I want to thank Jim and Arlene again for having Lisa and I down to Arizona. It was a really special experience for me and they were very accommodating while we were their guests. All in all it was the single most memorable vacation to date!

Now back to business though. I have been playing with startrails a little more lately and have had a few chances to get away from the city lights enough to have a good show. This was taken in Northern Scottsdale on a semi clear night. The exposure for this picture was a little bit more than an hour of time creating the streaking effect. I hope to go out either tonight or tomorrow and capture some more striking compositions with the stars in them in Credit River Township south of the cities. I would be staying with Brian and Liljana, friends of the family.

Merry Christmas to all of you and remember the holiday season is not about gifts or giving. It is about forgetting and forgiving all the bad and the worse that has happened and moving forward in life with the good human nature that we try to achieve.