Book 'Em, Danno

I don't really have any new photos to share right now. However, as I was digging around through my computer, I came across this shot from a photo book a few years ago. I kind of like this arrangement.

We are looking towards a family reunion in Ouray sometime soon. Here are a couple of shots from the last one back in 2011, captured from a slideshow I put together. The grandkids are now bigger and a new one will join us this time.

And here is a photo book page from a trip in 2012. We are definitely seeing increased decay on Yankee Girl mine header nowadays.

History Quiz: Why are they called the LA Dodgers? Well, they were originally founded in Brooklyn. Does that give you a clue? OK, the team was first founded as the Brooklyn Grays in 1883. In 1888, they became the Brooklyn Bridegrooms because six members of the team got married during the season. The team moved in 1891 to Eastern Park which was surrounded by horse-drawn trolley lines. When the Brooklyn Rapid Transit started to replace the rickety old trolleys with fast-moving trolley cars powered by a new-fangled thing called electricity, people started getting killed because the cars moved quickly and they were not used to looking both ways. By the time 1895 rolled around, Brooklyn had earned itself a reputation, and the newspaper writers across the country bestowed a new title on the city’s baseball team. The first use of the team name Trolley Dodgers actually popped up in print over a hundred miles away from Brooklyn. The name stuck. Soon many newspapers were referring to Brooklyn’s baseball team as the Trolley Dodgers. Over time, the Trolley Dodger moniker was shortened to Dodgers. The baseball club officially acknowledged the nickname in 1933, when it put “Dodgers” on its jerseys. In 1958, the Dodgers moved West, but the Los Angeles Dodgers kept the name. Interesting, right?

Are your houses hot during the summer? We have a time during the afternoon when our electric rates are quadrupled, so we want to stay as cool as possible during those critical hours. But we also want to eat healthy foods. That means we will likely be looking for ways to cook that won't heat the house. What about using the grill? Here are some hints to help you with that, and help with clean-up afterwards.

Could you find London on a map? It seems whoever created this graphic could not. Take a look and see if you can tell what's wrong?

I'm struggling finding more content for today, and I don't feel like struggling this morning. I'll just share today's Clarity of Vision and get my day started. See you tomorrow.