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Scenes From Around Our Desert Home


I wandered around our little patch of desert this morning taking photos. I captured pictures of cacti, critters, rock garden, etc.

My original purpose was to get up on the hill out back and take pictures of the top of the RV to see if there would be any problems installing the new cover we ordered for it. It looks like there are no objects to adversely impact the installation.

The slideshow leads off with “the big guy,” our saguaro cactus out front, followed by Verna’s rock and cactus garden, one of the hidden hedgehog cacti up on the hill, a view of our neighbor’s house on the hill across the little wash, quail and a squirrel snacking on critter crunch, a compass barrel cactus on the hill, beavertail prickly pear cactus in the landscape cover, a place on the hill under a palo verde tree, a desert lizard and another hedgehog in the river rock landscape cover.

February 8, 2014 by Arizona Critters Home & Garden Photography

Waiting for the Spring Flowers

We’re anxiously awaiting the arrival of spring and the wonderful desert flowers it brings. This is a slideshow from last year showing several of our beautiful, colorful flowers. This reminds us of how much we like seeing spring unfold and looking to the summer season as well.


February 7, 2014 by Arizona Flowers Home & Garden Photography

Koi Pond Water Zen

Koi Pond Water Zen

Just outside of the specialist clinic wing of the local hospital, you can see a koi pond complete with water lilies and some nice, plump koi fish. Between the calm and graceful movement of the koi beneath the water and the shimmering ripples reflecting sky light, this peaceful pond offers a calming effect to those who come here for health problems. Click on the image to enlarge.

February 6, 2014 by Critters Photography

Winter Sundown

Winter Sundown

This was the view from the RV drive just after sunset this evening. Today marks the halfway point between winter solstice and spring equinox and that means that we are in the “dead” of winter. Thankfully, that is still quite a mild condition here in our beautiful Arizona home. Click on the image to enlarge.

February 3, 2014 by Arizona Climate Photography Retirement

Super Bowl Snacks

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Nothing more to say but that Verna did an outstanding job for the big game’s food and refreshments: five layer bean dip and Buffalo chicken pizza. Click on the images to enlarge.

February 2, 2014 by Food and Dining Photography

A Helicopter-Shaped Cloud

A Helicopter-Shaped Cloud

After dinner today, Verna looked out of the front window and saw a cloud that appeared to look like the silhouette of an aircraft. She grabbed her camera and got this image of the phenomenon before it morphed into a randomly shaped cloud.

I remembered that there is a term to describe seeing objects in nature that one perceives as resembling something else. However, I could not remember the exact term so I did an internet search on “clouds that resemble things” and found the following result on Askville which led me to Wikipedia:

Pareidolia

Pareidolia (parr-i-DOH-lee-uh) is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant, a form of apophenia. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon or the Moon rabbit, and hearing hidden messages on records when played in reverse.

Interesting. And I’m still a nerd as a senior citizen. Click on the image to enlarge.

UPDATE: Seeing extraterrestrial alien faces in Ice Cream: Alien Frosty Paws.

February 1, 2014 by Nerdliness Photography Weirdness

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