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My parents finally sold their place in the suburbs (offer pending) and will be retiring to the mountains. Very happy for them. My daughter and I have stayed in this house a good bit over the years (after my divorce we needed a place with enough room for us).

Will miss it to a degree.

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I did a great hike on Sunday. The area is called Yant Flat and is becoming very popular, especially with Europeans.





My friends and my BC:


The way in and out, kicked my 72 YO butt!

Coming to terms as we just buried him. This might be his final resting ground, but sadly our family is moving on. I have a weird mixture of feelings right now.

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He's gone and now he doesn't know that we've all got to leave him. I feel bad.

Prisma filtered Spring desert cactus flowers

Some images from 4/1 Scottsdale car show. About 600+ vehicles showed up, from the latest/fastest high end cars to Barrett-Jackson top tier classics. Cars were divided by country; British, German, Italian, etc.









Prisma filter:

 
We had a rarely seen visitor today. This little guy wandered in front of our porch while the wife and I were sitting there taking in the nice weather. Based on his size (3.25" carapace), this desert tortoise is about 1.5 years old, and has many years to go to reach his full size of 12"-15". In the bottom photo, it had actually come up to the edge of the porch, right in front of my chair.
 

 

Dirty girls....

Is that a Rhino?

Mine's stripped down and ready for a bath

quote:

Originally posted by kimberkid:
Is that a Rhino?

Mine's stripped down and ready for a bath

Yes, a Rhino 60DS - was using it and the X5 on the 100M (12") gong. It's a surprisingly accurate revolver.

Now give that girl a good cleaning, be sure and get behind her ears LOL!

quote:

Originally posted by Z06:

Back in 1960, our next door neighbor anesthesiologist owned an XK150 coupe. As a newly licensed 14 year old, I was blessed with the task of washing and waxing while he was working. Probably the best car I've ever driven.
 

Definitely Spring in the 'hood. One of our Palms is blooming, a Hummingbird is building a nest, and Western Orioles are back!

For now, the Palm:

New smaller blaster.


And my 4/16 (Easter Pic):

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Poking around the garden yesterday, my cat followed me out to investigate.

Still experimenting with my Nikon D70S



Our ~8 yr old Catahoula Leopard Dog


Oldest learning to ride without training wheels

just my "04" LeSaber , that I picked up in December

Not today, but last month (just got them ready for posting).

I just got back from 21 days in Australia and New Zealand. I took a lot of photos of flowers there. Here is a selection of those pictures.


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DSC_3101-2.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr


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DSC_3781.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr


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Got out to the NC Botanical Garden the other day, saw the goldfinches were out.

Our flower season has been post-poned....

This morning I finished up this "paper bag special" purchased in York PA two weeks ago ... new tailpiece w/adjuster, bridge with thumb tuner, strings, a few separation repairs, and lots of elbow grease.