The perfect end to a perfect weekend. Yet another beautiful sundown over Casa Casandro after another lovely Arizona day. Click on the image to enlarge.
Weekend Flowers
Before we did our usual shopping on Thursday, Bob brought home some white daisies for the vase, When we did go shopping, we bought some yellow ones to go with the white. These now grace our great room on the sofa table. Click on the image to enlarge.
Breaking In The New Fire Hydrant
A few weeks ago, the Town removed and replaced the fire hydrant 100 feet or so down our road. Yesterday, Beethoven found it and did what every boy dog does. He re-hydrated the hydrant with Damsel looking on. Click on the image to enlarge.
The “Oquarium”
Read “Obama Affordable Care Act Hurts Twice As Many As It Helps” at Investor’s Business Daily.
Both cartoons via Michael Ramirez. Click on the images to enlarge.
Chicken Little and the World of Opposite
From the NWS:
A very frigid, arctic air mass will continue to bring dangerous, and in some cases life-threatening, low temperatures and wind chills to parts of the central and eastern U.S. on Tuesday. Wind Chill Advisories and Warnings are in effect for much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation with wind chill values as low as -20F to -50F possible. Temperatures are expected to begin moderating on Wednesday.
But, as The Patriot Post points out:
‘Polar Vortex’ Scaremongering
Remember back in the good ‘ole days when everyone expected winters to be, well, cold? Well, forget that. The Leftmedia is having a field day with this week’s furious Arctic outbreak across a large portion of the U.S., thanks to what is alarmingly being called the “polar vortex.” Climate alarmists were quick to blame the cold snap on variable weather patterns being created by man-made global warming. The Weather Channel wondered, “Is The Record Cold Arctic Outbreak Tied To Global Warming”? while CBS’ Charlie Rose asked, “Is it definitely connected to global warming?” Putting scaremongering aside, the “polar vortex” is an upper-level cyclone that is always present. Pieces of the vortex occasionally break from the cyclone, taking with it pools of sometimes very frigid air. Bottom line: Mother nature gets the last laugh.
As usual, Cold is Hot, Freedom is Slavery, Good is Bad, etc.
Flyover Country
This is the time of year when there are generally clear skies over central Arizona and the atmospheric conditions are conducive to forming contrails behind high-flying jet aircraft. Damsel and I see a lot more contrails than we did on the West Coast. In the image above, two jets pass in the distance behind our saguaro, one eastbound and one westbound. I snapped this picture as we were taking the dogs down the driveway for a little walk. Click on the image to enlarge.
We hope that everyone is off to a great New Year!
Happy 2014!
May the new year bring blessings and the restoration of liberty to America and the world.