

AND WHERE IS THE WINNER?

AND WHERE IS THE WINNER?

HERE IT IS, OVER HERE.

HERE IT IS, OVER HERE.HERE WE GO.

HERE WE GO.

THIS IS DRY MUD OUT OF THE THIS IS DRY MUD OUT OF THE MUD BED.

MUD BED.

I GUESS THIS IS TO REPRESENT THE I GUESS THIS IS TO REPRESENT THE FLOW OF WATER.

FLOW OF WATER.

I'D HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT.

I'D HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT.

WOW.

WOW.

AND WHAT IS THE--COMING OUT?

AND WHAT IS THE--COMING OUT?IT'S JUST A DESERT GRASS.

IT'S JUST A DESERT GRASS.

JUST A WILD DESERT GRASS.

JUST A WILD DESERT GRASS.

IT JUST GROWS WILD IN THE IT JUST GROWS WILD IN THE FIELDS.

FIELDS.

WOW, WHAT AN INTERESTING IDEA WOW, WHAT AN INTERESTING IDEAJUST TO SIT IN THE MUD.

JUST TO SIT IN THE MUD.

THIS IS A LADY THAT YESTERDAY THIS IS A LADY THAT YESTERDAY MORNING AT 8:00 TOLD ME SHE MORNING AT 8:00 TOLD ME SHE DIDN'T HAVE A THING READY.

DIDN'T HAVE A THING READY.

OH, SHE'S BEEN PLANNING ON OH, SHE'S BEEN PLANNING ON THAT-- THAT-- THEY DO THAT TO YOU.

THEY DO THAT TO YOU.

OK.

HERE WE ARE OVER HERE.

OK.

HERE WE ARE OVER HERE.

COME ON OVER, ADA, AND TALK TO COME ON OVER, ADA, AND TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT IS THIS?

US A LITTLE BIT.

WHAT IS THIS?

COMPOSITIONS USING A CUP AND COMPOSITIONS USING A CUP ANDSAUCER AS AN ACCESSORY.

SAUCER AS AN ACCESSORY.

SO ALL OF THESE ARE CUPS AND SO ALL OF THESE ARE CUPS AND SAUCERS WITH DIFFERENT WEEDS IN SAUCERS WITH DIFFERENT WEEDS IN THEM.

THEM.

DEAD MAN LAKE.

DEAD MAN LAKE.

WELL, IT'S JUST BLACK AND WELL, IT'S JUST BLACK AND WHITE COMPOSITIONS HERE.

WHITE COMPOSITIONS HERE.

AND THIS IS--YOU KNOW WHEN MY AND THIS IS--YOU KNOW WHEN MY WIFE 8 YEARS AGO CAME IN AND WIFE 8 YEARS AGO CAME IN AND SHE BRINGS IN HER BLUE RIBBON SHE BRINGS IN HER BLUE RIBBON FOR PUTTING A PIECE OF TWIG ON A FOR PUTTING A PIECE OF TWIG ON A ROCK, I LAUGHED AT HER.

ROCK, I LAUGHED AT HER.

I SAID, "ANYONE CAN DO THAT."

I SAID, "ANYONE CAN DO THAT."

AND THEN I STARTED COMING TO THE AND THEN I STARTED COMING TO THE SHOW.

SHOW.

AND THE CREATIVITY--IT'S JUST AN AND THE CREATIVITY--IT'S JUST AN AMAZING THING.

AMAZING THING.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL WORK.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL WORK.

NOW WAIT A MINUTE.

NOW WAIT A MINUTE.

THESE ARE ACTUAL FLOWERS.

THESE ARE ACTUAL FLOWERS.

PALM FRONDS AND-- PALM FRONDS AND-- BUT LOOK AT THESE.

BUT LOOK AT THESE.

THESE AREN'T WEEDS.

THESE AREN'T WEEDS.

THOSE ARE--THOSE ARE NOT THOSE ARE--THOSE ARE NOT WEEDS.

AND AGAIN IT DOESN'T HAVE WEEDS.

AND AGAIN IT DOESN'T HAVE A RIBBON BY IT.

A RIBBON BY IT.

IT'S A BOUGAINVILLEA.

IT'S A BOUGAINVILLEA.

AH.

HERE'S A WEED.

HERE.

AH.

HERE'S A WEED.

HERE.

AND IT'S GOT THE BLUE RIBBON.

AND IT'S GOT THE BLUE RIBBON.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THE DESERT GRASSES AGAIN.

THE DESERT GRASSES AGAIN.

HERE'S A DATURA.

THAT'S-- HERE'S A DATURA.

THAT'S-- IS THIS A WEED?

IS THIS A WEED?

CAN WE HOLD THIS UP?

CAN WE HOLD THIS UP?

YOU CAN.

YOU CAN.

PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE THIS-- PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE THIS-- LOOK AT THIS.

THAT'S A WEED?

LOOK AT THIS.

THAT'S A WEED?WELL, IT'S A DATURA.

WELL, IT'S A DATURA.

IT GROWS WILD ALL OVER THE IT GROWS WILD ALL OVER THE DESERT.

IT HAS A LOT OF INDIAN DESERT.

IT HAS A LOT OF INDIANLORE TO IT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

LORE TO IT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY USED TO CALL IT THE SACRED THEY USED TO CALL IT THE SACRED DATURA.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DATURA.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SMOKE IT, DRINK IT, OR WHAT.

SMOKE IT, DRINK IT, OR WHAT.

BUT IT USED TO DO SOMETHING TO BUT IT USED TO DO SOMETHING TO THE INDIANS.

THE INDIANS.

WOW.

THIS.

WOW.

THIS.

AND THEN THIS, WHICH IS THE AND THEN THIS, WHICH IS THE1ST PRIZE WINNER IN THIS 1ST PRIZE WINNER IN THIS CATEGORY FROM SHEEP HOLE PASS.

CATEGORY FROM SHEEP HOLE PASS.WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

IF YOU LOOK OUT AT OUR IF YOU LOOK OUT AT OUR MOUNTAINS THAT YOU HAD IN THE MOUNTAINS THAT YOU HAD IN THE BACKGROUND WHEN WE STARTED.

BACKGROUND WHEN WE STARTED.

THEY'RE NICE AND BEAUTIFULLY THEY'RE NICE AND BEAUTIFULLY PURPLE.

PURPLE.

AND SO SHEEP HOLE PASS IS FOR AND SO SHEEP HOLE PASS IS FOR OUR PURPLE GLASS.

OUR PURPLE GLASS.

BOY, THAT IS SOMETHING.

BOY, THAT IS SOMETHING.

NOW IS THIS--THIS IS THE MUSEUM.

NOW IS THIS--THIS IS THE MUSEUM.

ARE YOU CONNECTED WITH THE ARE YOU CONNECTED WITH THE MUSEUM?

MUSEUM?

WELL, I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE WELL, I WAS ON THE COMMITTEEWITH THE WEED SHOW.

WITH THE WEED SHOW.

AND I'VE DONE THIS--THIS IS MY AND I'VE DONE THIS--THIS IS MYSECOND YEAR ON THIS.

SECOND YEAR ON THIS.

BUT THE FIRST TIME I ENTERED BUT THE FIRST TIME I ENTEREDTHIS, I WAS IN 4TH GRADE.

THIS, I WAS IN 4TH GRADE.

AND I WAS HOOKED EVER SINCE.

