We did some post-Christmas shopping at WAL*MART® to get our present to each other, this new 42-inch HDTV. We waited for the after-holiday sale prices to kick in. It sure looks good with “Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End” playing on the screen.
Last week we took a drive to the harbor area; while we were there, we stopped at the 22nd Street Red Car Station. Verna took a photo as this holiday-decorated trolley pulled into the station.
I have a special interest in the Red Cars, since my Grandfather was a motorman during the 1930s and 1940s. On a rainy day last year, we took a ride on the red car.
Verna wanted to go to Palos Verdes on her Birthday for some photo ops. While she did that, I took a series of pictures of the Santa Monica Bay from Palos Verdes Point. This is the result after stitching them together on the computer. Verna is in the red shirt on the left. Click on the image for a bigger view.
Merry Christmas!
In a rare astronomical encounter, the full moon rose less than 2° away from planet Mars tonight. I took this photo showing the event – I had to overexpose the moon so that Mars would show up. Verna and I looked at this through the binoculars and it was spectacular.
When I take pictures of Verna at the shooting range, once in a while I get hit by a spent shell. This one missed me, but the camera captured it in mid-flight.
