Today is the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Although much attention had been paid to what happened to New Orleans, Katrina’s devastation covered several states.  And the reconstruction work still goes on. It will continue for several years.
I took this photo in Moss Point, Mississippi, last month…

The owners of this house are living in the pink […]

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If you’ve ever been up close and personal with a cactus, you (ouch!) know that (yeow!) it takes a pretty tough critter to crawl all over one. Permit me to introduce you to the fig beetle. Not only does it like to do the cactus crawl, it also munches on them. This one’s chowing down […]

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This past Saturday, the Phoenix Mars Mission’s Science Operations Center had an open house. Being a space geek of many years standing, I couldn’t stay away from that one.
As of Saturday, the Phoenix Mars Mission was up to Sol 88 — that’s mission-speak for the 88th day on the Martian surface. The plucky little Lander […]

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A fountain that lacks a continuous water flow soon turns into an interesting biology lesson. I don’t know how long this fountain had been idle, but it was growing quite the crop of algae when I happened upon it with my camera…

In addition to the algae, the standing water was attracting at least one airborne […]

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Southern summer mornings are misty times. The combination of airborne moisture and early morning light makes the piney woods into an eerie place.  This is scene is from Caswell Springs, which is located near Wade, Mississippi.
Tip: You can view more nature photography in my portfolio.

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On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Tucson Lobos have basketball practice at the Northwest Center. The Tucson Lobos are Tucson’s only community-based wheelchair basketball program. They strongly believe that if you use a wheelchair, or if you’re missing a limb, you can still play sports.
The Lobos play against teams in the western U.S. and northern Mexico. […]

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Do you have some old stock certificates laying around the house? Well, don’t throw them away! They could be worth a lot of money.
Stock Search International has helped investors recover millions of dollars from old stocks and bonds thought to be worthless.  This Tucson-based company has been a Web design client since the late 1990s, […]

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This past Tuesday, communities all over the United States gathered for National Night Out Against Crime and Drugs. Tucson’s festivities included a get-together at the Northwest Center in Mansfield Park.
Severe thunderstorms kept attendance below the usual triple digits. They also forced the cancellation of several other NNO events.
Weather notwithstanding, we enjoyed some high-quality socializing with […]

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This past Saturday, the Watershed Management Group helped me get my yard into better shape. Permit me to explain…
After I moved in here, I set about the task of planting a xeriscape so I wouldn’t spend a fortune on water bills. In addition to planting low-water use plants, I tried to contour the property so […]

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Changed planes in Houston a couple of weeks ago. While I walked from one terminal to another, I encountered this statue of former President George Herbert Walker Bush…

Among other things, I told the statue that the elder Bush was no John Adams, and that the son certainly doesn’t measure up to John Quincy Adams. (Did […]

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