I love it when the Artichokes are in bloom!

Two asses..
I'm told  they stand like this so that they can swipe flies from each other's faces with their tails.

I've been trying to get a pic of the LifeFlight chopper for awhile,but usually I can't get my camera ready in time..

This was a fortunate freeze frame shot,..albeit from a little more distance than I would have liked.

This handpainted fellow has a wingspan of about 6 inches!

I like this one..It's peaceful.

You're not paranoid,if they really are watching you.

This is that scraggly Crepe Myrtle we planted last Fall.

Nice to see it 'took'.

I didn't get a single decent photo of the O-Town fourth of July fireworks,but I did get a shakey shot of the traditional red,white,blue,and some shade of tan with this one.

Can you spot the newly hatched little fledge in this pic?

The lady that owns this succulent has had it for 3 years,and this is the first time it has flowered!

It doesn't look real..

It wasn't lightning,or wind that took these limbs down,but hydraulic pressure!

In the excessive heat we've had this summer,water and sap rise so violently that the tree literally explodes.

Gizzy never moves..At least,days will go by and she'll be in the same spot the whole time.

So,I'm guessin' this mouse must have crawled in her mouth,and commited suicide.

..Probably the last time Rasputin drinks any more of my cheap brown liquor..

I've been spending every spare moment since Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed SB1070,working to get the damn thing repealed.

Federal judge Susan Bolton heard arguments against it last week,and could issue a ruling at any time.

It is scheduled to go into effect on Thursday..

Tuesday Memory Dump..

If it weren't for I wouldn't have jack-shit to post today.

I caught this cold blooded little fella sunning himself early enough in the morning ,so that he wasn't inclined to run off before I got near enough to get a nice close-up.He lives under a loose board on a bench at one of our Ministry of Geriatric Housing complexes,so I see him out and about on a fairly regular basis..

This antique car club gets together from time to time over at the historic Lott home,right here in O-Town.
It's easy enough to convert the photo to black and white,and then apply a sepia filter in Photoshop to get a nice,nostalgic effect..

I have no idea why I never noticed it before,but our Dogwood first blossoms in these lovely pink flowers at the advent of Sping,and then begins to leaf.



This phenomenon probably isn't news to most folks,but I find it pleasantly odd.












My daughter,suspicious of little Erin's unusually quiet activity,went outside to investigate and found her embroiled in the construction of this very wonderful contraption!
A sort of designer trebuchet,no doubt intended to employ against that snotty little brat next door,and her stupid 'Barbie's Dream House'.
..A fine example of our familial German engineering gene,made manifest in my 8 year old grand-daughter!

A fashionably spotted Ladybug,and her Gentleman bug consort,caught in an intimate embrace..
We are not above a little graphic imagery here in Sling's Domain.

Speaking of bugs..What the hell kind of malevolent multi-legged menace deposited these gruesome looking eggs on MY Grape leaves??
They don't belong to those Ladybird Beetles I know,..'cause I looked it up.
They have since been dispatched with extreme prejudice..

This is what I have to contend with whilst shaving..Fat Cat crouched in the bathroom window,and the neighbor's pitt bull 'Rex' glaring at me disapprovingly,as if  my personal hygiene has rudely intruded on their conversation..I don't know what they're so pissed about,since they clearly have a more interesting social life than I do..