Spring is fading fast giving way to summer, but as the brief green of spring turns brown, the cactus continue their springtime show with a wonderful display of colors as they make their annual bloom.
Shock
“Your mother has been in a rollover accident and has been airlifted to the hospital.” This was the message I received at 11:00 this morning. Unbelievably, my mom was relatively unscathed, as was her dog Guido. No broken bones, no concussion, just some scraped-up hands from the broken glass. Looking at the car above, the puncture in the roof from the tree she rolled on, or the scene of the accident and how close she was to hitting a metal pole or going into a drainage ditch, my mom, sisters, great aunt, grandfather, and everyone else who loves my mom is lucky to have her around today.
Autostitch
Today, I read about a piece of software called Autostitch and promptly downloaded it. Autostitch automatically and without user intervention pulls together panorama photos.
The above photo is comprised of five individual images taken in portrait mode. On our way to a camping trip on the Colorado River north of Peach Springs in January of 2002, we stopped for a bite to eat at Delgadillo’s Snow Cap Drive-In Burger Shop on Route 66 in Seligman, Arizona. This photo is the inside of the shop. Sadly, tonight, we learned that the founder, Mr. Juan Delgadillo, passed away this past year. His sons are carrying on the business so be sure to get off the I-40 when you are in northern Arizona and head on down old Route 66 to Seligman and check out this great slice of roadside Americana.
The Autostitch software doesn’t always work perfectly, but for the price and ease of use, everyone should give it a try!
Click Here – to view a panorama of Lake Powell, Arizona, made with Autostitch.