We took a ride up to Congress, AZ today, to arrange for a custom gate for our new courtyard. It turns out that Mike’s place of business is quite a collection of art and things that snap us into the past like this nostalgic garage from the 1920s. We rendered it in sepia to enhance the nostalgia. 😉 Click on the image to enlarge.
This is a cactus wren, the state bird of Arizona. He was sampling the birdseed and critter crunch I threw out this morning. Click on the image to enlarge.
Every morning, the dogs wake me up like clockwork at the crack of dawn. This morning was no exception. We walked across the road and I noticed the rising sun shining through the branches of a mesquite tree.
I pointed the camera in the direction of the tree and snapped one image then another to be sure. Initially, I did not plan for this to be a 3D photo but when I got the camera loaded into the computer, I noticed the potential for this pair to become an anaglyphic image. I merged the two together to produce this 3D sunrise photo. Click on the image to enlarge.
You will need red/blue or red/cyan 3D glasses to view the image. If, by chance, you don’t have your free pair of 3D glasses yet, you can see the 2D image here.
The masons were here today for phase three of the courtyard wall. They finished the arch and put in the southwestern accents on the wall (similar to those in top of the building). I stood just across the road and took this panoramic image of the house, wall and the road. Click on the image above for the full-sized panorama. Click here to see a close up of the arch and some of the accents.
Since we’re going to need a printer for our new home in Arizona and still need one when we’re in California, we bought a new laser printer. It’s a Brother model HL-2230 which is a later model, but similar to the printer we already have at the old place.
I got the printer hooked up and operational this afternoon. Verna snapped this photo (click to enlarge) of the printer cranking out it’s first test page. It’s good to have a printer again. We have been doing without for a month or so. We might not have much furniture in Camp Casandro* but we have a working laser printer, by God.
We are adding one or two things at a time. Yesterday, our bed frame finally came in. We assembled it and (finally) didn’t have to sleep in a mattress and box spring on the floor.
* Our Arizona home is near Casandro Wash and Casandro Dam.
This is what we saw from a ridge on the west side of town today as we looked to the north. This looks in the general direction toward Yarnell and Prescott with the Hassayampa river valley at the far right side. Click on the panorama to see full-sized.
