We get so many spectacular sunsets, especially in monsoon season, late fall, and winter. This evening, the sky went through several stages of pinks, flame orange and red. I took this image at a time when the sky looked like it was on fire. Click on the image to enlarge.
This is a reminder for those who believe that puny anthropogenic emissions have sh*t to do with climate and the environment. Witness the influence of our star – SOL.
These tiny flowers appeared on my thimble cactus today. They are pale yellow and only a quarter of an inch across. This is one of the cacti we brought from California and is doing very well here in Arizona. I guess they like our “second spring” that occurs in late October and early November. Click on the image to enlarge.
Sandy has made landfall and is rampaging across the northeast. We wish our friends in the region the best, especially Glenn B and Sebastian/Bitter.
I got this photo of Damsel coming back from one of her photographic missions a couple of days ago. She gets a lot of really great photos, many of which are posted here, but the majority go into the archives and maybe on facebook or something. Click on the image to enlarge.
I apologize for posting this out-of-focus picture of a dead scorpion on the RV drive, but the lighting conditions weren’t too good to avoid a slight camera motion that blurred the image. At any rate, I just wanted to show how these little beasties show up if you put ultraviolet light (a.k.a. black light) on them.
Image – dead scorpion in ultraviolet light. Click on the image to enlarge.
A while back, we bought little hand held flash lights with UV LEDs just for the purpose of detecting scorpions. Our little Miniature Pinscher, Cabela, found this nasty little bug on the patio (thank goodness it was already dead) and I found a couple of them (also dead) in the garage the other night using the UV flashlight.
