Photos and comments from Arizona and around the world
When you visit the Grand Canyon, the contrast is between the approach which is through relatively flat land and the sudden edge or rim of the Canyon with it breathtaking vistas. But the Canyon is so large that first visitors do not appreciate the scale...
Piñon Pine cones make piñon nuts or pine nuts, one of my favorite things. The nuts have been used for food by the native inhabitants of the Southwest for thousands of years and are a staple for squirrels and other small animals. As trees go, most piñons...
You are not usually surprised by storms and weather up on the Colorado Plateau. You can usually see for almost a hundred miles and impending storms are pretty obvious. Here the sky was already overcast, but you can see the bank of clouds moving over the...
Even though it is still hidden on a secondary page of FamilySearch.org under the link called "Learn," the FamilySearch Research Wiki keeps evolving and this week it got a new look to the startup page. Here is a screen shot of part of the new page: Of...
I recently wrote about the paucity of source citations in a number of surname books about my ancestral lines. The basic issue here is my inability to confirm or deny the information without doing my own research. Let's say I look at the following book: Tanner,...
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Navel oranges are some of our favorites. When we moved to our new home a few years ago, we very soon purchased and planted a navel orange tree. It has been growing now for a few years and has wonderful fruit.
By definition, the desert gets little precipitation, but this is especially true in the winter when most of the desert plants go dormant from the cooler weather. This dormancy does create some spectacular forms and colors. Every season has its surprises...
www.gallup.com Americans, on average, say their ideal weight is 162 pounds, the highest to date in Gallup trends going back to 1990. The increase in reported ideal weight tracks the increase in Americans' reported actual weight over the same time.
news.cnet.com There is no greater post-Thanksgiving tradition than witnessing what the craving for gadgets has done to humanity. Here's some of the first footage of the Zombie Apocalypse, Walmart-style. Read this article by Chris Matyszczyk on CNET N...
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Getting different parts of the Grand Canyon to come out in a photo is quite a challenge. You can see from this picture that there is a huge contrast in the light-to-dark portions of the photo. All you can do is try to do the best you can to capture the...
If you look in the sidebar, you will see a list of my upcoming conferences and expos. I'm off to Florida this weekend, 8 February through the 12th, for conferences with the Brevard Genealogical Society, the Genealogical Society of South Brevard, the Indian...
www.mormonnewsroom.org After nearly eight years of work, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has published an updated edition of its English-language scriptures and study aids in digital formats.
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I got a heads up on this new product from Devin Taylor, the CEO of Otter Creek Holdings. Otter Creek Holdings recently purchased the BillionGraves.com website. From a press release dated 8 February 2013: Otter Creek Holdings—in conjunction with BillionGraves,...
Because of some interesting circumstances, my participation in RootsTech has just gone into overdrive. More about this will be coming out today. But as a result, I am very busy at things other than writing blog posts. I hope to catch up sometime today...
I had some interesting discussions with a great variety of different organizations and companies. Right now, I am sitting in a class with Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage.com. His presentation is on Crowdsourcing. This subject has the goal of reducing the...
www.360cities.net 360° panoramic photography by James L. Tanner. Visit us to see more amazing panoramas from USA and thousands of other places in the world.
Well, I have yet to determine if there are any wizards in Mesa, Arizona, but we are off to see for ourselves. The road is mostly cement and asphalt rather than bricks however, so the title to this post is misleading. No matter how many times I look at...
One of the most interesting aspects of attending a huge conference such as RootsTech is the opportunity to network with people from around the world. In the afternoon, after spending time talking to various people, I attended a class on MyHeritage.com...
The idea of a small fortune seems contradictory; by definition a fortune should be large. But here is proof of the possibility. A flower that is worth a fortune in a small package. How would you ever know that a 2 inch cactus could produce such an effusion...
