January 11, 2005
snapshots of winter break
| ROB, by now SUSPICIOUS of ALL OF NATURE, whirls in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and POINTS EMPHATICALLY. | ||
See! See, I was right! That saguaro cactus is giving me the finger! I am not imagining things! |
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CUT TO ROB, driving through a HIGH DESERT PASS. |
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Look! The rain is hitting that odd castle-like stone on purpose to spook me . . . or it's an advertising ploy for the movie Phantom of the Opera! Like I always say --- nature is a vast advertising scheme!
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CUT TO ROB, driving through a HIGH DESERT PASS. |
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Look! The rain is hitting that odd castle-like stone on purpose to spook me . . . or it's an advertising ploy for the movie Phantom of the Opera! Like I always say --- nature is a vast advertising scheme! < |
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Our mission: through our magical presence, to bring much needed relief from 8 years of drought to the suffering South-West of our nation. Mission: accomplished! Record rainfall continues to pour on the Los Angeles region. Here, left, a break in the clouds at fabulous Laguna Beach.
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| Bewildered cumuli roam skies Lake Pleasant, Arizona (artificial), looking for a place to leak , and embarrassing the hills with shade. |  |
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Show-offy saguaro cactus busting a gut to get our attention at Lake Pleasant (man-made). |
Come on! Have some dignity. |
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Palm trees take an extravagantly long time in line at the coffee shop in Blythe California . . .
. . . fumbling for change. |