Retired Geezer, a blogger at Blog Idaho, posted this video from the Leno Show. I wanted to post it here as well. Being in a position to have used both Morse Code and text messaging, I already knew the outcome but still found it to be funny.
Bob
The Good Assurance of Red Roses
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writing in the voice of his “greatest detective” character, Sherlock Holmes, presented a tribute to this magnificent natural beauty (read below the photo).
During a brief lull in a criminal investigation (“The Adventure of the Naval Treaty”), Sherlock Holmes took a moment to smell a red rose. The flower, he remarked to his friend Dr, Watson, clearly was evidence of divine beneficence. “Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers,” proclaimed the world’s greatest detective. “All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and colour are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again we have much to hope from the flowers.”
Verna currently has “Freedom Roses” on our table. This picture is from a previous batch, but I assure you they are just as nice.
The Aluminum Overcast
Earlier today we were out doing errands and stopped at Zamperini Field in Torrance to see the EAA’s “Aluminum Overcast,” a restored WW2 B-17 (like the Memphis Belle). What a beauty! Verna got this shot of this magnificent plane when it was on short final approach to TOA runway 11L.
I took some short videos of the event and spliced them together in the 90-second video below.
Raccoon
Last night we heard Bear start to make a fuss over something outside. We got up and looked and found this little guy halfway up the utility pole looking down at us. Bear wanted to play with it – hard. I couldn’t bring myself to run it off with the pellet gun when I saw it the other morning. Just look at that face.
Hen and Chicks
This is one of the “Hen and Chicks” variety of echeveria, a succulent native to the southwest. Hen and Chicks is a stemless rosette that produces bright orange and yellow flowers spring through summer. Depending on the climate, they can also bloom again in the fall.
I took this shot using my old Canon A510 camera. These are currently growing in a hanging basket next to the patio fence. Click for a larger view.
Duck of a Different Color
I walked over to the golf course at lunchtime and saw several ducks wandering around near the pond. This colorful little guy was a bit shy, but curious enough about me to let me get this photo of him. Can you say what color this duck is? Click the picture to enlarge.
