Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

More Rain Coming

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The so-called “Pineapple Express,” southern segment, is thrusting a mass of saturated air from the south Pacific via the sea of Cortez right up through the state of Arizona. We’re getting up to an inch from this storm which has been with us since early last eventing. It is forecast to remain tomorrow with a chance of more showers and thunderstorms throughout the weekend.

The green and yellow blob moving through the state in a northbound flow, has us in its direct path. Not to worry, though, we’re high and dry on our little casita in the desert. Monday is forecast to be our usual mild winter conditions of sunny and not-too-cool. The rest of Thanksgiving week is forecast the same.

22 Nov 2013 by Arizona Environment

Morning Moonset

Morning Moonset

This is a view of the setting moon that I took yesterday morning from the driveway. I liked the way the moon floats among the sky textures of cloud formations and a contrail remnant. Click on the image to enlarge.

Why haven’t we posted anything for a week? The answer is complex, but suffice it to say that our plate has been rather full of good busy things and a bad one or two.

21 Nov 2013 by Arizona Environment Home & Garden Photography

A Desert Marigold

Desert Marigold

Second spring is still going strong here in town. We were on an errand this morning and I spotted this wildflower growing in the landscape patch next to the clinic. It is a desert marigold (baileya multiradiata). Click on the image to enlarge.

From Wikipedia:

Baileya multiradiata is a species of sun-loving wildflower native to southwestern North America, especially the northern Mexico, California, and Southwestern United States deserts.

Although called a desert marigold, it is very remote relative of the marigolds. This lovely wildflower is a short-lived perennial to annual that forms a clumping patch of silvery-green foliage which bears many tall, naked stems, each topped with a bright yellow daisy-like flower.

14 Nov 2013 by Arizona Flowers Photography

Cowboy and Saloon Girl

Cowboy and Saloon Girl

One of the nice things about living in our town is the tourist attractions here. This Cowboy and Saloon Girl bronze is one of about a dozen life-sized sculptures scattered around old downtown. Many of these are accompanied by a play-on-demand-audio narration describing the exhibits in context of their old-west setting. In addition to the statues of people, are sculptures of desert wildlife such as diamondback rattlesnakes, Gila monsters and tarantulas. Click on the image to enlarge.

12 Nov 2013 by Arizona Arts Culture Photography

Thank you, Veterans

Being a veteran myself, I still deem it appropriate to be thankful for those other veterans who have served and are serving. Ramirez posted this nice tribute to say thanks:

Thank you, Veterans

11 Nov 2013 by Military

Bishop’s Cap Flower Time – Again

Bishop’s Cap Flowers

When we bought this Bishop’s Cap cactus in a nursery somewhere near Chandler, AZ, eighteen years ago, we had no idea that it would produce so many flowers. This happy cactus has been flowering since early spring and will likely continue to do so through the rest of November. Click on the image to enlarge.

10 Nov 2013 by Arizona Flowers Home & Garden Photography

Emphasis on European Sewers

Emphasis

There is a new technology being tried out in Europe. It uses technology to detect homemade bomb-makers by sensing chemicals in the air and in sewers in urban areas. It is sponsored by the European Union.

According to an article on Fox Business, the technology works thus:

The sewer-based sensing system would use electrochemical water- and air-sampling to detect certain chemicals typically used for home-made bombs as they travel through the waste stream in urban areas.

. . .

“Terrorism and IEDs are never going away so we need to be able to screen people more effectively.”

Click on the image to enlarge.

One wonders whether the NSA isn’t already doing this in the US . . .

08 Nov 2013 by International Islamic Terrorism Technobabble

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