Yesterday, I got on the Arizona Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) internet connection and searched for a custom plate for the “Roadrunner,” our new RV Motorhome. Luckily, the alphanumeric sequence of “VRNABOB” was available. Had there been the availability of eight, rather than seven, character limit, I have no doubt that I would have been able to get both of our names complete without having to concatenate the “E” out of VERNA’s name. Click on the image to (slightly) enlarge.
When the Daddy walked Bay Bay and me this morning, we noticed something about the water in the rain bucket that the Mama keeps under the drain spout. The water was very hard and cold! I sniffed at it and tried to take a drink but I couldn’t.
The Daddy said the water was frozen and then took us into the warm house where I could get a a cookie and a drink. Click on us to make us big.
While we were walking the dogs this morning, Verna spotted this Phainopepla perched atop a dead mesquite branch near the road. She did not have her camera at the time and all I had was my little Canon pocket Elph 140. Regardless, I got a fair photo of the little guy watching us.
From Wikipedia:
The phainopepla or northern phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens) is the most northerly representative of the mainly tropical Central American family Ptiliogonatidae, the silky flycatchers. Its name is from the Greek phain pepla meaning “shining robe” in reference to the male’s plumage.
The phainopepla is a striking bird, 16–20 cm (6.3–7.9 in) long with a noticeable crest and a long tail; it is slender, and has an upright posture when it perches. Its bill is short and slender. The male is glossy black, and has a white wing patch that is visible when it flies; the female is plain gray and has a lighter gray wing patch. Both sexes have red eyes, but these are more noticeable in the female than the male.
From September 8, 2010: Verna posed for this photo while we were visiting Arizona and checking the progress of our new house. Click on the image to enlarge.
Today, we had our Thanksgiving Dinner on the table currently sitting approximately where I was standing when I took this picture over five years ago. Happy Thanksgiving!
I just posted about sunset a couple of days ago, so today I am posting the full moon rising just after sunset over the neighbor’s house with our lovely little cottage in the foreground along with saguaro and ocotillo. It was another gorgeous day today with a few scattered clouds and beautiful blue skies. We sure love it here. Click on the image to enlarge.
I love when the clouds turn those wonderful shades of yellow, pink, orange and red after the sun goes down in the west. I pointed my camera west several days ago to get this photo of the nice colors. Click on the image to enlarge.
These past few days have had very little in clouds overhead and the temperatures have been nice – in the 70’s during the day and over 50 at night. It has been what I call the “tweener” weather – in between fall and winter when you dress warmly in the mornings and have to shed layers by the afternoon for it being too warm. The same tweener thing goes for transitioning from winter to spring.
We’re having warm days this weekend, but by Thanksgiving next week, we will be having much cooler days with highs in the fifties. Time to get out the sweaters and hooded sweats.
