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Kate and Jack’s 87th Anniversary

Happy 87th to my Mom and Dad on their Anniversary. They are with the Lord now, and I know they are getting the good wishes.

In the past (on social media), I posted the old black and white images of them, Mom on her wedding day, and Dad in his Naval Warrant Officer uniform. Lately, however, several of the Artificial Intelligence utilities on-line are able to restore and colorize the old photos.

They turned out pretty good, Mom in her youthful appearance and Dad, always proud in his uniform. Dad’s blue eyes may not have been that blue, but it looks like him, nonetheless.

So, we are sending them our happy anniversary wishes heaven-bound.

December 17, 2025 by Family Nostalgia

Toyz 4 Totz Annual
Wickenburg Car Run

Today, we attended the annual Cops Who Care Car Show and Toy Drive. The weather was great and the show was well attended by both cars and visitors. The toy table wasn’t doing too bad either — gonna be a lot of happy kids this Christmas.

Many of the attendees who brought the classics were also here last year, so pardon any redundant photos posted below.

When I was a kid in the late 1940s, my folks had one of these Ford Coupes modified with a bench seat for their three little boys to sit behind the driver/passenger seat.

Also, when I was a kid, there were a lot of these Studebakers on the road as I recall. This convertible is a member of the local Studebaker Club in the Hassayampa Valley.

We enjoyed the time spent at the Wickenburg Community Center today and look forward to attending again next year.

December 7, 2025 by Classics Nostalgia Photography

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Happy and blessed Thanksgiving! We enjoyed our Turkey Dinner this afternoon consisting of good breast of turkey with Dressing, Veggies and Cranberries. We had gravy on the turkey and dressing, of course.

We posed for this holiday portrait earlier today:

Click on either image to enlarge.

Deuteronomy 28:12 (NIV)

“The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.”

November 27, 2025 by Arizona Food and Dining Holidays

The Big Drip

Over the past couple of days, we have been enjoying some gentile rain showers to replenish the desert with badly-needed moisture. The showers, mostly, have been God-given blessings with the several instances of a little flooding here and there. It’ll get resolved, I’m sure.

As I went out for my morning walkabout today, I took several photos of Verna’s rain bucket under the rain gutter. I selected the above image to post in that it shows some of the dynamic action of the dripping water. Click on the image to enlarge.

I asked GROK to analyze the image.

The image shows a close-up, high-speed photograph of multiple water drops impacting a body of water (likely the surface of water in a rain bucket or similar container). This is a classic example of the fluid dynamics phenomena that occur when a drop hits a liquid surface.

This type of photograph is commonly used to study drop impact dynamics, coalescence, splash suppression, inkjet printing physics, and related fluid mechanics topics. The image beautifully captures several stages of the impact process in a single frame.

I love some of the stuff that comes out from some AI engines. Some, however, not so much. GROK does mostly OK.

November 19, 2025 by Arizona Climate Nerdliness Photography

Waning Gibbous Moon

A few days after the November “Beaver” Supermoon, we had this nice morning apparition of the waning gibbous phase of the moon high in the western sky. I used my Canon EOS Rebel SL3 camera with an EFS 55-250mm lens (at 250mm) hand-held (no tripod) to get the shot shown above. Click on the image to enlarge.

Why the “Beaver” moon? From the article linked above:

Why Is It Called the Beaver Moon?

For decades, the Almanac has referenced the monthly Full Moons with names tied to early Native American, Colonial American, and European folklore. Traditionally, each Full Moon name was applied to the entire lunar month in which it occurred and through all of the Moon’s phases—not only the Full Moon.

The Beaver Moon

Why the “Beaver” Moon? This is the time of year when beavers begin to take shelter in their lodges, having laid up sufficient food stores for the long winter ahead. During the fur trade in North America, it was also the season to trap beavers for their thick, winter-ready pelts.

It has been a pleasant late autumn here in the desert. We are still expecting warm days in the 80’s with nights getting progressively cooler in the mid to upper 50’s. The temperatures quoted are in Fahrenheit degrees, of course.

November 9, 2025 by Astronomy Nerdliness Photography Something Shiny

Avalon 1998

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