Red ones available...

Some thought they only came in green... Not so in Cave Creek, AZ!

Fallen Sentry...

Stick em up!

Only a quarter mile?  We may be the fifth largest city in the country, but it's still a little "Wild West" in parts... 

Aperture Defined!

I have my Dad's old Kodak No. 2 Folding Cartridge Premo camera and decided to try a few shots with it.  It was built in the 1916-1922 period, and although I have the manual, it isn't particularly helpful in setting the exposure.  While the ball bearing shutter has 1/25th and 1/50th settings, the aperture settings are marked "1,2,3 and 4."  Well while thumbing through the latest edition of Art in America magazine, I find a picture of the camera reproduced many times scale - maybe ten feet tall!  The sculptor, Daniel A. Henderson,  must have used a somewhat later model of the camera because the aperture settings are clearly marked "8, 16, 32 and 64!"  Voila!  Now at least I have a starting point.

Herb Garden

After a slow start, our herb garden is doing well, especially the basil.  Mmmmm Bruschetta, pesto... 

Morning walk...

Javelina Attack!

This morning a family of Javelinas invaded our yard, chomping mostly on the more expensive cacti.  They look a bit like pigs but actually are classified in the peccary family.  They are skittish with humans and keep moving, so they're hard to photograph --  but this juvenile lagged behind and was caught in the cross hairs...