These flowers came as a surprise to us when we went outside the courtyard yesterday. Today, the one-day wonders are gone. Click on the image to enlarge.
Semper Vigilans – Canine Style
Cabela perches herself on the top of the love seat in the great room to keep watch out the front window. Semper Vigilans is the motto of the Civil Air Patrol: Always Vigilant. In her case, she is in early warning mode, since she will sound the alarm at almost any activity in front of the house. Click on Damsel’s image to enlarge.
The Doorbell Video
At first, I got a chuckle out of this viral video (courtesy Power Line), but after thinking about it a while, it’s a very sad video, indeed.
69% Polled Believe Scientists Lying About Climate
Seven out of ten Americans surveyed in a Rasmussen poll say it’s likely that scientists are falsifying climate data. Keep in mind that most of them are being subjected to a very warm summer. Go figure.
The debate over global warming has intensified in recent weeks after a new NASA study was interpreted by skeptics to reveal that global warming is not man-made. While a majority of Americans nationwide continue to acknowledge significant disagreement about global warming in the scientific community, most go even further to say some scientists falsify data to support their own beliefs.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of American Adults shows that 69% say it’s at least somewhat likely that some scientists have falsified research data in order to support their own theories and beliefs, including 40% who say this is Very Likely. Twenty-four percent (24%) don’t think it’s likely some scientists have falsified global warming data, including just six percent (6%) say it’s Not At All Likely. Another 10% are undecided.
Of course scientists activists ignore the actual science.
Historical Marker – The Wickenburg Massacre
We were on errands this morning to the west of town. On the way back, I took this photo of the historical marker dedicated to the infamous Wickenburg Massacre of 1871. The history of the actual perpetrators is still not known. Was it Yavapai, Mojave-Apache, Mexican impersonators or a wild story created by persons yet unknown (who may have gotten away with the loot).
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Excerpt from Wickenburg-AZ.com, “The Wickenburg Massacre Site – An Enduring Mystery:”
At approximately 8:00 a.m. on the morning of November 5th, 1871, a stagecoach carrying seven passengers and driver was ambushed eight miles west of Wickenburg while en- route to Culling’s Well, Ehrenburg and San Bernardino. This event, which led to the death of seven people, quickly became the center of national attention. The driver and five male passengers were either killed instantly or died within minutes of the attack. Two wounded passengers (William Kruger and Mollie Sheppard) made a harrowing escape and were picked up by an eastbound mail wagon approximately five miles west of the ambush site after being pursued by nine members of the ambush party. Mollie Sheppard died from infected wounds some time after January 11, 1872. Of the eight souls involved in the ambush, only William Kruger survived.
Evidence, (some of which was circumstantial and conflicted), eventually led the Territorial Army to attribute the attack to a band of “Apache-Mohave” Indians from the Date Creek Reservation. This group, which would actually have been members of the Yavapai tribe, numbered at least thirteen; but may have been comprised of thirty or more. Yet, although the attack and its aftermath were investigated and heavily reported, many of the details pertaining to the incident are an enduring mystery. Many of the news articles were misinformed or speculative and were written by people who had no direct connection with the events of November 5th; but which served to inflame public sentiment against Native Americans.
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Mature Red Birds
We took Cabela to the vet today to have her immunizations updated. She got the trifecta – Parvo, Kennel Cough and Rabies. Poor thing.
Anyhow, just outside of the vet’s office, there are several mature Red Bird of Paradise shrubs. I am hoping that next summer my courtyard will have as prolific an array of the colorful flowers.
