Of Books and Covers

Along a two-lane highway that courses through the fields and forests of central Florida, an amazing restaurant is humbly located next to a Quick King. It could be easily overlooked, like a great book with a drab cover, and that would be sad, for it offers an excellent Italian cuisine in a very pleasant setting.Continue reading “Of Books and Covers”

Shadows of the Past

The setting sun cast shadows of objects in our window onto the wall and brought back memories, some recent, some distant. More recently, the enchantment of Bora Bora was captured in the photos and the shadowy silhouette of a wooden dolphin on the lower right. The carving was given to us by friends in BoraContinue reading “Shadows of the Past”

Yes Sir, Yes Sir

Three bags full, and we’re not taking about wool. Nope, it is candy that awaits all those trick-or-treaters on Halloween. When the day arrives, we will set up at the end of our driveway with treats for the little tricksters, and when the candy is gone, we will be also. #halloween #candy #blacksheep #wool #trickortreatContinue reading “Yes Sir, Yes Sir”

One Hundred Thousand Years and Eight Minutes

Warmth from morning sunbeams sent steamy vapors streaming outward and upward from the trunk of this tree. I just had to savor magic of the moment before releasing my inner nerd, for the energy that made it happen was created a long time ago. Here goes! Sometime about 100,000 years ago some protons in theContinue reading “One Hundred Thousand Years and Eight Minutes”

Golden to Dross

It starts out looking golden as iron pyrite (iron disulfide) seen pictured above, but when exposed to water and oxygen it will turn into iron oxides and hydroxides, like rust or the limonite on the lower photo. So much for golden dreams, but it did excite the imagination of the kid rockhound when I gotContinue reading “Golden to Dross”