It was 50 years ago today I saw the Beatles in Las Vegas at the Convention Center. To say that it was life changing is not an exaggeration.
Beatles at The Convention Center
Yesterday's storms created quite a sunset:
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Stormy Sunset
Of course when everything gets drenched nature comes out to play. Here is our night blossoming cactus in the back yard this morning:
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Storm Nocturnal Blossoms
The roads were torn up in quite a few places, especially in the washes, with buckled pavement and ripped out asphalt.
Got a history talk tonight over at Cartwrights at six this evening. Going to be talking about this:
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An early mock-up layout of "The 66 Kid."
"All his own geese are swans, as the swans of others are geese."
—Horace Walpole