Thursday, 31 January 2008
The maintenance team runs this red flag up when they don’t want folks using the athletic fields at the park. No cleats, too, the sign says. So the flag was whipping in the breeze and this Id-jit was walking around on the mushy-wet sod wearing roller blades.
Thanks, bud.
Sunday, 27 January 2008
Kite weather!
Sunny. A bit breezy. A bit cool. Nice day for a walk—as opposed to the rain—or a least sprinkles—reported by RMJ for northwest of Yuma.
Indeed, we strolled over five miles, over to Piedmont Park and back!
Saturday, 26 January 2008
Remains of snow-dude or dudette, yesterday afternoon.
Today I realized that I don’t know what elevation the monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) soar when they migrate. Not even Wikipedia says, although another site notes some are hit by cars and they may cover 50 miles/day…. So, they’re low-fliers?
Friday, 25 January 2008
Big excitement in the neighborhood this afternoon: car fire. Looked like the battery went wonky.
…and we thought we smelled tires burning or tar being laid down…. Then, oops, the fire truck arrived!
But, I guess it’s not much compared to the hotel fire in Vegas….
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Right after I complained to JCB about not having the “big” camera and the lower quality of the iPhone pictures, we saw these balloons, tethered to a sign promoting rental rates in an apartment complex. And the iPhone looped through!
Meanwhile, for mysterious reasons, the US stock markets aren’t continuing to drop….
And, I gotta say, regarding the “Indecision 2008” issues, remember that despite all the talk about “momentum,” ya gotta pay attention to the delegate count. But that’s tricky. For instance, the WashPost and NYTimes figures sure don’t match!
Monday, 21 January 2008
Lots of MLK Day events around this town, and around the country…. This is one of my all-time favorite statues, especially when viewed against a black-night sky…. The sculptor is Xavier Medina-Campeny, and he calls the piece “Homage to King” (lower left image on his website).
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
I keep saying that the thing I am most happy I don’t have to experience about Northern winters is the slush/ice that piles up behind the tires on your vehicle and on your footwear. I think that’s still true.
Fortunately, the sun came out for a bit this morning to light up the new-fallen solid precip, and I could ignore the slush now hanging from the Prius, fresh from it’s 10K visit to the local Toy___ dealer….
By the way, that odd layer of branches in the right foreground is the Botanist slyly working against Mother Nature to retain extra moisture in the strawberry bed.
Saturday, 12 January 2008
Hey, this is Florida. Well, the Maumee in flood in Florida. Confused? This is Florida, OHIO! From Thursday, when we took the back way from Lima (OHIO, again, and pronounced like lima bean not Lima Peru) to Jackson (Michigan).
Geographic context: simultaneous flooding in east central Midwest and drought in east central South (approximately).
Saturday, 5 January 2008
One hunter’s trick is to get above the line of sight of ground critters. So, crane your neck and see what you find in the air. This winter-abandoned nest is about 5 meters up.
Monday, 31 December 2007
This morning our backyard sentinels quietly stood watch in dense fog. Is this an omen for 2008?