We can always tell when we’re close to getting back home when we spot Vulture Peak, a distinctive landmark just to the south of Wickenburg. This time, the clouds beyond were lit by the diminishing light of a nearly setting sun. Click on the image to enlarge.
When I first spotted this in traffic on I-405 near LAX, I wondered “What’s a red soccer ball doing on the freeway?” It turned out to be one of Google’s fleet of spy cameras gathering way more information about you and your property than you might want other people to have. And they don’t seem very timid about letting you know what they’re doing. Click on the image to enlarge.
This extraordinary photo of the sun captured a partial solar eclipse and a split second solar transit of the ISS. Hat tip SpaceWeather and APOD. Click on image to see full sized (1040×1040).
From Planet Gore:
Here’s an amusing video of some polar bears toying with camouflaged video cameras, and by toying I mean trying to eat. What’s interesting is, at the end, the announcer claims that the curiosity that led the bears to toy with the cameras will help the species survive. Which is what we’ve been saying all along — there’s no need to weep for the poor, defenseless polar bear. Enjoy.
UPDATE: APPARENTLY, BBC HAS BLOCKED THE POLAR
BEAR VIDEO. I HAVE REMOVED THE LINK TO YOU TUBE.
Well, the holidays are over for a while. For most people, the next holiday will be on Memorial Day which will be celebrated on Monday, May 30th, 2011. For us, we don’t have that schedule since we’re retired, but the busiest times are before us now, what with furnishing and landscaping a new home and preparing our old one for eventual sale.
I removed the poinsettias from the house and will plant them in the garden soon. I took this photo while this one was still in the pot. Click on the image to enlarge.
I threw this slideshow together to show to our family before heading back to Wickenburg next week. I’m posting it here as well as on the family website for posterity.
You will recognize some of the pictures we previously posted here with a few extras thrown in like a nearby landmark railroad station, our tankless water heater and some desert critters. You can pause the slideshow by rolling your mouse cursor over the images and resume by rolling the cursor out of the animation.
