We get so many of these beautiful sunsets, but I never get tired of posting them. Click on the image to enlarge.
The Granddaughters
The other day, I blogged about looking for my lost granddaughters. Since then, I have been in touch with two of the three. I found a recent photo of the three girls (young women, actually) on one’s book of face page. The oldest is in the middle and the youngest is on the right.
The younger of the three, with whom I have not spoken to lately, will probably be in touch soon. Click on the image to enlarge.
Sky Bow
When I took the dogs out for their first run this morning, I thought I heard an airplane going over. I didn’t see a plane, but I was astonished at the sight of a rainbow in the clouds overhead. The sun is out of the bottom frame in the image above. I can’t remember seeing a rainbow arc away from the sun until today. Click on the image to enlarge.
Update: I uploaded the image to SpaceWeather.com and found out that this is a circumzenithal arc:
The circumzenithal arc, CZA, is the most beautiful of all the halos. The first sighting is always a surprise, an ethereal rainbow fled from its watery origins and wrapped improbably about the zenith. It is often described as an “upside down rainbow” by first timers. Someone also charmingly likened it to “a grin in the sky”.
Look straight up near to the zenith when the sun is fairly low and especially if sundogs are visible. The center of the bow always sunwards and red is on the outside.
A Beautiful and Warm Winter Day
We are enjoying a streak of mild weather conditions here in our little desert town. Highs in the low-to-mid 70’s and lows well above freezing. It should continue into the weekend and beyond. We’ll take it! Click on the image to enlarge.
Finding Lost Family
Since my youngest granddaughter will be turning eighteen in March, I contacted the California Department of Social Services in an attempt to locate her. To my surprise (noting the slowness of most California bureaucracies), there was a reply within an hour from when I sent the email; they wanted to know more information about the granddaughter in order to start the process. I sent the reply with the understanding that there would be a delay in locating her social worker and thence the child.
Image: Not my grandchildren, but my maternal grandmother’s siblings – my great uncles and aunt when they were kids. Photo courtesy my sister a.k.a. the family historian.
Last evening, the social worker called to inform me that my granddaughter had been located and she furnished her with my contact information. I expect to hear from her soon.
The unexpected development is that I got an email this morning from one of my other granddaughters that wants to get in contact. A nice surprise, since I had no idea where she might be. She may give me a call later today.
That makes me happy to be in contact with them after quite a long time (and a long story). Maybe one of these days we can see all three of them face to face.
