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Our Two Houses, AZ and CA
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DSC_0027 (Sunset summer, 2009)
DSC_0049 (Sunrise 2009)
DSC_0054 (Sunset looking due south, not west)
DSC_0071 (Sunrise)
DSC_0078 (Sunrise)
DSC_0101 (Sunset)
DSC_0118 (Sunset)
DSC_0135 (Sunrise north half)
DSC_0136 (Sunrise south half)
I17 S of Falgstaff Nov07 2007 (Sunrise on way back from Flagstaff)
Rainbow over Bell Rock 070309 (Afternoon rainbow summer monsoon season)
Snow 2 inches 02100902 (Winter morning to southeast 1 of 5 snows 2009 (quite a few, 2-3 are normal))
Snow 2 inches 02100906 (Winter morning to east)
Snow 2 inches 02100907 (East from front porch)
Snow 2 inches 02100908 (Front yard from front porch, later in day starting to melt)
Snow 2 inches 02100909 (Front yard Feb 2009)
Birds Summer 2010 05 (Finches in front yard Summer 2010)
Birds Summer 2010 01 (Finch)
BoB House Spring Wildflowers 026 051708 (BoB House Spring Wildflowers 05/17/08)
BoB House Spring Wildflowers 001 051708 (BoB (Back o' Beyond Ranch) House Spring Wildflowers 051708)
BoB House Spring Wildflowers 008 051708 (All these wildflower shots are in our front yard. They grow because I never mow the rocks.)
BoB House Spring Wildflowers 009 051708 (BoB House Spring Wildflowers 051708)
BoB House Spring Wildflowers 013 051708 (BoB House Spring Wildflowers 051708)
BoB House Spring Wildflowers 015 051708 (BoB House Spring Wildflowers 051708)
BoB House Spring Wildflowers 016 051708 (BoB House Spring Wildflowers 051708)
BoB House Spring Wildflowers 020 051708 (BoB House Spring Wildflowers 051708)
Select Paul's Early 08 016 resized (The Sedona House from the private drive entry. The left hand windows are my study/control room for the observatory, the dome (note it opens like a clamshell--it does not have a slit and does not rotate, the 2 arched windows are above the kitchen near the 21 foot ceiling of the Great Room, and the Portales with the ballastrades sets over the covered entrance to the 4 garaages. At the far right is the View Portales, another circular (semi circle) covered porch, or portales. Darn, I need to mow the rocks.)
BoB House early 2008013 051708 (Sedona Room)
Cath Rock Obs 111209 11 (From Portales up to Observatory Deck)
Cath Rock Obs 111209 04 (Inside clamshell dome showing 16" f/5.5 Newtonian telescope on German Equitorial Mount)
Cath Rock Obs 111209 07 (We hardly ever observe anymore unless some one comes over and wants to for an hour or so. It takes about 5 minutes to set up in the dark--turn on computer, open dome, remove 20" diameter tube end caps, and pop in eyepiece--oh and turn on the Telrad, the 1x finder on the front of the tube undeer the eyepiece holder.)
Cath Rock Obs 111209 08 (Front to rear: Halpha filter solar telescope, 4" Newtonian (setting flat on spare pier--I use that scope mostly for photo--makes a good 1000mm f10 telephoto lens--I was the only one in Africa that got bird pictures--a good bird picture requires you get the eye of the bird), 4" Newtonian (silver on short tripod), 5 inch refractor, and a few binoculars. I have more binos in various cars. The Newtonians (Newts) are reflectors, that is they use ground mirrors rather than ground lenses, one flat one concave; the refractor uses refracted light, light bent by conventional lens. Each has it advantages, but all large scopes are reflectors.)
Cath Rock Obs 111209 09 (And finally my first scope, a "C8," Celestron 8 inch diameter Schmidt Cassigrain design on the green pier, and my 4 In Chinese military binoculars on a mount I made. lIn the background is Bell Rock just visible beyond the dome, Castle Rock, and 1/2 of Cathedral Rock fro which my observatory is named, Cathedral Rock Observatory. Also the neighbor's house across the road, from St. Paul (the neighbors, not the house.))
11 Rosemary Court 102609 026
11 Rosemary Court 102609 056
11 Rosemary Court 102609 038
Select Paul's Early 08 018 (Front view of the house with a better view of the Portales and View Portales. They were building anoter house across the road behind us when this was taken. The neighborhood is really getting crowded--there are 50 lots, on house sets on 3 lots, and there are about 18 others. The rest may never be built, because you can buy a house in Sedona (So CA prices) cheaper than building one. Notice the sky. Being from southern California, I don't trust air you can't see.)
Select Paul's Early 08 019 (Cathedral Rock on a hazy day from the Portales.)
