Late in the season, but this devil’s tongue barrel cactus is displaying some wonderful orange flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.
Arizona Cardinal
One of the greatest joys of having our new house in a semi-rural area is viewing the wildlife here. This beautiful Cardinal makes a great foreground to the desert foliage. Click on the image to enlarge.
Scorpion Glow
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.
Lucky Strike
When McDonalds remodeled their restaurant near the Hassayampa River, they installed a new bronze artwork entitled “Lucky Strike” to depict the old mining days and our town’s heritage. I snapped this photo today on our way to the Wickenburg Sportsmen’s Club for some target practice. Click on the image to enlarge.
We The People
This is an awesome video . . .
Hat tip to my buddy Frank N. who supplied this video via email:
Thank you Oklahoma
I hope 100 million watch this! Oklahoma State University is located at Stillwater , Oklahoma . This is without a doubt the best video that has come out and apparently 6 Million others think so too because there have been 6 million hits in 4 days. Please watch it and send it on to others. I believe the pendulum has started to swing so let’s keep it going. *This is very well done.*
Terrorism Defined
Ramirez reminds us of how terrorism is defined by the left and the media (but I repeat myself).
Click on the ‘toon to enlarge.
Ladder Backed Woodpecker
We’re not absolutely positive that this is a ladder backed woodpecker, but an on line image search seemed to favor that species as a match for this little guy. It was pecking at a mesquite tree on the road in front of our house this morning. We enjoy watching the wildlife in our little corner of the Sonoran High Desert. Click on the image to enlarge.