A few days ago, Damsel posted a photo of the courtyard in bloom. I was looking through the archives from about a year ago and found a similar photo of the courtyard as it then appeared. I made a mini-slideshow using the two photos to compare then and now. Of particular note is the Cleveland sage growth in just a year. Click the image to alternate between the two.
Today was grocery shopping day and, as usual, we brought some flowers home. These are Topaz (left) and Vendela roses. They are looking gorgeous in the crystal vase on the sofa table in the great room. Click on the image to enlarge.
We stepped out to walk the dogs this afternoon, when I looked up and saw these sun rays. I finished with the dogs and ran back indoors to get my camera. We have had a lot of interesting skies during the summer of monsoons. Click on the image to enlarge.
I hope the President’s gaffe about “you didn’t do that,” sends him back into the private sector. Better yet, unemployed.
Olympic humor courtesy Ramirez . . .
I stood just inside the courtyard gate and snapped this photo of all the pretty red birds and Cleveland sage in bloom. It is a cloudy day with a chance of more monsoon clouds forecast for later. Last night, we had a dandy lightning and thunder show with some steady rain. Click on the image to enlarge.
I was tooling across the web on Friday at my usual web stops when I ran across this behemoth telescope on APOD. It’s the High Energy Stereo System (HESS) used not for looking into space, but to analyze the light emitted by cosmic rays striking the Earth’s atmosphere.
When I first saw the picture of this 32×24 meter cherenkov telescope I immediately thought of the giant contraption in the film “Contact” where Jody Foster takes a trip to the Vega star system. Click on the image to enlarge.
Once in a while, we toss some of our leftovers up into the wash behind the house. We have thrown stale bread, unused tortillas, rice (had a bug in the bag) and so forth. I had some left over celery (which usually goes into the compost) and decided to toss it into the wash. Later, we saw a cottontail rabbit munching on a piece. Click on the image to enlarge.