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All about a small Arizona mountain town: events, places, history, nature, wildlife, wildflowers, and whatever catches my fancy.

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  • Where were those birds headed? on Nov 25, 2009 in ravens

    Amazing sight early this afternoon: a huge flight of large black birds circling so high in the air that they were scarcely larger than specks. Just large enough to be visible as black. And large. As in ravens, possibly. Or they might have been vultur...

  • Post Script: Granite Dells on Nov 24, 2009 in Granite Dells

    I received these two pictures in my email this morning -- a response to last night's post about my visit to the bones of the old Granite Dells lake and pavilion. Tie: 1967. Friend Bobbi sent them; she had noted that the two choices for swimming in or...

  • Forgotten gem of the Dells? on Nov 22, 2009 in Granite Dells

    Historic preservation isn't faring well in the current recession. Sharlot Hall Museum is down to a skeleton crew, for example, as state funding rapidly dries up. Which is too damn bad. There's an important piece of Prescott history sitting over in th...

  • Ugg naughts on Nov 21, 2009 in shoes shopping

    Winter is on its way, bringing thoughts of cold feet. I must say that if I'd had a pair of boots like these (above), I might not have left Chicago. Those are my first pair of not-Uggs, a $25 special from Costco three years ago. And, just to undersco...

  • Camo craze on Nov 20, 2009 in fashion

    Last summer, when the Sson's family visited, my teen-age granddotter was sporting grey camo pants. Which, of course, said that a fad was well underway, as epitomized by sites such as The Camo Shop.Earlier this past summer I had seen this camp chair a...

  • Gotcha! on Nov 19, 2009 in birds spiders

    If you look closely at the scrub jay above, you'll note 1) a small patch of blue and 2) the color fringe that's a dead giveaway that I pushed the zoom past its optical limit. However, the news is that I actually got a nearly passable picture of the e...

  • High-rise. Low-rise. Why??? on Nov 18, 2009 in cars antique cars

    So you own a car. Or a pick-up. And you figure your wheels could be improved. New paint job, maybe. A better hi-fi (heaven help us!) A locker for expensive gear. A power winch to get down into a small canyon or out of a mud hole. These are things I,...