Photography
Thought it was time to freshen things up a bit. The theme itself is pretty plain vanilla, but the photos that show up in the header are now all photographs that I took, and almost all of them were taken around our house here in Parker, Colorado. I may keep tweaking the configuration, or I [...]
We live about 40-45 miles north-northeast of the Waldo Canyon fire, which is burning in the foothills that sit between Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak. The photo above, taken late this (Wednesday) afternoon from the deck of our house, shows the smoke above Colorado Springs. The local news is just announcing an expected containment date [...]
[UPDATED 03/13/11 -- 1809 MDT] Jerry Pournelle links to the blog of an American engineer in Japan who points out at length just how well everything has worked in Japan during and in the aftermath of the quake, with a gentle reminder of how big Japan is: Quite a lot of the reporting on Japan, [...]
Henderson has been busy (see above, taken in England a week or so ago), as have I. But let the posting start anew. Now we just have to figure out what to post about. ..bruce w..
…but, then, I’m a geek. ..bruce w..
Actually, he’s a sweet old dog, though a bit crotchety and prone to barking. He turned 16 back in December, is mostly blind and hard of hearing, but still has a great appetite. He also has a great sense of smell — he can be asleep in our bedroom, but will wake up and start [...]
Sorry it’s taken me so long to post here. I tried last night, but I was so exhausted that I kept falling asleep while composing this post and resizing my photographs so that they weren’t each 5 MB in size. I was tied up here in DC pretty much all day today (Sunday) and got [...]
Continue reading about 9/12 March on the Capitol: some photos
I’ve got a new camera (a Nikon D-5000) and have been trying it out. This (above) is Howling Wingnut, known simply as Winnie. And here’s her sister, Barking Moonbat, aka Marti (short for Martian — which Sandra thought she looked like as a puppy): Here’s Winnie again, showing off her fierceness: Meanwhile, here’s Marti with [...]
For the last three or four days, Winnie has spent much of her waking time standing out by this portion of the fence, staring along the side of the garage. She was trying to actually dig her way under the face — moving the rocks with her paws — which led me to put the [...]
Continue reading about Behold the mighty huntress and her prey
I had the pleasure of spending the weekend with my brother and his family in the Bay Area. The highlight of the weekend was a Saturday night stargazing session in the wilds of California east of Hollister. During this time of year, California is in its “dry season” and most of the grasses have gone [...]