We’ve all recovered from our flu bug and and felt well enough to head to the ocean. We had a great time this weekend playing at Salt Creek Beach. We’d never been before, usually heading to Crystal Cove State Park instead.
A gallery of random shots from the month of January includes Knower’s famous orange, a panoramic shot of O’Neill Regional Park, a few cool sunsets and some crazy surfers. Check it out.
After all of the excitement on Mars pictures from Earth seems pretty bland, right? Nah, not really :) I worked up two more galleries while listening to the Opportunity Rover feed on NASA TV. Enjoy!
A few more links re: What Color is Mars? from yesterday. Seems Barry wasn’t alone in questioning the accuracy of color panoramas.
What started as a simple question and some interesting images on Martian Soil has turned into a fun ride down conspiracy lane! A few rational comments on color calibration of the pictures coming back from the Spirit Rover led me to do a little Googling and reading. Apparently the color of Mars, our reasons for exploring and other topics have been the subject of conspiracy theorists for years. Check out this sampling of links on a blue(r) Mars:
A few more galleries today. First up is lunch at the Square in Marietta. We had Cuban, with Emma eating her first plantaine. Yummy! On Dec 29 (our 7th wedding anniversary) we went to the Pink Pig at Lenox Mall. This Atlanta tradition returned after a decade on hiatus. It was great to be able to take Emma.
The day after Christmas we headed up to Toccoa for a few days to visit my grandfather and the rest of the crew. I’ve been lucky to know all of my grandparents, lots of my great aunts and uncles as well as more cousins than I can count.
This was the first year that Emma kinda sorta (maybe) knew what was going on at Christmas. She had a blast opening presents. Of course, she was content for several hours after opening the first toy (her Strawberry Shortcake stroller and doll). Nevermind the others waiting for her under the tree :)
Not. The entire Northcutt clan (west coast, anyway) has been battling the flu for the past two weeks. Marla and Emma both caught it while we were in Atlanta for the holidays. I left them there, giving them extra time to get feeling better and hoping I’d avoid the bug. I was not so lucky and have been suffering a 102 fever for the past few days.
