26 Dec 2011 at 12:14:27
· Filed under Culture, Holidays
Posted by Damsel
I hope everyone had a good Christmas. We had a very nice Christmas at home; we enjoyed preparing and eating our Christmas dinner and a pretty good NFL football game in the evening.
Image - gifts - click to enlarge
One of my (Christmas Eve) birthday presents is pictured in the left half of the image; it’s a nautilus necklace and earring set made from southwestern fossil materials, a little corral and Globe (Arizona) turquoise. I also received some colorful “candy” bracelets made up of Blue Turquoise, Mojave Green Turquoise, Purple Turquoise, Apple Coral and Spiny Oyster with Sterling Silver fittings, handcrafted by southwestern Native Americans.
For Christmas I got an Arizona Cardinals hooded fleece (image right) with the Cardinal emblem on the back and on the left breast. I also got a new cookbook, “Cook Like a Rock Star” by Anne Burrell of Food Channel fame. It has over a hundred fancy recipes that I’m anxious to try.
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24 Dec 2011 at 13:03:26
· Filed under Culture
Posted by Cap'n Bob
May you all have a joyous Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
This animated Christmas card is based on a famous painting “The Virgin with Angels” by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, oil on canvas, completed around 1900. The original painting is in a museum in Paris, France. The complete image can be seen here.
I can’t take credit for the animation since this appeared as an example of animating methods in a tutorial on the SWiSH website. SWiSH is the program I use for some of the flash seen on our websites. I modified the script in the scrolling text for our custom Christmas greeting.
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21 Dec 2011 at 17:17:48
· Filed under Culture, Holidays
Posted by Damsel
We’re still decorating for Christmas. Here is a close-up of a Christmas Bouquet currently showing in our office on my desk. We have our desks, computers, a little fridge, and a small entertainment center (radio, DVD player, small TV). We spend a lot of time in our office. Click on the image to enlarge.
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16 Dec 2011 at 16:31:08
· Filed under Arizona, Culture, Home & Garden
Posted by Cap'n Bob
We bought several strings of Christmas lights when we moved to Arizona early this year. The novelty is that these are made from used shotgun shells. Sort of like recycling in a gun-friendly sort of way. I took a close-up of one of the shells and inset it in the image. Click to enlarge.
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05 Dec 2011 at 16:36:49
· Filed under Arizona, Culture, Environment, Photography
Posted by Damsel
There are natural desert shrubs along the road in front of our house. One of those is a small palo verde tree. I took advantage of its green color by hanging red Christmas ornaments on it. I think it looks festive and cute. Click on the image to enlarge.
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25 Nov 2011 at 19:06:13
· Filed under Arizona, Culture, Home & Garden
Posted by Damsel
A little at a time, we’re going to decorate our little desert house for the Christmas Holiday. Today, I started out by trimming our little mailbox with poinsettia flowers. They are the plastic kind, but look very nice around the rim of the milk can that serves as an anchor for the post. Click on the image to enlarge.
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24 Nov 2011 at 10:46:48
· Filed under Culture, Food & Dining
Posted by Cap'n Bob
Nobody can say Happy Thanksgiving better than Norman Rockwell . . .
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08 Nov 2011 at 14:52:55
· Filed under Culture, People, Politics
Posted by Cap'n Bob
Ramirez explains a lot about the dysfunctional electorate . . .
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30 Oct 2011 at 16:46:28
· Filed under Culture, Whacko Politics
Posted by Cap'n Bob
Wanna see something REALLY scary? OBAMANOMICS!
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09 Jun 2011 at 20:40:45
· Filed under Arizona, Culture, Entertainment, Photography
Posted by Damsel
We played ‘tourist’ today and went to the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in the downtown area. We bought some books on the history of the museum, desert flora and fauna and one about Arizona railroad history. I took this photo of a sculpture of a cowboy kneeling by his horse. The bronze sculpture is called “Thanks for the Rain.” Click on the image to enlarge.
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I hope everyone had a good Christmas. We had a very nice Christmas at home; we enjoyed preparing and eating our Christmas dinner and a pretty good NFL football game in the evening.
