SPRING IN TUCSON

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE THRUMMMM OF A HUMMING BIRD BUZZING BY YOUR EAR.

AND THE FLOWERS ARE BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS AND BEAUTIFUL. MONICA AND I VISITED TOHONO CHUL PARK YESTERDAY, AND THIS IS WHAT WE SAW.

WITH THE BRILLIANTLY BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE TUCSON AFTERNOON SUN, IT WAS EASY TO SHOOT THESE GUYS AT F3.2 TO ISOLATE THEM FROM THE COLORFUL BACKGROUND. WELCOME TO SPRING IN TUCSON.

PHOTO FAVES OF THE DAY

HAVE I EVER MENTIONED THAT I LOVE THIS GAME OF BASEBALL?

WE WENT TO A BALL GAME TODAY. ROCKIES AND THE CUBBIES. EXCELLENT GAME.
ROCKIES OUT EXECUTED THE CUBS, AS EVIDENCED BY THIS SEQUENCE OF AN ATTEMPTED STEAL OF SECOND BY THE ROCKIES.

HIGH THROW FROM THE CATCHER THAT COULDN'T BE HANDLED.

EVEN WHEN MISTAKES ARE MADE, BASEBALL CAN BE A BEAUTIFUL BALLET. LUCKY FOR THE CUBS THAT THEIR 2ND BASEMAN WAS ALERT ENOUGH TO BACK UP THE PLAY.

PERHAPS WE'RE WITNESSING THE PASSING OF THE LOVE FOR THIS GAME OF BASEBALL, FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT.

OH.......AND THE ROCKIES WON 7 TO 4. IT REALLY SEEMED CLOSER THAN THAT.
MUST HAVE BEEN A LONG BUS RIDE HOME FOR THE CUBS. LOU WAS ON THAT BUS!

HELLO FROM TUCSON, HOME OF THE HUMMERS!

SO NICE OF YOU ALL TO VISIT US HERE IN TUCSON. MORE SPECIFICALLY, OUR BACK YARD. US HUMMERS LOVE TO GIVE YOU A WARM WELCOME! WE'VE GROWN SO USED TO MONICA AND LEIGH (CAUSE THEY FEED US EVERY DAY AND MAKE SURE THAT YUMMY FLOWERS GROW IN THE YARD) THAT WE LET THEM GET REAL CLOSE TO TAKE PICTURES.

WELL, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME FOR A VISIT, BUT RIGHT NOW I'VE GOTTA SAY, GOOD BY. HEY, DO YA LIKE MY SNAZZY NECK FEATHERS?

THE SUNS GOING DOWN AND WE'VE GOTTA GET THAT LAST BIT OF NECTOR OUT OF THE FLOWERS AND FIND OUR WAY HOME.

NOW YOU COME VISIT, YOU HEAR?

WHAT'S IN THE SKYS ABOVE TUCSON?

IT'S A LONG STORY, BUT ON THE WAY TO AN ANTIQUE MALL, WE SPOTTED STRANGE AIRCRAFT OVER TUCSON. WE GAVE CHASE! WE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM.

IT TURNS OUT THAT DM AIRFORCE BASE OFFERS THE ONLY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN THE US THAT ALLOWS PRIVATELY OWNED VINTAGE AIRCRAFT TO FLY ALONG SIDE CURRENT US AIRFORCE PLANES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PARTICIPATING IN AIR SHOWS (AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT SOME GUY TOLD US.)I'VE GOT OTHER PHOTOS OF OTHER PLANES (ALL TOLD I TOOK ABOUT 400 SHOTS AND TRASHED ABOUT 250 OF THEM) LIKE F-15s AND A10s, BUT I MISSED THE F22 RAPTOR (WE WERE IN THE CAR CHASING THE PLANES-MONICA TOLD ME TO PULL OVER AND I SAID NAH, WE'LL GET ANOTHER SHOT. ENOUGH SAID, PLEASE.)ANYWAY, NOW YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN THE SKY OVER TUCSON, AT LEAST ON ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

WOMAN WITH CAT, CIRCA 1975

EQUALLY HAPPY LADY AS PRECEDING POST, THIRTY THREE YEARS EARLIER.

WHOSE HAPPY NOW?

WITH APOLOGIZE TO JIM, WHO TOOK THIS TERRIFIC PICTURE OF MONICA, I JUST HAD TO POST IT, I LIKE IT SO MUCH.
PLEASE IGNORE THAT COPYRIGHT ON THE LOWER RIGHT. IT SHOULD READ JB.
AND I KNOW WHY SHE'S HAPPY.
1. SHE'S WITH HER FAMILY IN NYC.
2. SHE'S ABOUT TO TEAR INTO BREAKFAST AT A NYC DINER.
WHAT COULD BE BETTER?!!!!

OUR HOUSE

OUR HOUSE IS A VERY VERY FINE HOUSE,

WITH TWO CATS ON THE STAIRS.............

Thank you and apologies to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

WANTED: CAR NUT

OK CAR NUTS, HERE'S YOUR CHALLENGE:

CAR YEAR

MAKE

MODEL

OWNERS

BONUS POINTS:

WHERE

GUESS

GUESS WHERE

GUESS WHEN

GUESS WHO

GUESS HOW

WHY IS THIS PHOTO BEING POSTED?

I DON'T KNOW.

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT IT THAT I LIKE.

I THOUGHT JUST ONE MORE SHOT FOR BRETT'S VISIT. THIS TIME OF THE THREE OF US.

SO, LOOK WHO'S IN TOWN.
NO, NO, NOT MONICA. SHE LIVES HERE.
IT'S BRETT, VISITING HIS MOM AND DAD.