During my recent file manager tour, I ran across a series of pix of a
smallish century plant that inspired me to make it this month's topic.
It already showed its stalk pointing upward from its base of leaves, aka
rosette. The stalk's branches and bloom clusters progressively grew in
quantity and size. Read the entire article and comment there, please.
Monday, June 30, 2025
Forgotten Fotos of New Mexico Century Plant (2012)
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Sky Objects, Mostly Moon Shots
The pix in my YouTube collection are from having used mostly two point-and-shoot cameras. Incidentally, smart-phone cameras also have capabilities for taking similar sky pix.
For people who haven't considered photographing sky objects, look, up in the sky. It could be Supermoon! Build your own pic collection for day or night moons! Also, pick other sky objects that catch your fancy. Read the entire article and comment there, please.
Monday, April 28, 2025
Followup Raspberry Cake, Fluid Deconfusion
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Hearting Valentine Times in 2025
I missed putting out a Valentine item in February. March roared in like a lion. ... My journey in creating the Valentine blog theme started out small, but became gargantuan when I collected hearty items to group together, created kid-like artsy photographable items, and integrated videos in my mix. Read the entire article and comment there, please.
Friday, February 28, 2025
Astro Imaging Session Piques Three-item Topic
What arose when the sun set down at the dark site we went to? Dark skies and objects (constellations, star clusters, nebulae, ...) that don't show up well in light-pollution, densely populated areas. What three items am I talking about? A TV tray table, a transparent cookbook stand, and a thin, portable gaming monitor. Read the entire article and comment there, please.
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Raspberry Con-fusion Cake
I wanted to Kool-Aid my cake using Raspberry Kool-Aid, but the supermarket didn't carry that flavor. I thought about using Jello, ... My con-fusion with this cake resulted from using the amount of fluid called for if making a small gelatin batch. For integration into a cake, I needed to put in only half the fluid. Read the entire article and comment there, please.
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
2024 Christmas Decorations Tour
I saw a few decorations that served dual-holiday purposes, Halloween and Christmas, the residents having creatively adorned them. Got most of the images from a few days of drive-byes. Surprisingly, seems fewer places had decorations than previous years. Read the entire article and comment there, please.