Select Paul's Early 08 042 (Rear quarter of the house. Third floor Terrace was Dad's rose garden, he and Mom lived in 3 rooms and 2 baths through that door on the right. Doors flanked by windows on left is to balcony that hangs over Great Room. On ground floor is David's patio and his bedroom. Cathedral Rock base is in background, about 3/4 mile away.)
Select Paul's Early 08 015 (From the main road behind the house to the right cut into the mountain. the twin spires are the "Two Sisters" standing watch over the Catholic Chapel of the Red Rocks, built into the rocks below.)
Select Paul's Early 08 031 (From the front porch, twind buttes (incompete), Court House, Bell Rock, and Castle Rock.)
Select Paul's Early 08 026 (Humming Bird at feeder in front yard)
Select Paul's Early 08 045 (Getting set up for a Star Party. Once in a while when neighbors ask me what kind of scope to buy, I throw a Star Party and invite the local amateur astronomy club, who set up in the drive way. Then I invite all my other friends and they can walk around and look through a variety of scopes to decide for themselves by direct comparison of price and performance. The BBQ of the Summer Kitchen is up the 4 stairs between the Portales and the Observatory deck which is another 4 steps up. The kitchen windows are at the right. They are motarized and open up the kitchen/great room on summer evenings. I often leave them open all night, and if I remember to close them by 9 AM, I rarely have to turn on the A/C. The two doors in the center is the study/observatory control room off the bedroom, the window overlooking the Summer Kitchen.)
Select Paul's Early 08 070 (The party late afternoon. We eat a BBQ then at dark it is lights out and observing. I have several settings on the lighting system part of Crestron Home Automation that can be turned on by computer on the internet (and some daily automatic ones). The manual ones I set on the computer are Party (all lights set somewhat dim throughout the house), Observing (nearly all lights off except for safety, which lights are very dim, and Imaging, which is total house darkness when I take photos with a CCD camera.)
Select Paul's Early 08 043 (Prior to dusk of the star party. These 2 astronomers are all set up and relaxing waiting for dinner and darkness.)
Select Paul's Early 08 069 (Inside the partially open dome with some neighbors, one outside looking in. The nice thing about the clamshell dome is it gives protection of the scope and equipment and computer from the rain and snow, but when opened, you are outside under the ink black Sedona skies sprinkled with the pinpoint diamonds of stars, so you truly experience the night sky.. With a slit rotating dome, you are inside, and have to stick your head and shoulder out to get your bearings after a couple of rotations of the dome.)
Select Paul's Early 08 062 (Dusk starting, scope cooling down to evening temperature)
Select Paul's Early 08 049 (Getting set up for party. We usually have 2 or 3 to help, we do dishes every day, so why after a party? I do cook all party food, however.)
Select Paul's Early 08 046 (Sedona Room with Twin Buttes through one corner butt joint window, and Bell Rock through the other. Rolling wall of 3 12 foot motorized doors that open about 12 feet on to Portales is to right. I think some other views of the doors open are elsewhere.)
Select Paul's Early 08 059 (Master Bedroom)
Select Paul's Early 08 063 (View Portales off main Portales)
Select Paul's Early 08 067 (Powder Room off GReat Room across the hall from the Theater)
Sunrise 120708 002 (I KNEW I had uploaded these two pics--I just could not find them--they are worth another view--Sunrise about 4:30 AM early summer. This east facing photo is continued in the next one taken pointing SE)
Sunrise 120708 001 (Good pic to leave AZ and go to So CA.)
Anaheim Home 061312 -000 (Our new home in Anaheim when it was still a model for the 25 home track. Sales shack was to the right, later they built the last 2 of the 25 there and on the parking lot and took down the fence (having decided they could trust me.))
Anaheim Home 061312 -001 (Entry with sales manager and Sharon the day we bought the house. We had to agree to rent it back till they got all the others sold which took from May to mid November. We moved into the fully furnished house, decorating and appliances and flat screen and Blue Ray player included. This model had all the upgrades they offered. House is 4 BR 3 BA with a finished loft which is a study with twin desks built in for 2 computers and the large flat screen.)
Anaheim Home 061312 -002 (Dining room and living Room from kitchen)
Anaheim Home 061312 -003 (Kitchen in right foreground, living room and entry from dining room. We replaced the display plastic "TV" over the fireplace with a real 60" one, so have 2 in the house now.)
Anaheim Home 061312 -004 (Spacious southern California back yard. Step out slowly so you can stop in time to not hit the wall. Any one wants to visit So CA, we'll meet you there and put you up for a couple of days while you see the sights. We go there so I can buy the hardware and tools and supplies I can't get in the piddly little town of Sedona (which does have a Safeway, Office Depot, and Walgreens--and there is a Home Depot and WalMart 22 miles away in Cottonwood. Oh, yeah, Ace Hardware. So I take the shopping list to CA and drive the truck to haul the stuff back from Cal Aero Surplus, Harbor Freight, etc. Oh and I meet the property manager and tour the properties there on inspections. I am still in business.)

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