I thought I was done for the year, but then I went to a doctor's appointment, and out to the supermarket to get fixings for tonight's dinner, and... It's been a beautiful, sunny day in the Pacific Northwest, and as we say here "The mountains are out!" Behind a medical office I caught the Cascades …
In a demonstrably awful world, we all need some humor. Here are some humorous Christmas items I have collected. First, some fun from my favorite, Simon's Cat: Cat vs Tree https://twitter.com/SimonsCat/status/2000908266310611246?s=20 https://twitter.com/SimonsCat/status/2001634300119146770?s=20 One last Reindeer: Who knows the song? And Santa has his own set of issues at Christmas, this year maybe more than most. …
Continue reading Merry (Happy, laugh, guffaw) Christmas! Holiday fun, for a nice timeline cleanse.
Last week we had a wind and rainstorm, and I saw photos posted by a weather guy, of Snoqualmie Falls in flood conditions. So, since this afternoon was sunny, we drove up to see what we could see. Snoqualmie Falls in full flood This is just the top of the falls. All that water falling …
I follow a group of astronomers, and they post absolutely awe-inspiring images from our space telescopes. Here are some recent ones. https://twitter.com/mastronomers/status/1825956967795535893?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/mastronomers/status/1826653305524638202?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/mastronomers/status/1826771176838103448?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/mastronomers/status/1826805309836308555?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/mastronomers/status/1826826520876257601?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/mastronomers/status/1826985494745682104?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ None of these images need any comments. The beauty of our universe, captured for your enjoyment by the complex products of human ingenuity. Thank God for giving us …
Last night, the world was alight, in more ways than one. Twitter was full to the brim with posts showing the Aurora, caused by a huge solar storm, from all over the globe, North and South (Aurora Australis), East and West. In the US, members from Montana to Alabama posted photos and videos of bright …
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At age 73, I still don't think of myself as "over the hill". However, I have taken some hills in my long life. Here in Western Washington, we are hemmed in by the Cascade Mountains to the East, and we cross them often. On the way to Stevens Pass, the road winds by Mount Index. …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #218: Over the Hill
Since my weeks lately have been consumed by work, this week's challenge will be only one photo. I get to work at 7:00AM, and this morning I noticed the moon in the sky above the building where I work. I pointed my new iPhone 13 Pro, and let it take the picture. The photo has …
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American Exceptionalism crosses the Greatest Frontier. The first human product to exit our Solar System is American. Voyager Embarks on Journey Into Interstellar Space
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