Visiting the Bullocks

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Last night all six of us here were the guests of Jack and Linda (Carol's sister in case you didn't know) Bullock. They arrived from Kelowna B.C. a few days ago and are staying in the Bayview Marina complex about three buildings further along from us.

Before riding up to their top floor apartment we showed Andrew and family the Bayview's pool area. Here is a part of the Bayview building from there ...
The Bullock's apartment is top left.

And here we are coming back from the pool area ...

When we arrived at their apartment Linda mentioned supper would follow the sunset, always a priority here because of the spacious and spectacular views. Watching it from the top floor of a high-rise building is no shabby vantage point either. Here we are on the balcony in anticipation ...
From left to right: Linda, Olivia, Andrew, Carol, Jack.

Clouds indeed add much flamboyance to the picture,
but we don't complain about days with cloudless skies.

It is interesting to contemplate that the yellow ball on the horizon is merely late-arriving light that left the sun eight minutes earlier, and that the actual sun is already below the horizon. This delayed image means if the sun were to suddenly vanish from the universe, we'd still see it in the sky for eight additional minutes. Would the earth also continue to orbit around a suddenly absent sun for eight minutes? Nobody knows for sure and, frankly, nobody wants to find out either, at least not the hard way. But I digress.

Linda made a truly delicious meal for us all which we all enjoyed along with lively conversation that for some reason never once touched on astrophysics.

The five minute walk home was along a well lit street lined with palm trees ...
Their bases are painted to hinder insects from climbing up these trees and doing damage. According to what I've read, either the paint has added sticky properties to trap them (I saw no stuck bugs), or it has a very smooth surface to deny them traction. Even if some should doggedly struggle upwards on the painted surface they become more visible to the birds that prey on them. Now you know.
Maybe.

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  1. Granny18 February 2020 at 10:08

    We had a delicious meal with great company and lots of laughs. Making memories with family!!

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