Picture of the Day - Post-Storm #3

Today I decided to sneak onto one of my favorite rockhounding spots (#3) in Templeton and see what I could find after the recent rains washed away more soil but after things had dried enough to walk on the dirt. It was almost too muddy to be there but I did find two pieces of Miocene-era petrified whale bone and a gorgeous brecciated jasper with agate fill which I plan to have Galen polish for me. Photo by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved).

Camp Fire Update 11/17/18

Picture of the Day - Lava Lamp and Rocki

Today I pulled my old giant lava lamp (last fired it up in 2009) out of storage. By the grace of God I found a light bulb (100W R-20) which I still had which used to be in it). After much cleaning up the base and bottle, I fired it up. Tonight I captured this scene as my feline friend and I enjoyed the new ambiance in our living space. Photo by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved).

Moon-rise Over Spring Fire

From the first day of the Spring Fire (yesterday) in Costilla County, Colorado, it has been an exceptionally photogenic and dramatic-looking fire. Tonight was no exception as this freeze-frame from live-streaming Viaero webcam convincingly demonstrates. Image courtesy of Viaero Wireless.

Current California Wildland Fires (6/28/2018)

*Updated 6/28/2018-12:13 p.m.

Seventy-Four Years Ago Right Now

This was happening tonight here, but early tomorrow morning there:


For my foreign readers who are not familiar with this event, this was the Western Allied amphibious assault (a.k.a. Operation Neptune) on German forces in Normandy, France, as the tip of the spear of a broader invasion of Nazi-controlled Western Europe known as Operation Overlord in June, 1944, per the agreement at the Tehran Conference a year earlier.

I just had a profound & profund realization & revelation.... while heavily buzzed on a delightful red blend.