It's a Good Year for the Dogwood

IT'S A GOOD YEAR FOR THE DOGWOOD

I don't see the bracts with a pink blush every year.

Pigeon Point

PIGEON POINT LIGHT STATION

Pics from the web

From a Southwest Airlines commercial

My funky watercolor

Young Joe

Jeffrey Cobb Ewing

TUG

TUG

Despite my coaxing--or because of it--he would only give me his annoyed look..

Kitteh Sushi

KITTEH SUISHI

"The Lonely"

"The Lonely" --A Twilight Zone episode.

Convicted criminal James Corry has been placed in a very peculiar form of solitary confinement - he's alone on an asteroid 9 million miles from Earth. He's been there four and a half years now and is looking forward to the return of the supply ship and the goods it may have for him. When it arrives, Captain Allenby has something of a surprise for him: a female robot companion by the name of Alicia. She is human-like in every way but Corry can't but see her as a machine. He comes around however but they won't live happily ever after.  IMDB

Somebody did an outstanding job putting this video together.

Mariachi Los Camperos

12th Day of Ridvan

THE 12TH DAY OF RIDVAN


"Arise, and proclaim unto the entire creation the tidings that He who is the All-Merciful hath directed His steps towards the Ridvan and entered it. Guide, then, the people unto the Garden of Delight which God hath made the Throne of His Paradise... Within this Paradise, and from the heights of its loftiest chambers, the Maids of Heaven have cried out and shouted: 'Rejoice, ye dwellers of the realms above, for the fingers of Him Who is the Ancient of Days are ringing, in the name of the All-Glorious, the Most Great Bell, in the midmost heart of the heavens. The hands of bounty have borne round the cups of everlasting life. Approach, and quaff your fill.'"         --Baha'u'llah


The Old City of Baghdad

Approximate location of the Garden of Ridvan along the Tigris River.

Gone

I had no idea that all the trees in the lot downhill from my house--including two 100 foot tall Redwoods-- would be felled in my lifetime.  They shaded my backyard from the afternoon sun in the summer and provided a habitat for numerous critters.

Bahá'i House of Worship, Kampala

Late April Garden Pictures

Late April garden pictures.

Brothers

BROTHERS

X-37B

The X-37B is an interesting space vehicle.

  The United States Air Force's X-37B space plane will launch on its fourth mission next month.The unmanned X-37B Space Plane, which looks like a miniature version of NASA's now-retired space shuttle orbiter, is scheduled to blast off atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on May 20.

The Air Force owns two X-37B space planes, both of which were built by Boeing's Phantom Works division. The solar-powered spacecraft are about 29 feet long by 9.5 feet tall (8.8 by 2.9 meters), with a wingspan of 15 feet (4.6 m) and a payload bay the size of a pickup-truck bed. The X-37B launches vertically atop a rocket and lands horizontally on a runway.

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Tangerine Dream - Love on a Real Train

Red Line, Chicago

Blue Heron

I saw a Blue Heron fly over my house this morning.  

photo from here

Grey Squirrels

I started feeding squirrels raw peanuts in my backyard this year.  There have been as many as five at one time, but usually only two.  They're handsome and humorous little critters.


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pictures from web

What to say during fearful natural events

"On the appearance of fearful natural events call ye to mind the might and majesty of your Lord, He Who heareth and seeth all, and say "Dominion is God's, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation".      --Baha'u'llah

Big Sur River

BIG SUR RIVER

My son Jeffrey Cobb and I rode my motorcycle down to Big Sur from Santa Cruz planning to camp one night in 1987.  Pfeiffer was full and Fernwood too funky, so we just spent the day in the park and rode home that night.  

 I sketched this as he swam.

Three years later, I'd drive down alone and spend the day on the river mourning his passing. 

Backyard

Cut the vigorous Photinia back.  The lawn is the next project.

Redbud

Sleeping Cat Face

This cat is known in Japan as having the ‘Most Awful Sleeping Face’.

from here

Favorite Band Name

'Skip Towne and the City Limits'  played Santa Cruz in the 80's.

Eastern Redbud

My Redbud is starting to bloom..