Exactally, that's a date palm-very common in Phoenix and absolutly love our climate. In fact they are native to areas that are a lot hotter and drier than Phoenix. Believe it or not our climate is a little "too humid" for production of many varieties of dates and do better in places like Yuma and Palm Springs. Regardless all varieties of dates do wonderufully here. Trees the size that are in the picture can be very expensive to buy and plant so the best bet is to either plant a small one and water it like crazy-they are native to hot dry areas, but love water-or move to an older part of Phoenix that has established trees. Have your wife check out the old date grove on the west side of 44th Street between Camelback and Indian School. This is the largest surviving date grove in the Phoenix area and has some really towering trees there. They were planted in the late 1800's from cuttings brought in from the middle east.

Love the look of this small (glass?) tile. Anyone know who makes it?

If you, or someone you know, has computer skills this may be of help. https://quiltingjetgirl.com/2015/09/19/reverse-image-search-tech-talk/

The discussion would be completely different if the machine wasn't still running except for an intermittent 'cut out' problem. It's life beyond this year is in question as well as every year beyond the next year after that. If anything this is an example of just how hard my job can be 'sometimes' and yet you guys come in here and fight me for it every day. Everything is a joke to you Ray? I just find it funny what people like to fight over. I view it as getting a customer by actually fixing something. That leads to it breaking again. The same thing can and does happen to new equipment all the time. Being able to fix things is a skill. I mentioned the 8 track tape. Who here has a record collection. Who here knows what a record is? The record went away because of long rewind times? ha, ha, ha.