As viewed from the courtyard in front of our beautiful little desert house. The weather was mostly cloudy today, but the clouds were clearing when I snapped this photo. We’re expecting sunny skies tomorrow. Click on the image to enlarge.
January 2012
Rejuvenating the Compost Heap
Compost red wiggler worms slow down their consumption of organic scraps in the wintertime, but we humans keep producing the scraps. So, to reinforce the worm workload, we ordered a thousand more red wigglers from Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm.
Image – the compost bin after introducing the new worms. Click on the image to enlarge.
The worms arrived in the mail today, so to get things started, I gave them a “drink.” The worms are packed in dry peat and come in a bag (see insert in photo). The next step was to dig down below the organic scraps in the compost bin to the layer of worm castings below. I added some moist garden soil and put the ball of worms on top of the soil. The instructions that come with the worms say to cover them with a wet newspaper. The worms will absorb the moisture and begin to crawl into the soil and thence start consuming scraps within 48 hours.
Obama’s Idea of Defense Cuts
I wonder why he is cutting off the LEFT WING? Click image for the full-size cartoon.
Yellow Rose of Wickenburg
While we were at the supermarket yesterday, I saw these beautiful yellow roses in the flower department. Today, they are decorating my desk in the home office, Click on the image to enlarge.
The Quailing Wall
When we returned from running errands today, we were greeted by a covey of quail on and around the courtyard wall. We have seen them do this before, but this is the first time my camera caught them in the act. When we first arrived, there were five or six on the wall but as I approached with the camera, they started to retreat toward the wash. Click on the image to enlarge.
Oh, Just Stop Whining!
The idea for this animation came from a bumper sticker we saw in town the other day . . .
Half Million Visits Milestone
Sometime between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, the old sitemeter counter rolled past the five hundred thousand visit point. We don’t have a real high-volume visitors to the site like some of the Pajamas Media folks out there, but we do have high-quality folks like you that read our words. So, thanks for coming around.
The college football bowl season ends next Monday with the LSU/Alabama BCS Championship game. After that, you can expect us to post more frequently than we have this past couple of weeks.