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Verna’s Boo Boo

palm-thorns.jpgVerna wanted to make sure that people are warned about the potential danger of the Mexican Fan Palm Tree’s thorns. Last Saturday, she brushed past a pruned frond stem and ripped her forearm. There was obviously not going to be a home-remedy first-aid resolution to the injury, so we went to the emergency room to get some help. They stitched it up and sent us home several hours later.

A full-sized view of the offending frond stub and photos of all the gory details appear below when you click on “Continue reading . . .” — Please don’t look if blood and stitches are going to creep you out.

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March 23, 2007 by California Photography

East Marriott Golf Course Panorama

Another in the panorama series: the eastern part of the nine-hole golf course at the Manhattan Beach Marriott Hotel. I used my new Canon A710 and a photo stitch application to create this image from four snapshots of the course. Click on the picture for a bigger image.

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March 22, 2007 by Panoramas Photography

Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder showed up at the National Mall last Saturday in Washington DC along with Veterans and Patriots at the “Gathering of Eagles.” They were there in a show of patriotic pride as a counter to the anti-war demonstration planned by the far-left. Rolling Thunder is also the organization that protects fallen soldiers’ families and friends when these crazy anti-war people decide to demonstrate at a funeral.

Good for the Rolling Thunder. I sure do like their Rolling Thunder Special Edition Smith & Wesson .45 caliber ACP Pistol . . .

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Click on the gun for the really big image.

Rolling Thunder‘s major function is to publicize the POW-MIA issue. To educate the public of the fact that many American prisoners of war were left behind after all past wars. To help correct the past and to protect the future veterans from being left behind should they become prisoners of war – missing in action. We are committed to helping American veterans from all wars.

March 22, 2007 by California Firearms

Backyard Computing

computing-swing.jpgTimes sure have changed since I got my first home computers over 20 years ago. They were big, slow, had limited storage and were not networked. These days, we each have a computer plus a laptop (with WiFi) for travel and to use other places around the property. Verna snapped this candid photo of me as I sat on the backyard swing uploading a post for our weblog.

March 20, 2007 by California Photography

St. Patrick’s Day Mishap

hospital-leprechaun.jpgVerna had a little accident today. We were working in the garden and she got a little too close to the thorns on a Mexican Palm. It was a pretty nasty tear on her forearm and deep too. No band-aid and Neosporin for this one. I took her to the urgent care center where they stitched it up (three sutures did it). While we were waiting to be admitted, this cute little hospital Leprechaun was spreading good cheer in the waiting area at the hospital.

March 17, 2007 by California

Little Daisies

little-dasiesEvery Spring I like to populate the garden with colorful flowers. We have several varieties of daisies growing out there. These are little delicate white ones that have been out there for a couple of weeks. We’re going to Lowe’s this weekend to get more since we’re making room for them by clearing out the flowerbeds of old stuff. Click on the image for full-sized picture.

March 16, 2007 by California Home & Garden Photography

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