Ramirez does it again . . .
September 2012
Yard Deco
We had a semi-surprise visit from my son and his girl friend today. I gave them a tour of the house and grounds since this was their first visit. My son remarked about the rock garden where I stacked up several flat rocks beside the RV drive. I took this photo of my stack and some of the other yard decorations. Click on the image to enlarge.
More Erosion Control Project
I collected some more rocks from around the lot and placed them along the road to shore up the rocks I placed there on Wednesday. Damsel came out to help also. She took this picture of me working on the project when she brought the dogs out for their run.
I took the panoramic image seen above after the day’s work was complete. I still want to move more of the one-inch red gravel to cover some of the bare spots. Click on the image to enlarge.
Erosion Control Project
About three weeks ago, I posted an item about some erosion along the front of our property. Today, since the temperatures were in the comfortable range of mid-eighties, I started transporting boulders from the back property and placed them along the edge of the path that the runoff takes when we get our summer gully-washers.
I still have a way to go before I will be done. I have some more one-inch red gravel to place on the bare strip on the right end of the area. I also will be transporting more medium-sized boulders to place in front of the ones I brought down today. I also intend to extend the rock wash at the right end a couple of feet to the confluence with the runoff coming down the road.
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Patriot Day 2012
It has been eleven years since the terrible events inspired by Islamic Terrorists. We continue to remember those events and the evil people who perpetrated them. The current president, his comrades and the major media (but, I repeat myself) have forgotten. That is why patriotic Americans must NEVER FORGET.
The Never Forget Animation has been served up more than 82.5 million times. Since the tenth anniversary of the attacks last year, there have been over 7.5 million hits.
The animation was originally inspired by an anonymously-produced PowerPoint slideshow making the rounds on the Internet and via emails after 9/11. I gathered some of the graphics and produced the prototype of the graphic to display on my personal website. After refinements and improvements suggested by Damsel and others, it appears as it does today.
There are two sizes available for the animation; the one seen here is 118 pixels wide and the one in the sidebar is 150 pixels wide. You can choose which size to use that best fits in your sidebar or other space. Visit the Never Forget Flash Animation page for details.
Beaver Tail Cactus
Last year, we rescued some wild Beaver Tail Cactus from the north forty in our lot and planted them in several places in the red rocks along the RV drive and out front. I’m glad to say that they are doing great (minus a few squirrel and rabbit munchings). We hope that these will have their trademark bright pink flowers come springtime. Click on the image to enlarge.