Photos and comments from Arizona and around the world
How do we accomodate genealogy into a busy lifestyle? One of the more common issues I hear from younger people who are interested in genealogy is that they are so busy that they have no time to do genealogy. Now, we raised seven children and we had four...
These shore birds were so busy finding their daily food in the mud at the bottom of the pond that they took no notice of me standing there on the shore taking photographs. I suppose that had I gotten too close they would have flown away, but they were...
It is amazing what is going on here at RootsTech 2013. There seems to be an endless stream of interesting people to talk to and discover new opportunities. Right now I am sitting in a panel discussion for the Family History Information Standards Organization...
It is not easy to take photos sitting in a vast audience and listening to the superb music of the Tabernacle Choir on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. You may have to excuse some of the technical limitations of this photo, but I hope some small...
RootsTech is more than just another trade show/conference where people get together to talk about products and pump up employees. The core of the RootsTech Conference is a celebration of family values and turning the hearts of the fathers to their children...
As Bloggers, we were invited to attend a special in depth tour of the Mormon Tabernacle on Temple Square and then attend an open Mini-Concert called "Land That I Love" featuring the Irving Berlin song "God Bless America." It was a fabulous, and for some...
Since this is the afternoon sun, this must be the Atlantic Ocean. Can you recognize me?
Some photos are iconic. This is one of them. There is nothing so typical of the ocean than a seagull sitting on a post sticking out of the water. But I like the photo anyway.
It is sad to see such beautiful creatures stranded after a high tide. I love to watch jellyfish swim through the ocean but I am always very aware of the pain that can be caused by touching one of the filaments they use to catch their food. They are sort-of...
From a Press Release from FamilySearch: RootsTech 2013 announced today which of its conference sessions would be streamed online for free. Over 5,000 people have already registered to attend the popular conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 21-23,...
This is new Gilbert Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being built just south of where I live in Mesa. It is an imposing and beautiful structure and will be even more so when the grounds are completely landscaped. We have enjoyed...
It a pilot program, FamilySearch revealed that the RootsTech Conference would be broadcast to locations around the world with simultaneous translation for those who do not speak English. Thanks to Holly Hansen of Family History Expos, she was able to...
This view of the Papago Buttes is about as iconic as you can get in illustrating the desert around Phoenix. This view is a familiar to me as my own backyard and we have two saguaro cactus growing in our yard also.
This is a photo of the creeping devil cactus, the long one in front of the other cactus. This particular cactus was the very first one planted at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix. It grows along the ground and the older parts of the cactus die...
This evening official RootsTech bloggers will descend on Salt Lake City, we are all excited to learn and share all that we can with you. If you are attending RootsTech it is a sure bet you will not be able to attend every class on your wish list. But...
My recent post on the Genealogy Age Gap has engendered some interesting comments. I would like to quote one comment in particular from Anonymous: Wow, as a 30-something person who DOES do genealogy and who KNOWS many young people who are interested,...
This next week, I will be attending the RootsTech 2013 conference. I have one class presentation on Friday Afternoon at 4:15 to 5:15 on Finding the Obscure and the Elusive: Geographic Information on the Web. The rest of the time I will be attending classes...
Of course we don't have oceans and so we don't technically have driftwood, but the Arizona Desert can create some of the same types of forms out of the woody interior of the cactus rather than from trees. I am not sure I see a face in this wood, but I...
I have absolutely no theories about this unique sign. I don't want to imagine the circumstances that went into the need for its posting. I think this is one of the imponderables of modern society and should be left for quiet contemplation. Leave well...
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This was a really spooky experience. How many times do you meet a ghost chipmunk? Fortunately, he had no feet so he couldn't move too fast and we outran him easily.
The scale of the Grand Canyon is so large, you can't really get a proper perspective without something like these clouds to give you and idea how far down into the earth it really goes. This view changed while I stood on the Rim taking pictures. Every...
Genealogy's Star Next week Google may launch a major interface overhaul to its Google Maps program. The new design is said to include everything from the map colors to the text formats. The Navigation elements, now on the left-hand side of the screen,...
In the night she haunts my dreams and her thin shade wakes me from a sound sleep. She is Mary, b. abt 1800 in Ohio. She and her sister shades are the minions of those of the missing maiden name (MMN) with the common given name. All of us have these ghosts...
