It's fireworks, it's a fountain!

I haven't shared enough cool pictures of the area lately so here's a good one. We have a new high-tech fountain down the street near the ballpark. 

And here's the giant stinky flower,aka titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum),  at the botanic garden from July. OK, so I never actually got in to see it while it was in official full bloom but I saw before and after. You can see all the official portraits on their website. 

Getting close.

Here's a person for scale.

The official photography equipment.

And this is a sibling in the vegetative state.

It's wilted.

Surgery to remove pollen! We hope to get seeds from a specimen in California that bloomed a week later.