Monthly Archives: December 2016

Playing with the new camera

So I was headed to Albuquerque today to attend the sealing of an older couple from my Mormon congregation. In their case, as a couple married for decades, this amounts to a renewal of vows in a Mormon context. It was sweet. I did not plan to stay in Albuquerque...Read more

Apparently I was a good boy this year

Meet the new Wandercamera: Why, yes. I took a picture of it with the old camera. I know: It’s a little like making an employee train his replacement. Can’t be helped. A Nikon Coolpix S9700, used and refurbished. With GPS; it took some time but I figured out how to...Read more

Earth Treasures Show 2016

This is the annual holiday rock and mineral show of the Los Alamos Geologic Society. I spent some time there today and took a few pictures, which I present without much comment. Fuchsite is chromium muscovite (mica). Orthoceras was an Ordovician mollusc related to the modern nautilus. Ruby (though not...Read more
Rolling Stones wanderlust

Rolling Stones wanderlust

You can’t always get what you want. I had a pretty good Thanksgiving, beginning with having Wednesday off (in lieu of my usual 9/80 Friday off) to get the chores out of the way, then a quiet Thursday at home with the family followed by a simple but nice Thanksgiving...Read more