9/18/21

Pole tags

Called service tags when I was a kid. My dad worked for Southwestern Bell.
If you walk the alleys you'll see them on evey pole. The older tags are lead.
Brag: My dad was involved in the Southwestern Bell wildcat strike in history in 1963.
He carried a picket sign that read Ma Bell is a Bad Mother......

The 6th decade

Selfie, 2015. Back when I was an athlete.

The rattle of Suspicion

Girl, I miss you

Beautiful Dee.

The First Decade

I recall those horrible peach and white dresses my mom had made for us. Probably Easter. They were made of glazed calico: Chintz. It felt gross.
Luckily, I quickly grew out of it while my older sister wore it all summer.

Your Daily Golden Moment

Hollywood closeup.

Jeanne

Visiting from SF during my TKR recovery. 2013.

9/16/21

View of the Arch from the Cabin and the drive down.

Pist: Why do we call it our cabin? There isn't a river or stream.
Me: I call it the club house.
Pist: I HATE the cell tower.

9/12/21

The Weasel

This popping mortar joint recalled an old boss who would whistle, Pop goes the Weasel, and somehow make it surreal. I miss you Wally Rosen.

9/10/21

Henri

This is Henry, he's the local scrapper that's been in my neighborhood for over a decade.
I really enjoy Henry. He's helped me with some alley/garage moving stuff in and out in the past, He liberated a DVD I wanted from a player I was handing to him by taking the whole machine apart for me.
I had been to dinner with my neighbor Gary and walking back home I spotted Henry outside of 7-11.
I had watched Storied Streets last week (and so should you) and wanted to tell Henry's story so I was happy to encounter him. He and his wife live in a rent to own house about 3/4 miles south of me. They raised 7 children. Henry told me, It seemed like every time I touched my zipper she was pregnant!!!
He didn't make eye contact with me while telling me that.
He's 60. He was showing me lottery tickets that people toss into the dumpster without realizing they've won.
He's collected quite a bit of money with them.
He told me he really feels 'for the foreigners' who come here and don't understand the tickets. Once he verified a winning ticket for a woman who didn't speak English via gesturing.
People assume Henry is homeless. He's not.

Best Friend

Bando

Porch with a View

The view from the second floor back porch has increased with the removal of a silver maple.

The yesterday of understanding, the said.

9/8/21

Piazza del Duomo in the Tuscan town of Pietrasanta

Marble sculpture by Italian artist, Fabio Viale. He reproduced famous antiquity sculptures and then stained them using a by injecting ink directly into the marble. WOW!

9/2/21

The absolute worst in city planning

The perched lights. I mean, even the Deskeys! The horror.

A bee bath that I made

A bird visited.

How a Golden says I love you

All of them do it. It's a breed thing. They press their brow against you.
They are also exceptionally stubborn and will fall to the ground and refuse to move if directed to leave the park.

Head over heels

Cortisone = Walkability

Hush baby

The rub, the stain on my flesh