@wissox83 It is such a struggle with life and death in the animal world. I cringe when I see the fox with a lizard, but a road runner with a snake makes me happy, now a LOON!! That was something to see.

Hard work = these beauties! Happy Saturday

NASA just announced that #Voyager 1 will reach 1 light-day from Earth at 12:16:07 a.m. CST on November 18, 2026. At that point, any signal we send to the spacecraft will take 24 hours to reach it. (2 days before my birthday!)

I worked with an attorney who was on the Board of Directors of McDonald Observatory and he would bring me 11 x 17 official and stunning photographs from Hubble Telescope along with reading material. I have dozens of the most famous of its findings. On the back or a slip of paper inside would reveal what it is. This below is the globular cluster NGC 6723, also known as the Chandelier Cluster. Each of its ‘lightbulbs’ is an individual star 27,000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius (the Archer) Globular clusters contain some of the oldest stars in our galaxy with some clusters nearly as old as the Universe itself! Exactly how globular clusters form is not yet known...... but observing programmes using Hubble have revealed clues to the history of globular clusters like NGC 6723, which appears to have undergone two periods of star formation.

Anybody else think of Jaybate when you read "rookie shoe deal"? I did and had a good laugh.

BREAKING: #2 Draft pick Darryn Peterson has signed a massive long-term deal with Adidas to headline the next generation of the brand. ️ The total value commitment makes the explosive wing scorer’s Adidas contract a Top 5 richest rookie shoe deal in NBA history, per sources.
https://x.com/NickDePaula/status/2069576009679360330/video/1

We all have homework this summer! Need to learn a whole lot of new faces and names. Test will come on Late Night!!!

Another picture of Hattie under the bird feeder, apparently eating the shells from the black sunflower seeds in the feeder. The birds do NOT like her being there. Male Cardinals dive bomb her.

My heartfelt condolences to you and your family

Voyager 1 is getting close to reaching one light DAY after travelling all this time through interstellar space. It boggles the mind what technology from September of 1977 has produced. The distance of Voyager 1 from Earth is currently 25,454,331,948.8 kilometers, equivalent to 170.1516995509 Astronomical Units. Light takes 23h 35m 6.512s to travel from Voyager 1 and arrive to us. I follow it on Twitter and it posts it's location throughout the day. On the flip side, it is such an incredibly small distance to cover over all this time when compared to the distance of neighboring stars. It's simultaneously a major achievement and very humbling. Your phone charger is smarter than the computer on Voyager 1.

@nuleafjhawk Sorry for your loss, sincerely. During the freeze of 2021 I lost 17 really tall palm trees that were behind my garden/solarium. Not to mention the many limbs that came down from my live oaks. It hurts to lose a friend!

Wonder who #1 pick will be? Wizards are first up. I think DP may have climbed back to #1.

I got a !!

One thing I miss in Texas is BIG trees like what grow up in Kansas. I have always wanted to see these majestic trees and have never gotten to.

@AsadZ said in World Cup:

Watching Spain vs KSA game I feel bad for Saudi Arabia goalie

This Saudi team is pretty bad

All that money spent by the Prince's people> They may not live long for embarrasing the Kindgdom.

I just noticed that one of the sotols out back under the Washitonian palm has another big bloom coming up. It's about head high. It's the rain.

Happy Father's Day Bucketeers! Here's a couple of photos I scanned of Mike's bench he built for his office. Miss him.

This guy was busy rebuilding his web after more heavy rain last night. He's in liriope, which bloomed due to all the rain we've had. Some plants are white blooms that remind me somewhat of my favorite flower (that I can't grow here ) lily of the valley
Some of the other plants produce purple flowers. I haven't had to turn on the sprinkler system nor do any outdoor watering of plants due to the rain we have been blessed to get. I picked beans for a third time and there are still new blossoms on the plants!! Best year ever!!

LFG USA