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[Carl]

[bob kerr]

As the temperatures hit 100 deg F here in Tucson, all kinds of desert dwellers come out into the open. Saw the attached today - a rare sighting - my first.

bob

[Tobi]

[Chris Rayburn]

Handsome fellow Bob. I've never seen one in my travels through Arizona.

[James Catmur]

So we three are sat at home coping well, I think. My son got home from university (Glasgow) just in time so all three of us are trying to find a good way to live together. As the house is made up of two 1820s cottages we converted it back into three 'mini-flats'. So we each have our own bathroom, bedroom and office. The common rooms (the fourth 'flat') are the lounge, kitchen and 'rock room', where all the minerals live. We gather for meals and coffee now my son is out of the 7-day quarantine we put him in when he got home (as I have MS)

We have taken the opportunity to do some chores, sort out things and help run the local group that helps people who have to isolate, with a cloud database (I used to write database software many years ago). We have not done much with the minerals but hope to soon.

[Bruce Friedman]

I belive that varmint is a Gila Monster..indigenous to the area.
Any herpetologists out there to confirm?

Bruce

[Bruce Friedman]

Woops, just saw the label!

[Jordi Fabre]

Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 2020 canceled 😢

[Jordi Fabre]

The care teams

They are working more than 10-12 uninterrupted hours, every day and they have been doing it for months. They (badly) sleep in the Hospitals or, if they are lucky, in hotels enabled for them to avoid going back to their homes and passing the CV-19 on to their family members, and, above all, having to accompany each day to the people on his end and see how the people die without being able to even have their relatives close by.
Has anyone accompanied a family member at the time of their death? it's terrible. Imagine if your workday was to live that experience 10-12 hours every day clad in a kind of diving suit...
Heroes

[Riccardo Modanesi]

hi to everybody! Fully agree: they are truly heroes! In Italy almost 200 of them have given and lost their life for us. But now we are seeing a small light at the end of this bloody tunnel, and one day we will get back and meet one another at the mineralogical expositions or at mines and quarries and research minerals!
Greetings from Italy by Riccardo.

[Jordi Fabre]

Gea and her amazing displays

[Gail]

Jim has been home with me for 8 weeks. I like it. He is working from home and is much more productive and he is using his time NOT driving into the city.
I am doing photography and upgraded my cameras and lenses. Minerals, landscapes and wildlife mostly. I am happy, it’s my nature. Jim is happy, it’s his nature too.
We ride our Vespa scooters and take walks.
Here’s some of my photos.

[Jordi Fabre]

Leaf litter that the wind does not move

[Bruce Friedman]

Gail, that's a beautiful Yellow Rose of Texas. Depth of field is super. F16 or 18?

Bruce Friedman

[Jordi Fabre]

Today made me laugh the news that MTI publishes about an upcoming "clandestine mineral market" that wants to be held soon in Salamanca, Spain and that must be very safe because they say they follow "the health recommendations of our Beloved Leader" and in which also there will be "UV sanitization"

Anyway, I'm afraid that as you can see in the photo our future looks like being confined, masked, and also, sanitized! 😁