Verna’s Mom, Janie, gave me this beautiful aloha-style shirt for Christmas. I meant to post it last month and now I am finally getting around to it. I love the Spanish Galleon, flowers and ancient maps of the region. Click on the image to enlarge.
Photo credit: Verna (as usual).
This is the special meal we enjoyed just before sitting down to watch the NFL Pro Bowl football game: corned beef, cabbage, boiled red potatoes and carrots. Tasty and nutritious. Click image for a close up.
Verna planted several varieties of tomatoes in the patio and garden last year. A couple of the vines produced normal-sized tomatoes and there was another vine that grew cherry tomatoes – you know – the little bite-sized ones for salads or just for popping into your mouth.
I was in the patio yesterday and noticed a ripe cherry tomato on the vine – one of the last ones for the season. I picked it and brought it in to show Verna. She took this picture that shows the size of the tomato relative to a U.S. quarter dollar. She remarked that it was like “airline-sized food.” We had a good laugh over that.
While we were visiting the Point Vicente Interpretive Center today. many California Brown pelicans soared along the cliffs. Others were surfing – well just above the water, along the breakers, which were pretty large today. Click on the image below to see the full-context of this bird enjoying pelican water sports.
Can somebody tell me how this wireless tower, thinly disguised as a palm tree, looks any less ugly than a plain wireless tower?
Oh, and don’t get me started on electric conifers.
Yesterday, on our way back home from Arizona, we got out to stretch and walk the dog at the General George S. Patton Museum, located along Interstate 10 in the California Desert.
While we were walking around in front of the museum, I snapped an image pair of this bronze statue of the General to merge into the 3D anaglyph image seen here.
According to Wikipedia:
The General George S. Patton Memorial Museum of Chiriaco Summit, California is a museum erected in tribute to General George S. Patton on the site of the entrance of Camp Young, part of the Desert Training Center of World War II.
Exhibits include a large collection of tanks used in World War II and the Korean War, as well as memorabilia from Patton’s life and career, especially in regards to his service at the Desert Training Center and that of ordinary soldiers who trained there. Development of the Colorado River Aqueduct and natural science exhibits are displayed as well. In addition, a 26-minute video is shown, detailing Patton’s military service and the creation of the Desert Training Center.
Though Patton only spent less than four months at the Desert Training Center, his establishment of the training grounds directly impacted more than one million troops.
The museum is at the Chiriaco Summit exit off Interstate 10, 30 miles/48km east of Indio.
Click on the image above to view the full-sized anaglyph. If you don’t have your free pair of 3D glasses, you can see the 2D version here.
