A couple of days ago I showed a photo of some crimson tulips. Today, I took this photo of a tulip indoors in a vase. The morning sunlight was muted by passing clouds to give this beautiful pastel pink over white effect.
Rapid Fire
Today was a fun day at the shooting range — Damsel is getting really good at emptying the magazine in her 20 gauge Remington 870 in just a couple of seconds. She maintains good accuracy also.
Crimson Tulips
These crimson beauties are opening up to today’s warm sunshine. I just love the color of these absolutely gorgeous tulips.
SOHO Captures First Complete Solar Cycle
2007 SOHO EIT IMAGE
1997 SOHO EIT IMAGE
SOHO moves around the Sun in step with the Earth, by slowly orbiting around the First Lagrangian Point (L1), where the combined gravity of the Earth and Sun keep SOHO in an orbit locked to the Earth-Sun line. The L1 point is approximately 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth (about four times the distance of the Moon), in the direction of the Sun. From that vantage point, SOHO’s Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) has enjoyed an uninterrupted view of our daylight star for the last eleven-plus years. All previous solar observatories have orbited the Earth, from where their observations were periodically interrupted as our planet `eclipsed’ the Sun.
SOHO’s Pick of the Week featured this remarkable milestone:
A Milblogger’s Perspective of the American Spirit
Milblogger Pam writing at the MilBlog Iraq War Today wrote an excellent article that accounts for, in great detail, a view of America’s problems. She tells the history of how our politically left politicians and activists have eroded the American Spirit and she tells it without rewriting history as the left would like to do. My Two Cents: The Gathering Storm is a must-read article.
Dixie Chicks and Grammy Awards
A Double Induction to the Star Whores Hall of Shame
We haven’t posted an induction to the Star Whores Hall of Shame in a very long time, mainly, because the almost constant murmur of moonbat opinions and nonsense out of the Hollywood crowd and other celebretards would keep me cranking 24/7. Once in a while, however, someone will do something so outrageous that they exceed our usual high threshold of tolerance for their normal crap. In fact, our stupid-crap-o-meter went almost to the top of the scale.
Pursuant to that threshold having been crossed, we hereby induct the following two entities into the Hall:
- The singing group Dixie Chicks for being the least talented group to get talent awards based on their liberal political viewpoint – welcome to the “Treacherous Troubadors” exhibit of the Hall.
- The Grammy Awards for awarding best country performance to a non-country group just because they hate Republicans and country music fans – welcome to the “Sleazy Reasoning” wall in the Hall.
Visit the Hall of Shame.
A Vendela Rose Valentine for our Wounded Warriors
This beautiful Vendela rose is dedicated to our fallen and wounded military worldwide. Without the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, we may not have anything to celebrate on Valentines Day. Show your support to those recovering from their injuries by supporting Wounded Warriors.
Also, check out the beautiful Cosmic Valentine Rose from Astronomy Picture of the Day.