AND I WAS HOOKED EVER SINCE.

REALLY?

REALLY?

SINCE 1955, YES.

SINCE 1955, YES.

SO WHAT DID YOU ENTER?

SO WHAT DID YOU ENTER?CAN YOU REMEMBER?

CAN YOU REMEMBER?

DID YOU JUST GO OUT AND PICK DID YOU JUST GO OUT AND PICK SOME WEEDS?

SOME WEEDS?

NO.

BUT I GOT AN HONORABLE NO.

BUT I GOT AN HONORABLEMENTION OR SOMETHING.

MENTION OR SOMETHING.I WAS HOOKED.

I WAS HOOKED.

ONCE YOU GET A PRIZE, IT GETS TO ONCE YOU GET A PRIZE, IT GETS TO YOU.

BECAUSE IT'S FUN.

YOU.

BECAUSE IT'S FUN.

IT'S SERIOUS.

IT'S WHIMSICAL.

IT'S SERIOUS.

IT'S WHIMSICAL.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW.

YOU KNOW.

AND YOU SEE THE CREATIVITY THAT AND YOU SEE THE CREATIVITY THATGOES INTO IT.

PEOPLE'S GOES INTO IT.

PEOPLE'S IMAGINATION JUST RUNS WILD.

IMAGINATION JUST RUNS WILD.WELL, LOOK, IT FITS IN WELL, LOOK, IT FITS IN PERFECTLY WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT PERFECTLY WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT IN THE MUSEUM, WHICH ARE ALL OF IN THE MUSEUM, WHICH ARE ALL OF THESE--YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF-- THESE--YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF-- WHAT IS THIS?

WHAT KIND OF ORE WHAT IS THIS?

WHAT KIND OF OREIS THIS DOWN HERE?

IS THIS DOWN HERE?

THIS LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE THIS LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE GOLD ORE HERE FROM 2 DIFFERENT GOLD ORE HERE FROM 2 DIFFERENT SITES.

SITES.

'CAUSE THIS HAS GOT A LOT OF 'CAUSE THIS HAS GOT A LOT OF COPPER IN IT, WHICH MADE IT HARD COPPER IN IT, WHICH MADE IT HARD TO WORK.

AND THIS IS SOME OF THE TO WORK.

AND THIS IS SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF.

OTHER STUFF.

YOU GOT THE OLD LANTERN.

YOU GOT THE OLD LANTERN.

YES.

YES.

WE TRY TO INCORPORATE THE WEED WE TRY TO INCORPORATE THE WEED SHOW IN WITH THE WORKING MUSEUM.

SHOW IN WITH THE WORKING MUSEUM.

SO YOU CAN SEE BOTH.

SO YOU CAN SEE BOTH.

YOU CAN SEE THE WEED SHOW AND YOU CAN SEE THE WEED SHOW AND THE MUSEUM.

THE MUSEUM.

NOW IS THIS THE FELLA YOU NOW IS THIS THE FELLA YOU WANTED ME TO TALK WITH?

WANTED ME TO TALK WITH?

YES.

THIS IS MY FATHER.

YES.

THIS IS MY FATHER.

THIS IS STANLEY ANTHONY.

THIS IS STANLEY ANTHONY.

HOWDY, MR. ANTHONY.

HOWDY, MR. ANTHONY.THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

HOW YOU DOING?

HOW YOU DOING?

I'M REASONABLY SOBER.

I'M REASONABLY SOBER.REASONABLY SOBER.

REASONABLY SOBER.

HOW LONG YOU LIVED OUT HERE?

HOW LONG YOU LIVED OUT HERE?

SINCE 1934.

SINCE 1934.

SO YOU'VE BEEN OUT HERE LONG SO YOU'VE BEEN OUT HERE LONG ENOUGH-- ENOUGH-- I GREW UP WITH THE TERRITORY.

I GREW UP WITH THE TERRITORY.

REALLY?

REALLY?

MM-HMM.

MM-HMM.

NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT A NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT A WEED SHOW GOING ON OUT HERE?

WEED SHOW GOING ON OUT HERE?WELL, IT'S SOMETHING WELL, IT'S SOMETHINGDIFFERENT.

DIFFERENT.MM-HMM.

MM-HMM.

THERE'S A VARIETY OF PLANTS THERE'S A VARIETY OF PLANTS OUT HERE.

THEY LEND THEMSELVES OUT HERE.

THEY LEND THEMSELVES VERY WELL TO IT.

VERY WELL TO IT.

IT'S SURPRISING HOW MANY PLANTS IT'S SURPRISING HOW MANY PLANTS THERE ARE.

THERE ARE.

DO YOU THINK THE LOCALS DO YOU THINK THE LOCALS APPRECIATE WHAT THEY HAVE OR APPRECIATE WHAT THEY HAVE OR DOES IT TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOES IT TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO KIND OF BRING IT OUT?

TO KIND OF BRING IT OUT?

I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE NUDGED A LITTLE BIT.

NUDGED A LITTLE BIT.

LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.

LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.

'CAUSE WE WERE JUST LOOKING 'CAUSE WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT THIS ONE OVER HERE THAT WON AT THIS ONE OVER HERE THAT WON FIRST PRIZE.

FIRST PRIZE.

THAT'S THAT PLUME GRASS THAT THAT'S THAT PLUME GRASS THAT GROWS OUT HERE WHERE YOU GET A GROWS OUT HERE WHERE YOU GET ALITTLE WATER TO IT.

LITTLE WATER TO IT.

UH-HUH.

UH-HUH.

NOW DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE NOW DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE GROWING IN YOUR FRONT YARD?

GROWING IN YOUR FRONT YARD?

OH, YEAH.

OH, YEAH.

I GOT QUITE A FEW OF THEM.

I GOT QUITE A FEW OF THEM.WHERE'S YOUR ENTRY?

WHERE'S YOUR ENTRY?

HMM?

HMM?

WHERE'S YOUR ENTRY?

WHERE'S YOUR ENTRY?

I LET OTHER PEOPLE DO THAT.

I LET OTHER PEOPLE DO THAT.

[HUELL LAUGHING] [HUELL LAUGHING] NO.

I'VE GOT QUITE A LITTLE NO.

I'VE GOT QUITE A LITTLE COLLECTION OF CACTUS AND OLIVE COLLECTION OF CACTUS AND OLIVE TREES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

TREES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

KIND OF GREW UP WITH THE PLACE.

KIND OF GREW UP WITH THE PLACE.

MM-HMM.

MM-HMM.

MM-HMM.

MM-HMM.

WELL, WHEN YOU COME OUT HERE, WELL, WHEN YOU COME OUT HERE, YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY HISTORY YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY HISTORYEVERYWHERE YOU LOOK.

EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK.

YES, IF YOU LOOK FOR IT.

YES, IF YOU LOOK FOR IT.

IT'S RATHER OBSCURED.

IT'S RATHER OBSCURED.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THERE WAS IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THERE WAS MINING OUT HERE AS EARLY AS IT MINING OUT HERE AS EARLY AS IT WAS AND HOW MUCH IT AMOUNTED TO.

WAS AND HOW MUCH IT AMOUNTED TO.

YEAH.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT'S SO YEAH.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT'S SO INTERESTING ABOUT THE DESERT, INTERESTING ABOUT THE DESERT, THOUGH, ISN'T IT?

THOUGH, ISN'T IT?

YEAH.

AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YEAH.

AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT KNEW ABOUT THAT ARE GONE NOW.

KNEW ABOUT THAT ARE GONE NOW.SO IT'S HARD TO RESEARCH SO IT'S HARD TO RESEARCH ANYTHING.

ANYTHING.

YEAH.

YEAH.

EVERYTHING'S HEARSAY.

EVERYTHING'S HEARSAY.

YEAH.

YEAH.

WELL, NICE TO MEET YOU, SIR.

WELL, NICE TO MEET YOU, SIR.

I WATCH YOUR PROGRAM QUITE A I WATCH YOUR PROGRAM QUITE A BIT.

BIT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I LIKE YOUR CAMERAMAN'S WORK I LIKE YOUR CAMERAMAN'S WORK THERE, TOO.

THERE, TOO.

WELL, HE DOES A PRETTY GOOD WELL, HE DOES A PRETTY GOODJOB FROM TIME TO TIME.

JOB FROM TIME TO TIME.

HE DOES.

HE DOES.

NOW THIS IS YOUR SON WHO'S NOW THIS IS YOUR SON WHO'S GIVING US THE TOUR, RIGHT?

GIVING US THE TOUR, RIGHT?THAT'S MY SON OVER THERE.

THAT'S MY SON OVER THERE.

OH, THIS IS YOUR SON WITH THE OH, THIS IS YOUR SON WITH THE MUSEUM.

MUSEUM.

HIM, I DON'T KNOW.

HIM, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU DON'T KNOW THIS GUY AT YOU DON'T KNOW THIS GUY AT ALL?

ALL?

I KNOW OF HIM.

I KNOW OF HIM.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WELL, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR TOUR.

LET'S GO ON IN THE OUR TOUR.

LET'S GO ON IN THEOTHER ROOM BACK HERE.

OTHER ROOM BACK HERE.

'CAUSE THIS IS JUST HALF THE 'CAUSE THIS IS JUST HALF THE SHOW.

THIS IS THE OTHER HALF SHOW.

THIS IS THE OTHER HALF BACK HERE.

BACK HERE.

OH, MY GOSH.

OH, MY GOSH.

[INDISTINCT] [INDISTINCT] WHERE'S YOUR 1ST PLACE?

WHERE'S YOUR 1ST PLACE?RIGHT THERE.

RIGHT THERE.

COME ON, LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK COME ON, LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

AT IT.

OH, NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO SOME OH, NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO SOMESERIOUS STUFF BACK HERE.

SERIOUS STUFF BACK HERE.

LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.

JOANIE CALLED IT AHEAD OF ITS JOANIE CALLED IT AHEAD OF ITS TIME.

TIME.

LOOK, YOU GOT THE AXE HEAD LOOK, YOU GOT THE AXE HEAD HERE.

HERE.

'32 FORD CYLINDER HEAD.

'32 FORD CYLINDER HEAD.AND A '32 FORD.

AND A '32 FORD.

AND WHAT ARE THESE THINGS YOU AND WHAT ARE THESE THINGS YOU GOT-- GOT-- ASK HER.

SHE PUT THOSE ON.

ASK HER.

SHE PUT THOSE ON.

BIRDSEED.

BIRDSEED.

IT'S THE LEFT OVER BIRDSEED THAT IT'S THE LEFT OVER BIRDSEED THAT FELL ON THE GROUND AND GREW.

FELL ON THE GROUND AND GREW.

AND I TOOK IT AWAY FROM THE AND I TOOK IT AWAY FROM THE BIRDS.

BIRDS.

THESE ARE SUNFLOWER SEEDS.

THESE ARE SUNFLOWER SEEDS.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT--WHAT IS AND THEN YOU'VE GOT--WHAT IS THIS?

THIS?

[INDISTINCT] [INDISTINCT] A DESERT TRUMPET.

A DESERT TRUMPET.

TRUMPET, OK. TRUMPET, OK. OH, MY GOSH.

OH, MY GOSH.

THIS IS SOMETHING.

THIS IS SOMETHING.ISN'T IT FUNNY?

ISN'T IT FUNNY?

WE HAD FUN BUILDING IT.

WE HAD FUN BUILDING IT.

BUILT RAILROAD SPIKES FOR LEGS.

BUILT RAILROAD SPIKES FOR LEGS.

YOU KNOW, IT JUST SO HAPPENS YOU KNOW, IT JUST SO HAPPENSTHAT ONE OF THE 3 JUDGES THAT ONE OF THE 3 JUDGES KNEW THAT THIS WAS A HEAD OFF A KNEW THAT THIS WAS A HEAD OFF A'32 FORD.

IS THAT RIGHT?

'32 FORD.

IS THAT RIGHT?

RIGHT.

ONE OF THE JUDGES.

RIGHT.

ONE OF THE JUDGES.

WE HAVE 3 JUDGES.

WE HAVE 3 JUDGES.

HE KNEW WHAT THAT WAS.

HE KNEW WHAT THAT WAS.

WOW.

WOW.

LOOK AT THIS STUFF.

LOOK AT THIS STUFF.

OH, HERE'S A GOOD ONE.

OH, HERE'S A GOOD ONE.

LOOK IN AN OLD LOG CABIN SYRUP.

LOOK IN AN OLD LOG CABIN SYRUP.

AND LOOK AT THE-- AND LOOK AT THE-- THIS WAS ACTUALLY--THIS WAS THIS WAS ACTUALLY--THIS WASCONSTRUCTED BY THE BIRD.

CONSTRUCTED BY THE BIRD.

YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE OF ALL THE YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE OF ALL THE BIRD DROPPINGS ALL AROUND IT.

BIRD DROPPINGS ALL AROUND IT.

WOW.

AND LOOK.

WOW.

AND LOOK.

HERE IS AN HONORABLE MENTION.

HERE IS AN HONORABLE MENTION.

LOOK AT THIS ONE.

LOOK AT THIS ONE.

THESE ARE AMAZING.

THESE ARE AMAZING.

THIS IS THE JUNK PILE.

THIS IS THE JUNK PILE.

ANYTHING FROM YOUR JUNK PILE IN ANYTHING FROM YOUR JUNK PILE IN THIS CATEGORY.

THIS CATEGORY.

AND THIS IS JUST A VASE.

AND THIS IS JUST A VASE.

THAT'S JUST A VASE.

THAT'S JUST A VASE.FILLED WITH-- FILLED WITH-- CHIA AND JUST--SOMETIMES I CHIA AND JUST--SOMETIMES I CAN'T RECOGNIZE 'EM DRIED.

CAN'T RECOGNIZE 'EM DRIED.

THERE'S A LOT OF CHIA IN THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF CHIA IN THAT, THOUGH.

THOUGH.

OH, I GOT TO LOOK OVER HERE, OH, I GOT TO LOOK OVER HERE,ADA.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

ADA.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE.WHAT IS THIS?

WHAT IS THIS?

WE CALL IT "BIRDCAGE."

WE CALL IT "BIRDCAGE."

IT'S A DESERT PRIMROSE.

IT'S A DESERT PRIMROSE.

WHEN IT DRIES OUT THEN IT GOES WHEN IT DRIES OUT THEN IT GOES THIS WAY.

THIS WAY.

YOU MEAN, THIS IS ACTUALLY YOU MEAN, THIS IS ACTUALLYTHE WAY THE PLANT-- THE WAY THE PLANT-- YES.

YES.

