Coming soon a flower that smells like decaying flesh and attracts flies. When these pods open, put it somewhere you want the flies to go . . .
Verna hates this thing but her Mom gave it to me and she tolerates it. Stay tuned.
Bob
Grand Canyon Watchtower 3D Image
While vacationing, I periodically made an attempt to capture some of the scenery in 3D. This one of the Desert View Watchtower came out pretty good, so I may add it to my 3D Gallery.
Solar Ephemeris
Quietly, in the bottom of the sidebar to the left, is a widget that displays the times of today’s solar events. An ephemeris is a tool used by navigators and astronomers to predict celestial events, like eclipses, moon rise, occultations (planets or stars crossing paths) and the like.
My widget (home grown – written in PHP scripting language) accurately predicts solar events at the longitude and latitude for Torrance, CA, but will be approximately correct anywhere within a fifty mile radius.
I’m working on a version of this where you can put in your zip code or longitude and latitude to get your local solar ephemerides. Still in work, but possibly will materialize soon.
Headaches
Two concepts of headaches:
- being in an accident at rush hour
- inching through traffic in the aftermath of an accident
I’ll take 2 any time . . .
Seen on my evening commute through Hermosa Beach.
Tuzigoot Panorama
Once home to the pre-Colombian Sinagua Native Americans, the ruins at Tuzigoot, near Cottonwood, AZ, is a very interesting place to visit. It was a stop on our tour through Arizona last month. This is a picture of the ruin as seen from the road leading up to the park entrance. I’d like to take credit for this panorama, but it actually is a shot that Verna took from the truck as we drove up to the ruin. I cropped the image for this widescreen view.
