RAINBOW AFTER TODAY’S STORM
A partial cloud cover kept the temperatures from dropping below freezing last night for the first time in a long time & that was sooooo nice for a change. I really do miss my warm stargazing nights!!
I took the photo below on a totally wrong camera setting a week ago & the image that came back was black & totally underexposed. I saw a faint line between mountain & sky so was able to bring the image back a bit. The photo is not exactly what I saw but does have an unintentional old effect to it that is kinda different. It’s just an example of what Google’s free Picasa 3.8. can do for you even if you make some very bad photo mistakes. And we all make them……:))
PHOTO AT LEFT IS TOTALLY UNDEREXPOSED …..SALVAGED PHOTO AT RIGHT.
Today the ‘Bunch’ welcomes new blog Followers, Jim, Sandie, Scooter & Skittlez from, WHERE ARE THE DIXONS TODAY. Thanks for tagging along folks & hey, you got a great header photo on your blogsite:))
Slipped into Elfrida this afternoon & popped into the Library at 1 where the weekly meeting of the Tumbleweed Photo Group takes place. Always nice to be around folks with like minded interests. Todays photo topic centered around the Whitewater photo shoot we were all out on last week.
OUR HAPPY FACE TUMBLEWEED PHOTO GROUP:))
It’s not unusual to see people carrying guns in these parts & I must admit we still do take notice whenever we observe someone with a gun & holster. We just never see that in Canada. Below is a couple ranchers we saw in a restaurant for breakfast just a couple miles from the Mexican border. These fellows wearing guns don’t bother me but while getting gas a week ago in Elfrida a young guy pulls in for gas with an old car, a bunch of dingle berries hanging on the mirror, baseball cap on backwards & gun so big on his hip that it almost pulled his pants down. I nodded a cordial hello & he totally ignored me. Young guy with a big gun carrying an even bigger attitude. Now, that bothers me!!!!
The country wide storm blew into our neck of the woods about 2 this afternoon with thunder, high winds, sleet & rain. Temps dropped & by the time I got back to the rig Kelly had the heat cranked & all was cozy & warm in Paradise. We had planned on going Geocache Jeeping with Jeanie & Ray tomorrow but this weather has changed our plans & we will head out next week instead. Could be in for a few mighty boring days until this storm front moves out of the area.
GROANER’S CORNER:(( Did you know it gets so hot in Arizona that Roadrunners have to use pot holders to pull Lizards out of the ground & ranchers have to feed their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard boiled eggs. Yep, it’s true alright:))
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Beep Beep. Good groaner! Fantastic bird pictures.
ReplyDeletestay warm and dry for the next few days...great bird shots today!..love the colours!!!
ReplyDeleteI am always so impressed when people can take such wonderful, beautiful pictures. It's so neat that you can bring such beauty into my world through your blog. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteAlso, like your motor home - we too have a Damon Challenger - 2008.
Some day I'll have to experiment with the Picasa program, I didn't know that it could do so much.
ReplyDeleteI guess everyone is being affected by this crazy weather.
Great pictures of the birds and scenery.
ReplyDeleteAs for the guys with their guns and holsters, it's a perfect example of why we decided to skip visiting Arizona for a stay for the first time in 4 years. It's just a little too much for me.
Hey Al,I guess we all have to have a "TERN" at hunkering down and riding this one out.
ReplyDeleteThe forcast Hi/Low here for today is 31/13f....Shoulda stayed in south Texas.
Very funny comment you put on my blog...completly "TERNED" me inside out with laughter.
Rick makes a good point.
ReplyDeleteAs a couple who are two years away from retirement and travel, we are researching states where we would like to spend time (and money) who share our values. With the exception of the town Bisbee, Arizona keeps getting pushed to the bottom of our list, especially with their anti-immigrants law. You folks who blog are our window to travel and a wonderful resource.
Just because Arizona permits packing a pistol doesn't mean public indoor settings are appropriate. That seems a bit over the top. Ranchers may have a need on the ranch, however one has to wonder who or what these people would shoot in a public setting. Reminds me of the Clint Eastwood movie "Unforgiven" when Marshall Little Bill (Gene Hackman) asks Will (Clint Eastwood) why he is packing a pistol contrary to the town ordinance. Will says he needs it for protection and Little Bill asks, "for what? snakes and such?"
Bill in NE
I like that second to last photo with the light playing on the hills. :)
ReplyDeleteNot sure why it's necessary to wear a gun in the first place...
LOVED the rainbow!!! We are hunkered down here for a blizzard...oh whoopie. I MISS Arizona AND it's gun toting cowboys...No doubt about it, the rules are different down there! Thought about you and Kelly this AM while walking through the snow, wind and ice...Stay safe and warm...and...great pics!!
ReplyDeleteGreat Storm Photos!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy seeing ordinary citizens exercising their 2nd amendment right here in Arizona. If the day ever comes that they are not able to do this, then I will be concerned.
Excuse that last comment from us -- we had intended to say that the winter storm didn't stop you from your quest for photographry excellence!
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