THE DESERT PRIMROSE GOES ALL THE THE DESERT PRIMROSE GOES ALL THE WAY OUT.

WAY OUT.

THEN AS IT CLOSES, IT CLOSES UP THEN AS IT CLOSES, IT CLOSES UP LIKE THIS.

AND THIS IS A DESERT.

LIKE THIS.

AND THIS IS A DESERT.

WOW.

WOW.

AND LOOK AT ALL OF THIS STUFF.

AND LOOK AT ALL OF THIS STUFF.

THIS IS OBSIDIAN.

THIS IS OBSIDIAN.

A SOLID PIECE.

A SOLID PIECE.

YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT.

YOU CAN SEE THROUGH IT.

AND YOU JUST STUCK A PIECE-- AND YOU JUST STUCK A PIECE-- YOU JUST GLUE A PIECE OF WEED YOU JUST GLUE A PIECE OF WEED ON IT, AND YOU'RE IN THE WEED ON IT, AND YOU'RE IN THE WEED SHOW.

SHOW.

AND HERE IS ALL THIS AND HERE IS ALL THISWONDERFUL ROCK.

WONDERFUL ROCK.

WELL, IT JUST DOESN'T SOUND WELL, IT JUST DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH.

LIKE MUCH.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'SKIND OF INSPIRING.

KIND OF INSPIRING.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL WORK.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL WORK.

IMAGINATION.

IT'S IMAGINATION.

IMAGINATION.

IT'S IMAGINATION.

THIS ONE HERE.

THIS ONE HERE.

LOOK, LOUIE.

LOOK AT HIS ONE.

LOOK, LOUIE.

LOOK AT HIS ONE.

THE ROCK HAS LITTLE MARKS IN THE ROCK HAS LITTLE MARKS IN IT.

AND THE WEED HAS THE MARKS IT.

AND THE WEED HAS THE MARKS IN IT.

IN IT.

THERE'S A SWIRL IN THE ROCK THERE'S A SWIRL IN THE ROCK ITSELF.

ITSELF.

HE'S WORKING HARD ON THE HE'S WORKING HARD ON THE SWIRL THEME HERE.

SWIRL THEME HERE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND THIS THING THAT ADA JUST AND THIS THING THAT ADA JUSTPOINTED OUT IS AMAZING.

POINTED OUT IS AMAZING.THESE ARE NATIVE.

THESE ARE NATIVE.

THESE ARE BIRDCAGES.

THESE ARE BIRDCAGES.

THEY GROW ALL OVER THE DESERT.

THEY GROW ALL OVER THE DESERT.

AND USUALLY IF YOU FIND ONE, AND USUALLY IF YOU FIND ONE,YOU'LL FIND 200 OF 'EM.

YOU'LL FIND 200 OF 'EM.

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.AND THEY GROW UP.

AND THEY GROW UP.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THESE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THESE FOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.

FOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.

THEY'LL SPRAY-PAINT THEM SILVER, THEY'LL SPRAY-PAINT THEM SILVER, WHITE, BLACK, GREEN AND USE 'EM WHITE, BLACK, GREEN AND USE 'EM FOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.

FOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.

IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.

ON.

THIS IN A WAY KIND OF REMINDS ME THIS IN A WAY KIND OF REMINDS ME OF SOME OF THE JAPANESE FLOWER OF SOME OF THE JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT, WHERE THEY USE A ARRANGEMENT, WHERE THEY USE ALOT OF WOOD AND ROCK.

LOT OF WOOD AND ROCK.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

I'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT.

I'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT.

BUT THIS IS PRETTY UNIQUE TO ME.

BUT THIS IS PRETTY UNIQUE TO ME.

THIS REMINDS ME OF PEOPLE--I THIS REMINDS ME OF PEOPLE--I USED TO SAY I GUESS THEY DON'T USED TO SAY I GUESS THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THEIR HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THEIR SELVES.

BUT I HAVE 10 ENTRIES IN SELVES.

BUT I HAVE 10 ENTRIES IN IT THIS YEAR MYSELF.

IT THIS YEAR MYSELF.YOU'RE KIDDING.

YOU'RE KIDDING.NO.

NO.

LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.

NOW THIS IS INTERESTING.

NOW THIS IS INTERESTING.

WHAT--LOOK AT THIS.

WHAT--LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS AN OLD PIECE OF A THIS IS AN OLD PIECE OF A TREE.

TREE.

LOOK AT THIS IN THE MIDDLE LOOK AT THIS IN THE MIDDLE HERE.

HERE.

LOOKS LIKE PIG NOSES.

LOOKS LIKE PIG NOSES.

LOOK AT THIS, LOUIE, LOOK AT THIS, LOUIE,OVER HERE.

OVER HERE.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER PIECE OF WOOD WITH--COLORED PIECE OF WOOD WITH--COLORED PIECE OF WOOD-- PIECE OF WOOD-- CALL THAT MISTLETOE.

CALL THAT MISTLETOE.

THAT'S DESERT MISTLETOE.

THAT'S DESERT MISTLETOE.

AND THEN JUST KIND OF A AND THEN JUST KIND OF A LITTLE ARRANGEMENT HERE WITH AN LITTLE ARRANGEMENT HERE WITH AN OLD COCA-COLA BOX, A SKATE, A OLD COCA-COLA BOX, A SKATE, A COKE BOTTLE, AND ANOTHER WEED.

COKE BOTTLE, AND ANOTHER WEED.

AND THIS--LOOK AT THIS ONE.

AND THIS--LOOK AT THIS ONE.

THAT'S JUST A UNIQUE PIECE OF THAT'S JUST A UNIQUE PIECE OF A ROOT SYSTEM PROBABLY FROM A A ROOT SYSTEM PROBABLY FROM A GREASEWOOD.

GREASEWOOD.

GREASEWOOD'S GROW REAL SHALLOW GREASEWOOD'S GROW REAL SHALLOW IN THE DIRT.

IN THE DIRT.

AND LOOK AT THIS.

AND LOOK AT THIS.

NOW THIS IS ABOUT AS BASIC AS NOW THIS IS ABOUT AS BASIC AS YOU CAN GET YOU CAN GET THAT IS BASIC.

THAT IS BASIC.

OLD PRINCE ALBERT IN A CAN.

OLD PRINCE ALBERT IN A CAN.

PICK THE WEED RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

PICK THE WEED RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

STICK IT IN IT.

WIN A RIBBON.

STICK IT IN IT.

WIN A RIBBON.

YEAH, THEY DID.

YEAH, THEY DID.

THEY GOT 3RD PLACE.

THEY GOT 3RD PLACE.

3RD PLACE.

IT'S NATIVE.

3RD PLACE.

IT'S NATIVE.

NOW THIS IS INTERESTING.

NOW THIS IS INTERESTING.

WHAT ARE THESE EXHIBITS?

WHAT ARE THESE EXHIBITS?

THIS IS CALLED "WITH CONDOR THIS IS CALLED "WITH CONDOR FIELD."

AND CONDOR FIELD IS FIELD."

AND CONDOR FIELD IS WHAT ORIGINALLY STARTED OUR WHAT ORIGINALLY STARTED OUR MILITARY BASE, MARINE BASE HERE MILITARY BASE, MARINE BASE HEREWITH GLIDER PILOTS.

WITH GLIDER PILOTS.

AND THIS IS USING-- AND THIS IS USING--A SHELL CASING.

