After the visit to the Elite Sports Express firearms exhibit at Field Time in Westminster, CA, today, we went directly across the boulevard to the cemetery. It just happens that this is the place where my grandparents and step father are buried. We found their markers and left some roses.
Damsel took this picture of some of the roses we left on their markers. Click on the image to enlarge.
I took this shot at the Gun Blogger Rendezvous last September. Mike is familiarizing Damsel with the competition pistol he uses. We recently saw him in a sequence on Downrange TV using this gun. To the left you can see Kevin and Chuck enjoying the outing. We’re expecting to attend again this year and join bloggers like Kevin, Mike and Chuck in an excursion to the shooting range. Click on the image to enlarge.
For some GBR nostalgia, go here.
We never stopped missing Ronald Reagan. Via Captain Ed Morrissey on Hot Air.
“Welfare is another of our major problems. We are a humane and generous people and we accept without reservation our obligation to help the aged, disabled, and those unfortunates who, through no fault of their own, must depend on their fellow man. But we are not going to perpetuate poverty by substituting a permanent dole for a paycheck. There is no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance, dignity, and self-respect … the very substance of moral fiber.” — Ronald Reagan
California Poppies have been blooming all over the area for a couple of weeks now, but the first one in our flowerbed just opened today. When spring begins next weekend, we expect to have many more of these. Click on the image to enlarge.
From Wikipedia:
The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude in the western United States throughout California, extending to Oregon, southern Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and in Mexico in Sonora and northwest Baja California.
I’m hoping that we can raise them in Arizona, but if not I’ll be happy with the Red Bird of Paradise that grows there and not here.
March 14th – 3/14 – You know – the ratio of the circumference of a circle to it’s diameter – three-point-one-four something . . .
