Still It's A Long Road

Things have been a little quiet here for good reason. On the road.

I just finished a very long solo road trip through the heart of America, from Rochester, NY back home here to Palm Springs - beginning in the Great Lakes region, down south through the Shenandoah Valley, across the mid-South, joining the route of old historic Route 66, and finally through the California desert.

It was fun, boring, and mainly tiring. I've been home for 24 hours and am still shaking. Such road trips are for the younger, I believe.

But I made it in one piece and will have some (I hope) interesting things to say and even more interesting pictures to post here in due time.

My Own Backyard

Tin Man: What have you learned, Dorothy?

Dorothy: Well, I - I think that it - it wasn't enough to just want to see Uncle Henry and Auntie Em - and it's that - if I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right?

So, a few pictures from my own backyard are in order here.

Spring is a great time for things in bloom in the desert.

Sadie the Sometimes Wonder Dog.
She doesn't like to swim, but loves to float.

I don't know the name of this bush,
but it's in spectacular bloom this week.