A SHELL CASING.

THIS IS A SHELL CASING.

THIS IS A SHELL CASING.

NOW ARE THESE TECHNICALLY NOW ARE THESE TECHNICALLY WEEDS?

WEEDS?

THERE'S SOME GREASEWOOD.

THERE'S SOME GREASEWOOD.

THERE'S SOME MORE OF THE SMOKE THERE'S SOME MORE OF THE SMOKE TREE.

TREE.

AND THEN THESE ARE PROBABLY MORE AND THEN THESE ARE PROBABLY MORE OF A BUNCH GRASS THAT YOU GET AT OF A BUNCH GRASS THAT YOU GET AT YOUR NURSERY.

YOUR NURSERY.

YOU'RE CHEATIN' A LITTLE BIT.

YOU'RE CHEATIN' A LITTLE BIT.

SOMEBODY IS.

SOMEBODY IS.

BUT THEY MUST'VE LIKED IT.

BUT THEY MUST'VE LIKED IT.YEAH.

IT GOT 2ND PLACE.

YEAH.

IT GOT 2ND PLACE.

AND HERE'S A HELMET WITH SOME OF AND HERE'S A HELMET WITH SOME OF THE-- THE-- SMOKE TREE AGAIN.

SMOKE TREE AGAIN.

SMOKE TREE IN IT.

SMOKE TREE IN IT.

ANOTHER HELMET ARRANGEMENT.

ANOTHER HELMET ARRANGEMENT.

LOOK AT THIS WITH THE CANTEEN.

LOOK AT THIS WITH THE CANTEEN.

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

THAT'S--SEE WE HAVE A THAT'S--SEE WE HAVE APEOPLE'S CHOICE.

PEOPLE'S CHOICE.

AND I'VE NOTICED THAT QUITE A AND I'VE NOTICED THAT QUITE A FEW HAVE VOTED FOR THAT ONE FEW HAVE VOTED FOR THAT ONE ALREADY.

ALREADY.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT LIKE A AND THEN YOU'VE GOT LIKE A WHOLE KIND OF-- WHOLE KIND OF-- THIS IS JUNK PILE AGAIN.

THIS IS JUNK PILE AGAIN.

AND I KIND OF LIKE THE BICYCLE.

AND I KIND OF LIKE THE BICYCLE.

BUCKET AND ALL THE OLD STUFF BUCKET AND ALL THE OLD STUFF HERE.

HERE.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

AND YOU JUST PUT IT TOGETHER.

AND YOU JUST PUT IT TOGETHER.

THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF YOU THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF YOU JUST SEE OUT IN THE DESERT, JUST JUST SEE OUT IN THE DESERT, JUST DESERTED KIND OF JUNK.

DESERTED KIND OF JUNK.

EVERY BIT OF THIS HERE WAS EVERY BIT OF THIS HERE WASFOUND IN THE DESERT.

FOUND IN THE DESERT.AND OVER HERE.

AND OVER HERE.

THESE ARE KIND OF FUN.

THESE ARE KIND OF FUN.

COME ON OVER HERE.

COME ON OVER HERE.

TELL US WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TELL US WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER HERE.

OVER HERE.

WELL, WE HAVE SPECIAL WELL, WE HAVE SPECIAL CHILDREN'S DISPLAYS.

CHILDREN'S DISPLAYS.

AND THEY'RE FOR KIDS 4-9.

AND THEY'RE FOR KIDS 4-9.

AND LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AND LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO TODAY, THEY'VE YOU'VE TALKED TO TODAY, THEY'VE ENTERED THIS SHOW BACK 20, 30 ENTERED THIS SHOW BACK 20, 30 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG.

YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG.

LOOK AT THIS ONE.

LOOK AT THIS ONE.

NOW THAT ONE'S PRETTY NICE.

NOW THAT ONE'S PRETTY NICE.IT'S GOOD TO GET THE KIDS IT'S GOOD TO GET THE KIDS STARTED ON IT.

STARTED ON IT.

HERE'S UNDER 5 YEARS OLD HERE'S UNDER 5 YEARS OLD HERE.

HERE.

OH, WOW.

OH, WOW.

SOME OF THESE LOOK AS GOOD AS SOME OF THESE LOOK AS GOOD ASSOME OF THE OTHERS.

SOME OF THE OTHERS.SOME OF THEM DO.

SOME OF THEM DO.

SOME OF THEM DO.

SOME OF THEM DO.

THIS IS GREAT.

THIS IS GREAT.

THE WEED SHOW'S NOT THAT HARD THE WEED SHOW'S NOT THAT HARD TO DO.

TO DO.

OH, NOW LOOK.

OH, NOW LOOK.

SOME HOW OR ANOTHER I MISSED ALL SOME HOW OR ANOTHER I MISSED ALL OF THIS.

OF THIS.

THIS IS WORN WELLS.

THIS IS WORN WELLS.

THIS IS ANYTHING USED IN A WATER THIS IS ANYTHING USED IN A WATER CONTAINER.

CONTAINER.

THIS IS AN OLD BUCKET, OLD THIS IS AN OLD BUCKET, OLD CANTEEN.

CANTEEN.

OH, LOOK.

CANTEEN.

OH, LOOK.

CANTEEN.

LOOK AT THIS OLD CANTEEN, LOUIE.

LOOK AT THIS OLD CANTEEN, LOUIE.

CAN I HOLD THAT UP?

CAN I HOLD THAT UP?

BOY, THAT IS WORTH...

BOY, THAT IS WORTH...CAN YOU GET THAT?

CAN YOU GET THAT?

YEAH.

YEAH.

I CAN DO TWO HANDS.

I CAN DO TWO HANDS.

THAT IS WORTH PICKING UP.

THAT IS WORTH PICKING UP.

UH-OH.

UH-OH.

HERE WE GO.

HERE WE GO.

LOOK AT THAT.

LOOK AT THAT.

THEY PUT SOME OLD SPRINGS IN THEY PUT SOME OLD SPRINGS IN IT, OLD WIRE.

IT, OLD WIRE.

PALM FRONDS FROM A YUCCA.

PALM FRONDS FROM A YUCCA.

UH-OH.

UH-OH.

BOY, THESE WEEDS ARE STICKY, BOY, THESE WEEDS ARE STICKY, AREN'T THEY?

AREN'T THEY?

YES, THEY ARE.

YES, THEY ARE.

AND THEN THIS ONE IS JUST AND THEN THIS ONE IS JUST COMING OUT OF AN OLD-- COMING OUT OF AN OLD-- IT'S JUST AN OLD PICTURE.

IT'S JUST AN OLD PICTURE.

FIESTA WARE IT LOOKS LIKE.

FIESTA WARE IT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT THIS ONE.

BUT THIS ONE.

AS SIMPLE AS THIS IS--JUST A AS SIMPLE AS THIS IS--JUST A BIG, OLD BLUE BOTTLE WITH A BIG, OLD BLUE BOTTLE WITH A PIECE OF DEAD-- PIECE OF DEAD-- PIECE OF DEAD IN IT.

PIECE OF DEAD IN IT.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE FIRST PLANTS THAT'S ONE OF THOSE FIRST PLANTS THAT WE LOOKED AT OUT THERE THAT THAT WE LOOKED AT OUT THERE THAT GREW NEXT TO THE GREASEWOOD.

GREW NEXT TO THE GREASEWOOD.SO THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE SO THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE ONES WE SAW OUTSIDE.

