OCT 16, 22 .. LET'S TAKE A SHORT TRIP TO BRAZIL ..

Loran, our very good friend down in Phoenix, Arizona, was born in the United States. He lived in Brazil during his formative years from ages 11 to 19. Loran has a great love for Brazil and has numerous family members who live there permanently.

Loran visiting Brazil this past September / October.

Loran spells Brazil with an 's' as in Brasil. This is how Brazil is spelled in the Portuguese language.

It is very VERY HOT during September, in Phoenix, Arizona. In Brazil, September is in the early spring and the weather is (to quote Loran) gorgeous! Each year, to get a little respite from the Arizona heat, he goes South to Brazil for approximately one month.

Loran visits the city of Salvador, in the Brazilian State of Bahia.

https://www.google.com/maps/@-16.2508465,-54.7297453,5z

Can you find Salvador on the above map? It is on the Eastern Coastline of Brazil. IF you're trying to find Salvador on your smart phone, it takes 'a little doing' to do so!

Loran was so kind as to send us the below photos taken during his recent visit.

Absolutely magnificent churches!

How about a trip to a local, outdoor market!

Some floral scenes taken in Salvador.

Thank You So Very VERY Much Loran for sharing with all of us your photos of Salvador, Brazil.

Cap and Patti

OCT 11, 22 .. THE TALE OF TWO DAYS IN OCTOBER .. SNOW AND SUNSHINE !!

In case you haven't seen it yet, you can revisit yesterday's post by clicking onto the below link ..

http://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2022/10/oct-10-22-october-10th-our-first-snow.html

In yesterday's post, we showed photos of our first snow of the upcoming 2022-23 winter season.

The title of yesterday's post ended with a Rhetorical Question ..

OCTOBER THE 10TH .. OUR FIRST SNOW .. IS WINTER COMING TO THE NORTH ??

Our good friend and ally Gullible, commented to our Rhetorical Question as follows ..

"Is winter coming to the north?" As inevitable as the tides will flood and ebb, as the sun will rise and set, as the moon will orbit the earth, and the Steller's jays will come for peanuts, winter is coming to the north.

We replied ..

Great words Gullible, absolutely, positively great words!! Thanks so very much for your support!! Will Gullible return to experience the joy of African wildlife? That is as inevitable as the tides and their flooding and ebbing !! Cap and Patti

We began yesterday's post with the following words..

Oh yes! We DO know! After all we DO live here! This first snow will not stay on the ground too long.

We ended yesterday's post with these words..

And tomorow? Does The Shadow know? Stay tuned!

Tomorrow has arrived. We hope some of you are still tuned into our website.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022 at our condo in Anchorage, Alaska

We are not going to show each and every photo from yesterday's post, but we will show a few of them to refresh your memories.

Yesterday, OCTOBER 10, 2022

Looking out from our living room window.

What a difference a day makes!

Today, OCTOBER 11, 2022, an absolutely stunning day!

Gord 48025! Even with having experienced 30°F two consecutive nights, Patti's petunias are still looking good!

Looking back at our condo. What a magnificent day!!

Oh yes, yes indeed, it was 30°F last night, so there still is some snow in the deep shade.

Yesterday OCTOBER 10, 2022

Looking out at the street side of our condo.

Today OCTOBER 11, 2022

Our Chevrolet Suburban

Yesterday OCTOBER 10, 2022

Today OCTOBER 11, 2022

As you can see, he is parked in the deep shade so he still has just a little snow keeping his windshield wipers company!

When we went out to go to our meeting, that innocent looking snow was frozen solid to the windshield! So out came our ice scraper and a little elbow grease to get the glass clear for the windshield wipers to move freely.

Our last look at yesterday and today.

Oh Yes! We ARE enjoying our very nice day, today, October the 11th 2022. 

Smiling .. Cap and Patti

OCT 10, 22 .. OCTOBER THE 10TH .. OUR FIRST SNOW .. IS WINTER COMING TO THE NORTH ??

Oh yes! We DO know! After all we DO live here! This first snow will not stay on the ground too long. But even for Alaska, it is on the 'early' side of things for any snow to stay on the ground as long as today's snow managed to accomplish!

In the first photo, you cannot see the snow falling, but trust us the snow was falling. So 'just for the heck of it' and 'you never know', I snapped this first photo.

I lay down to take a short half-hour nap. When I arose will you all just look what had occurred!

The snow had continued to fall and it was remaining on the ground. This morning it was 30°F on our thermomenter and our petunias were wondering what was happening.

Looking out front. The next photo was taken from our bedroom.

Now we are out on our front porch.

And tomorow? Does The Shadow know? Stay tuned!

Cap and Patti