As Susan mentioned earlier, I have been traveling. My husband and I drove from Washington, DC (just as our cherry trees were flowering) to the Grand Canyon. We stayed there a few days, hiking and enjoying the jaw dropping views. It was very cold — we were caught in several snow squalls and had to buy extra cold weather gear. It was worth it!
After leaving the Grand Canyon, we drove down to Tucson for a little vacation with my daughter and her husband. My son and his girlfriend will join us in a few days.
I’d been promised that I would see a road runner while we’re in Tucson. Finally, this morning, I saw two of them. I took a not great video of one of them. I blame the quality of the video on Wile E. Coyote. I bought my camera from Acme, his favorite purveyor of goods.
Beep beep!! I warned you it was crappy video! (And I personally hate how youtube then plugs a bunch of random videos after you watch the one I’ve embedded, but I don’t know how to get rid of that.)
As for knitting, I’ve been working on a couple of projects and hope to have something finished to show you all when I get home.
From Susan — the video is great and the views amazing! I actually heard the ‘beep beep.’
Comment by lv2knit — April 4, 2016 @ 12:40 am
Oh good, now I’ll know a road runner when I see one! Back in the sixties a friend had some road runner earrings in turquoise. I cannot get that image out of my head and keep looking for real life turquoise road runners, so may have missed the real thing. I think your video of that elusive little creature and the Grand Canyon pictures are both amazing. Chloe
Comment by Chloe — April 4, 2016 @ 9:10 am
I’m ashamed to say that I never realized that a road runner was a real thing. How cool is that?
Comment by Samina — April 4, 2016 @ 9:17 am
Road runners are cool. They’re everywhere in southern NM & AZ, if you look. It’s just that they’re dust colored, so you have to pay attention. Quail, too.
Comment by Shiphrah — April 4, 2016 @ 10:44 am
I have always wanted to see a road runner…just because of the cartoon, but even with several trips to the southwest, I never have. Lucky you. Isn’t it amazing that the Grand Canyon looks the same regardless of the weather?
Comment by Ellen — April 4, 2016 @ 12:01 pm
Not a crappy video at all. Loved seeing an actual roadrunner!
Comment by Chris — April 4, 2016 @ 8:37 pm
Nothing wrong with the road runner video, and I particularly liked the shot of the rocks at the end – but then I’m a texture nut!
Comment by Pippa Jones — April 5, 2016 @ 9:37 am
Why is it that as soon as the video began, my mind was hearing…
“Roadrunner, the coyotes after you…”
Thanks for that. ??
Comment by Judy — April 5, 2016 @ 11:01 am
Your canyon views are fantastic. I saw my first roadrunners in south Texas on back farm roads. It was so cool as I had grown up in northern Illinois. I was doing a biology project for college identifying birds.
Comment by Helen — April 5, 2016 @ 1:58 pm
Sally,
Here’s how to turn off the “related videos”at the end of a YouTube video you’ve embedded.
On the YouTube page for your video, you click the “share” button, then select Embed. (This is the normal process you’e gone through before.)
Just under the field with the embed code is a “show more” link. Click that. Then scroll down, you will see four check boxes. Uncheck the first one – “Show suggested videos when the video finishes”. By unchecking this box, the embed code will change. Then copy the embed code and paste it on the page you want it to appear on.
HTH!!
Comment by Gretchen — April 5, 2016 @ 5:23 pm
Thank you to Gretchen for the YouTube tip. I’m going to start posting soon and that will help me a lot!
Comment by Chris — April 6, 2016 @ 7:12 pm