ONES WE SAW OUTSIDE.

EXACTLY.

EXACTLY.

IT'S SOME KIND OF A SAGE.

IT'S SOME KIND OF A SAGE.

ACTUALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BREAK THE LITTLE PIECES OFF AND BREAK THE LITTLE PIECES OFF AND DECORATE WITH IT.

DECORATE WITH IT.

SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO BUILD SMALL.

SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO BUILD SMALL.

SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO BUILD BIG.

SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO BUILD BIG.THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

AND LOOK AT THIS ONE.

AND LOOK AT THIS ONE.

NOW THESE ARE REEDS.

NOW THESE ARE REEDS.

CAT TAILS OUT OF A POND CAT TAILS OUT OF A POND SOMEWHERE PROBABLY.

SOMEWHERE PROBABLY.

SO WOULD THIS BE FROM THE SO WOULD THIS BE FROM THE DESERT?

DESERT?

WELL, IT'S IN THE DESERT BUT WELL, IT'S IN THE DESERT BUTIT'S NOT FROM THE DESERT.

IT'S NOT FROM THE DESERT.

IT'S NOT FROM AROUND HERE.

IT'S NOT FROM AROUND HERE.NO, IT'S NOT FROM AROUND NO, IT'S NOT FROM AROUND HERE.

HERE.

OK.

HERE'S ONE I MISSED.

OK.

HERE'S ONE I MISSED.

LOOK AT THIS ONE, ADA.

LOOK AT THIS ONE, ADA.THIS ONE...

THIS ONE... COME ON OVER HERE WITH ME.

COME ON OVER HERE WITH ME.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS ONE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS ONE.

NOW THIS... NOW THIS...

I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE ENVISIONING THE KETTLE ARE ENVISIONING THE KETTLE BLOWING OFF HIS STEAM HERE.

BLOWING OFF HIS STEAM HERE.

AND DOESN'T IT MAKE YOU THINK AND DOESN'T IT MAKE YOU THINK THAT?

THAT?

NOW THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF NOW THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF LIKE THIS OUT IN THE DESERT LIKE THIS OUT IN THE DESERT BLOWING AROUND, ISN'T THERE?

BLOWING AROUND, ISN'T THERE?

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S STUFF THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING OUT OF THE KETTLE, LOOKS COMING OUT OF THE KETTLE, LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING OUT OF THE LIKE IT'S COMING OUT OF THE PICTURE.

JUST THE WAY IT GROWS, PICTURE.

JUST THE WAY IT GROWS, IT'S NATURAL.

IT'S NATURAL.

AND YOU JUST UTILIZE IT TO WHAT AND YOU JUST UTILIZE IT TO WHATYOU HAVE TO FIT IT.

YOU HAVE TO FIT IT.

ADA, I THINK YOU ALL WERE ADA, I THINK YOU ALL WERE ONTO SOMETHING BACK THERE 50 ONTO SOMETHING BACK THERE 50 YEARS AGO.

YEARS AGO.

IT'S REALLY BEEN CONTINUING.

IT'S REALLY BEEN CONTINUING.

AND EVERY DAY, EVERY YEAR IT AND EVERY DAY, EVERY YEAR ITGETS BIGGER AND BIGGER.

GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER.

AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO COME OUT HERE-- COME OUT HERE-- WELL, I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS WELL, I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS THING.

THING.

NO, THAT'S GREAT.

NO, THAT'S GREAT.

IT'S THE STEAM COMING OUT OF A IT'S THE STEAM COMING OUT OF A KETTLE.

KETTLE.

IS THIS FROM THE JUNK PILE?

IS THIS FROM THE JUNK PILE?NO, THAT'S FROM THE WATER NO, THAT'S FROM THE WATER DEVICE.

DEVICE.

WATER DEVICE.

WATER DEVICE.

AND THIS IS STEAM COMING OUT.

AND THIS IS STEAM COMING OUT.THIS IS MY FAVORITE.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE.

IT COULD VERY WELL HAVE BEEN IT COULD VERY WELL HAVE BEENFROM THE JUNK PILE TOO.

FROM THE JUNK PILE TOO.

YOUR CATEGORIES ARE FLEXIBLE.

YOUR CATEGORIES ARE FLEXIBLE.CATEGORIES ARE FLEXIBLE.

CATEGORIES ARE FLEXIBLE.

YOU CAN ONLY ENTER ONE ENTRY PER YOU CAN ONLY ENTER ONE ENTRY PER CATEGORY.

CATEGORY.

SO YOU EITHER ENTER IT IN A SO YOU EITHER ENTER IT IN A FELONIOUS NAME OR YOU PUT IT IN FELONIOUS NAME OR YOU PUT IT INA DIFFERENT CATEGORY.

A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS WONDERFUL STUFF.

THIS IS WONDERFUL STUFF.

IT'S PRETTY BASIC.

IT'S PRETTY BASIC.

BUT IT'S PRETTY NICE.

BUT IT'S PRETTY NICE.

IT'S VERY IMAGINATIVE.

IT'S VERY IMAGINATIVE.

IT--IT JUST CAPTURES YOU.

IT--IT JUST CAPTURES YOU.

AND THEN THE SPOON DOWN IN THAT AND THEN THE SPOON DOWN IN THAT HAS THE LITTLE SEEDLINGS THAT HAS THE LITTLE SEEDLINGS THATDROPPED OFF OF THAT.

DROPPED OFF OF THAT.OH, LOOK, LOUIE.

OH, LOOK, LOUIE.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE SPOON THE YOU CAN SEE IN THE SPOON THE LITTLE SEEDLINGS THAT DROPPED LITTLE SEEDLINGS THAT DROPPED OFF OF THE PLANT.

OFF OF THE PLANT.

HOW CREATIVE.

HOW CREATIVE.

LITTLE ONES.

LITTLE ONES.

NOW WAIT A MINUTE.

NOW WAIT A MINUTE.

[CHUCKLING] [CHUCKLING] THAT'S JUST A PIECE OF OLD, THAT'S JUST A PIECE OF OLD,CRUMPLED UP PAPER.

CRUMPLED UP PAPER.

THEY SAID THIS IS TRULY THE THEY SAID THIS IS TRULY THE JUDGES'--I WAS WITH THE JUDGES JUDGES'--I WAS WITH THE JUDGES TODAY--THEY SAID THIS IS TRULY TODAY--THEY SAID THIS IS TRULY JUNK PILE.

JUNK PILE.

'CAUSE NOBODY WOULD USE THAT.

'CAUSE NOBODY WOULD USE THAT.IT'S JUST AN OLD PIECE OF IT'S JUST AN OLD PIECE OF CRUMPLED PAPER AND SOME DRIED CRUMPLED PAPER AND SOME DRIED TWIGS.

TWIGS.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT AROUND I'M GOING TO TURN IT AROUND SO LOUIE CAN SEE IT THE WAY IT'S SO LOUIE CAN SEE IT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SEEN.

SUPPOSED TO BE SEEN.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF ADA'S OLD LUNCH BAGS.

ADA'S OLD LUNCH BAGS.LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT HAS AN APPEAL TO IT.

IT HAS AN APPEAL TO IT.

IT'S A HARD THING TO EXPLAIN.

IT'S A HARD THING TO EXPLAIN.

AND WHAT'S THIS, A GOURD?

AND WHAT'S THIS, A GOURD?

