Five Acres with a View

The valley in which we live has once interesting quirk: we are in the flyover path for Air Force Academy celebration flyovers. This morning, the familiar sound of jet engines directly overhead on a practice run had Jack and I wondering about just when the graduation ceremonies are going to take place this week. According to this KRDO News 13 story, this year’s AFA graduation is Wednesday and the Thunderbirds will be performing.

Sometimes they fly so close overhead that one expects to read the numbers on the fusilage. It happens just often enough to be exciting, and not so often that I get tired of seeing them (and being pummeled by the noise.)

My sister-in-law’s wedding reception yesterday was held at the UCCS Lodge, which included a lovely patio that faced west. This photo of the area which includes Garden of the Gods Parkway was taken about 9:00 pm.

My youngest sister-in-law is getting married today. I took this photo with my new camera last night at a big party held at another sister-in-law’s house. I am glad that I got the camera in time to practice a bit, because I got some good candids last night. I took a hundred photos yesterday, and expect I will take more today.

Wikipedia has a good article on Fractals.

I’ve uploaded some more fractal galleries, and put up a Fractals Gallery List that gives the names of the various galleries and when they were uploaded.

Not mine, unfortunately. Roses were so unsuccessful when I tried to plant them here two years ago that I haven’t gotten up my courage to try again.

Since I was in the neighborhood Saturday morning, I walked for a while around Palmer Park. After the dry winters of the past few years, it seems remarkable to still see so much snow on Pikes Peak.

I took this photo this morning of Rags and Lily from the deck with my new Kodak DX7590 digital camera. The aspect of these photos are different from the ones that I took with my DX3900: I think they are closer in aspect to “traditional” photos.