I hope everyone is having a lovely Labor Day weekend. We were walking the dogs this morning and I noticed how pretty our little castle looks with the blue skies and cloudscapes beyond. I went back into the house and came back out to capture this picture. Click on the image to enlarge.
There is going to be a full moon (second one in the month of August) tomorrow night. Tonight, I couldn’t wait for the so-called “blue moon” to take this shot of our little red house in the moonlight. I used my simple little Canon Power Shot A710 with a fifteen second exposure to capture this nice image of our retirement house in the moonlight. Of course, there are some sky-friendly accent lights and a couple of solar-powered spotlights to enhance the natural celestial lighting. Click on the image to enlarge.
Last week we discovered a scorpion in the master suite. We found a second one near the office in the hall on Monday. I don’t know about you, but two scorpions in a few days is two too many.
I got on the phone yesterday and called the exterminator we had out last year for ants. The technician showed up today and did a perimeter spray inside and out. Hopefully, that should be that for scorpions and other crawly stuff.
Monsoons bring out all the insects looking for shelter. Unfortunately, it also brings out the termites and it looks like we have some subterranean termites building tubes around the base of the house. That will require a separate procedure which we’re going to have done soon.
Verna took several photographs of the mountains and clouds north east of town. A couple of them happened to line up such that I could stitch them together to get a panoramic view of this pleasant mountain and cloudscape vista. Click on the image to enlarge.
We had this really good batch of Chinese-style broccoli and beef for our Sunday cuisine. Served over a bed of rice, this was a colorful and healthy dinner. Click on the image to enlarge.
We had a really heavy downpour last night. It looks like I’ll have to shore up the front of the property with big rocks to avoid losing more of the landscape. Click on the image for the full sized panorama.