THAT'S SOME KIND OF AN OLD THAT'S SOME KIND OF AN OLD SQUASH OR GOURD THAT'S DRIED SQUASH OR GOURD THAT'S DRIED OUT.

OUT.

LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.

[INDISTINCT] [INDISTINCT] IT'S JUST SITTING IN AN OLD IT'S JUST SITTING IN AN OLD PIECE OF METAL.

PIECE OF METAL.

OLD PIECE OF METAL.

WHOA.

OLD PIECE OF METAL.

WHOA.

BETTER WATCH OUT.

BETTER WATCH OUT.

SOME OF THESE LADY'S GET SOME OF THESE LADY'S GET UPTIGHT.

UPTIGHT.

YEAH, I KNOW.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I DON'T WANT TO FOOL WITH I DON'T WANT TO FOOL WITH ANYBODY'S FLOWER ARRANGEMENT.

ANYBODY'S FLOWER ARRANGEMENT.

LET'S TALK AND SEE WHAT THESE LET'S TALK AND SEE WHAT THESELADIES THINK ABOUT IT.

LADIES THINK ABOUT IT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE FLOWER SHOW?

FLOWER SHOW?

I THINK IT'S GREAT.

I THINK IT'S GREAT.

MY SON JUST TOOK 2ND PLACE.

MY SON JUST TOOK 2ND PLACE.

I JUST FOUND OUT.

I JUST FOUND OUT.

OH, THAT WAS YOURS OVER OH, THAT WAS YOURS OVER THERE.

THERE.

YEP.

YEP.

WE JUST TOOK A--WAIT A WE JUST TOOK A--WAIT A MINUTE.

COME OVER HERE.

MINUTE.

COME OVER HERE.

I WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU GOT I WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU GOTSOME OF THIS STUFF.

SOME OF THIS STUFF.

WHERE DID YOU GET ALL OF THIS WHERE DID YOU GET ALL OF THIS STUFF?

STUFF?

WE WENT OUT--AT MR. WE WENT OUT--AT MR. BRYANT'S--WE WENT OUT IN THE BRYANT'S--WE WENT OUT IN THE DESERT.

DESERT.

AND WE JUST WENT AROUND AND WE JUST WENT AROUNDCOLLECTING STUFF.

COLLECTING STUFF.

THIS IS THE FRUIT FROM THE THIS IS THE FRUIT FROM THE PANCAKE CACTUS.

PANCAKE CACTUS.AH.

AH.

AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF A FRUIT FROM THE PANCAKE OF A FRUIT FROM THE PANCAKE CACTUS.

CACTUS.

AND THEN THESE BEANS ARE THE AND THEN THESE BEANS ARE THEMESQUITE BEANS, THE DRIED MESQUITE BEANS, THE DRIED MESQUITE BEANS.

MESQUITE BEANS.

SO THIS IS THE REAL STUFF SO THIS IS THE REAL STUFF HERE.

HERE.

THIS IS THE REAL STUFF, YES.

THIS IS THE REAL STUFF, YES.AND THESE ARE ALL WEEDS.

AND THESE ARE ALL WEEDS.

WELL NOW IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WELL NOW IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR DEFINITION OF A WEED IS.

YOUR DEFINITION OF A WEED IS.

A ROSEBUSH CAN BE A WEED IF YOU A ROSEBUSH CAN BE A WEED IF YOU DON'T WANT IT GROWING WHERE IT'S DON'T WANT IT GROWING WHERE IT'S GROWING.

GROWING.

EACH ONE OF THESE PLANTS EACH ONE OF THESE PLANTS ACTUALLY HAS A FULL BOTANICAL ACTUALLY HAS A FULL BOTANICAL NAME.

NAME.

AH.

LARRY?

AH.

LARRY?YES, SIR?

YES, SIR?

IS THIS IS A CONTROVERSY?

IS THIS IS A CONTROVERSY?

HOW DO YOU DECLARE WHETHER HOW DO YOU DECLARE WHETHER SOMETHING IS A WEED OR NOT?

SOMETHING IS A WEED OR NOT?

WELL, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE 3 WELL, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE 3 JUDGES.

AND THEY HAVE TO DECIDE.

JUDGES.

AND THEY HAVE TO DECIDE.

REALLY?

REALLY?

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND YOU USUALLY TRY TO GET AND YOU USUALLY TRY TO GETSOMEONE THAT'S AN ARTIST, SOMEONE THAT'S AN ARTIST, SOMEONE THAT IS PRETTY MUCH UP SOMEONE THAT IS PRETTY MUCH UP ON THEIR DESERT BOTANY, AND THEN ON THEIR DESERT BOTANY, AND THEN SOMEBODY LIKE LAST YEAR, IT WAS SOMEBODY LIKE LAST YEAR, IT WAS A GENERAL'S WIFE.

A GENERAL'S WIFE.

OR THIS YEAR IT WAS SOMEONE'S OR THIS YEAR IT WAS SOMEONE'S WIFE THAT CAME FROM LOS ANGELES.

WIFE THAT CAME FROM LOS ANGELES.

YOU TRY TO KEEP IT DIVERSIFIED YOU TRY TO KEEP IT DIVERSIFIED SO THAT THEY DON'T GET TOO SO THAT THEY DON'T GET TOO WRAPPED UP-- WRAPPED UP-- SO WAIT A MINUTE THEN.

SO WAIT A MINUTE THEN.

THIS COULD BE, TECHNICALLY, A THIS COULD BE, TECHNICALLY, A WEED.

WEED.

THIS COULD TECHNICALLY BE A THIS COULD TECHNICALLY BE A WEED.

WEED.

DIANE, COULD THIS TECHNICALLY DIANE, COULD THIS TECHNICALLY UNDER YOUR DEFINITION BE A WEED?

UNDER YOUR DEFINITION BE A WEED?

IT DEFINITELY COULD.

YOU BET.

IT DEFINITELY COULD.

YOU BET.MY MOTHER RIPPED OUT HER MY MOTHER RIPPED OUT HER BOUGAINVILLEA--THANK YOU--AS BOUGAINVILLEA--THANK YOU--AS FAST AS SHE COULD BECAUSE IT WAS FAST AS SHE COULD BECAUSE IT WAS SO THORNY.

SO THORNY.REALLY?

REALLY?

YOU BET.

YOU BET.

SO THIS OPENS IT UP TO SO THIS OPENS IT UP TOEVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING.

IT OPENS IT UP TO EVERYTHING.

IT OPENS IT UP TO EVERYTHING.

I THINK IT'S ALREADY OPENED I THINK IT'S ALREADY OPENED UP TO EVERYTHING.

UP TO EVERYTHING.

BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE--A LOT BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE--A LOT OF THE JUDGES--THEY DIDN'T GIVE OF THE JUDGES--THEY DIDN'T GIVE RIBBONS TODAY TO THINGS THEY RIBBONS TODAY TO THINGS THEY LIKED BECAUSE THEY SAID IT LIKED BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WASN'T NATIVE.

WASN'T NATIVE.

I GOT YOU.

I GOT YOU.

NOW THIS HERE IN THE-- NOW THIS HERE IN THE--WAIT A MINUTE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WAIT A MINUTE THOUGH.

WAIT A MINUTE THOUGH.

THEN THAT DOES MAKE A THEN THAT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AS LONG AS IT'S DIFFERENCE.

AS LONG AS IT'S NATIVE?

NATIVE?

NATIVE.

NATIVE.

SO IT HAS TO BE A NATIVE SO IT HAS TO BE A NATIVE WEED.

WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

WEED.

WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VAGUE WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VAGUE INTERPRETATION.

INTERPRETATION.

THE RULES ARE-- THE RULES ARE-- THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CHEATING.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CHEATING.

MA'AM.

MA'AM.

A WEED IS NOT A FLOWER.

A WEED IS NOT A FLOWER.

A WEED IS NOT A FLOWER?

A WEED IS NOT A FLOWER?

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A WEED THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A WEED SHOW.

IT'S NOT A FLOWER SHOW.

SHOW.

IT'S NOT A FLOWER SHOW.EXCEPT THERE IS THIS ONE EXCEPT THERE IS THIS ONE CATEGORY.

CATEGORY.

THERE IS ONE CATEGORY.

THERE IS ONE CATEGORY.

IT'S FLOWERS.

PRESSURE.

IT'S FLOWERS.

PRESSURE.

YOU'RE PUTTING US ON THE SPOT, YOU'RE PUTTING US ON THE SPOT,HUELL.

WE'VE NEVER BEEN HUELL.

WE'VE NEVER BEEN QUESTIONED SO HARD.

QUESTIONED SO HARD.

YEAH, WE'RE PROBING.

YEAH, WE'RE PROBING.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I CAN TELL.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I CAN TELL.

WE GOT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM WE GOT TO GET TO THE BOTTOMOF THIS WEED SHOW.

OF THIS WEED SHOW.

THESE DON'T LOOK LIKE WEEDS THESE DON'T LOOK LIKE WEEDS TO ME.

TO ME.

NO, THEY'RE NOT.

NO, THEY'RE NOT.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY STILL AND THAT'S ACTUALLY STILL GROWING IN ITS POT AS IS THIS GROWING IN ITS POT AS IS THIS BEGONIA OR VIOLET, WHATEVER THAT BEGONIA OR VIOLET, WHATEVER THAT ONE IS.

ONE IS.

BUT THEY DON'T HAVE RIBBONS.

BUT THEY DON'T HAVE RIBBONS.TO THE UNTRAINED EYE, THE TO THE UNTRAINED EYE, THE DESERT CAN BE AN UGLY PLACE.

DESERT CAN BE AN UGLY PLACE.

BUT ONCE YOU BEGIN TO SEE THE BUT ONCE YOU BEGIN TO SEE THE BEAUTY IN IT, IT MAKES YOU LOOK BEAUTY IN IT, IT MAKES YOU LOOK THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES AT WHAT'S THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES AT WHAT'S GROWING OUT HERE NATURALLY AND GROWING OUT HERE NATURALLY AND WHAT'S BEEN DISCARDED AND DRIED WHAT'S BEEN DISCARDED AND DRIEDUP AND EVERYTHING.

UP AND EVERYTHING.

THERE'S A LOT OF LINES AND THERE'S A LOT OF LINES ANDCOLORS AND TEXTURES.

COLORS AND TEXTURES.

AND WE BEGIN TO APPRECIATE A LOT AND WE BEGIN TO APPRECIATE A LOT MORE WHAT WE'RE LIVING WITH MORE WHAT WE'RE LIVING WITH HERE.

HERE.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS HAS BEEN EYE OPENING I THIS HAS BEEN EYE OPENING ITHINK FOR ALL OF US.

THINK FOR ALL OF US.THANK YOU, ADA.

THANK YOU, ADA.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

AND HERE IS THE LADY, WHO AND HERE IS THE LADY, WHO ALONG WITH SOME OTHER LADIES ALONG WITH SOME OTHER LADIES HERE IN 29 PALMS, STARTED THIS HERE IN 29 PALMS, STARTED THISOVER 50 YEARS AGO.

OVER 50 YEARS AGO.

THIS HAS BECOME A TRUE DESERT THIS HAS BECOME A TRUE DESERT TRADITION.

TRADITION.

IT TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR.

IT TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR.

FIRST WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER.

FIRST WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER.FIRST WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER FIRST WEEKEND IN NOVEMBER EVERY YEAR HERE AT THE OLD 29 EVERY YEAR HERE AT THE OLD 29 PALMS SCHOOLHOUSE, WHICH HAS PALMS SCHOOLHOUSE, WHICH HAS BEEN RESTORED.

BEEN RESTORED.

AND HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE.

AND HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE.

I'M GOING TO START COLLECTING I'M GOING TO START COLLECTINGFOR NEXT YEAR'S SHOW.

FOR NEXT YEAR'S SHOW.

TELL HIM HOW MANY BOXES HE TELL HIM HOW MANY BOXES HE NEEDS IN HIS GARAGE TO BE A GOOD NEEDS IN HIS GARAGE TO BE A GOOD COLLECTOR.

COLLECTOR.

YEAH, BUT LOOK.

OH, LOOK!

YEAH, BUT LOOK.

OH, LOOK!

OH!

LOOK AT THIS.

OH!

LOOK AT THIS.

OH, THIS IS A MASTERPIECE RIGHT OH, THIS IS A MASTERPIECE RIGHT HERE.

HERE.

I'M GIVING YOU A RIBBON.

I'M GIVING YOU A RIBBON.

THAT'S A BLUE RIBBON.

THAT'S A BLUE RIBBON.THAT REALLY IS.

THAT REALLY IS.

WELL, YOU SEE, I DON'T WANT WELL, YOU SEE, I DON'T WANT TO END ON A SARCASTIC NOTE.

TO END ON A SARCASTIC NOTE.

BECAUSE IN ALL TRUTHFULNESS, BECAUSE IN ALL TRUTHFULNESS,THERE IS BEAUTY HERE.

THERE IS BEAUTY HERE.

OF COURSE.

THAT'S TRUE.

OF COURSE.

THAT'S TRUE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO SHOW IT AND THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO SHOW IT TO PEOPLE BY HAVING A WEED SHOW.

TO PEOPLE BY HAVING A WEED SHOW.

YEAH.

YEAH.

AND AS CHAIRMAN OF THE WEED AND AS CHAIRMAN OF THE WEED SHOW COMMITTEE, I'M DOING IT TO SHOW COMMITTEE, I'M DOING IT TO KEEP THE TRADITION THAT ADA AND KEEP THE TRADITION THAT ADA AND A LOT OF OTHER WOMEN STARTED A LOT OF OTHER WOMEN STARTED YEARS AGO.

YEARS AGO.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

AND I DO IT BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY AND I DO IT BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY LEFT US.

IT'S LIKE A LEGACY.

LEFT US.

IT'S LIKE A LEGACY.AND IT CAN'T GO AWAY.

AND IT CAN'T GO AWAY.

AND A LOT OF THINGS NOWADAYS AND A LOT OF THINGS NOWADAYS THAT LITTLE COMMUNITIES HAVE, THAT LITTLE COMMUNITIES HAVE,THE PEOPLE JUST QUIT THE PEOPLE JUST QUIT VOLUNTEERING AND DOING IT.

VOLUNTEERING AND DOING IT.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THIS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THIS ONE DIE.

ONE DIE.

"VISITING" WITH HUELL HOWSER "VISITING" WITH HUELL HOWSER IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE RALPH M. GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE RALPH M. PARSONS FOUNDATION.

PARSONS FOUNDATION.