Northlandia Leftovers 2

A sight to warm a pseudo-Floridian. I totally loved the little mini-blizzard we got within 48 hours of my arrival. The wonderment at how much we would get - the quiet hush new snow's acoustics provides, the prospect of being "snowed in". All good stuff I remember - I want more of it.

I re-did the kitchen, and it turned out rather nice, I think. The cabinets and wainscoting were painted with Sherwin-Williams Tricorn Black, the teal is Blithe Blue. Yet to put up: a black window blind and new white ceiling fan. Better Homes and Gardens, I am available for a magazine layout.

This was taken by an iPhone. I love early mornings wherever I am. Best part of the day. I noticed this sunrise in Emerald City and walked a block to empty area and took this picture. I even like the grain bins int he distance. You simply can't paint this kind of thing - and I was astonished my little phone camera was able to get the colors. My Nikon sometimes can't get the richness of the reds.

I have always been fascinated by the two support system. This fine gentleman uses the belt and suspender support and I wonder what came first - the belt or suspenders. Is it really necessary or is one a habit formed decades ago, not easily done away with? Hmmm. Questions of the ages.

Little Miss Maddie, who is lucky enough to own Mark and Holly, taking a little nap before one of our road trips. Poor Maddie is blind yet moves about the home surprisingly well. If you didn't know you would think she has sight. Wonder if it is simply an animal's innate sense of memory that allows such freedom of movement?

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Flashback Friday

Class, Or Lack Thereof The Dwight Vice gravestone in Oquawka, Illinois. I bring this old chestnut out every so often just to remind me that class is classless. Dwight Vice was killed in his home near Oquawka in 2001. It was one of those things that can generate crime: two guys thought Dwight had a lot of money stashed at home because of his pot-selling sideline to supplement his fishing job. Not really one of those big drug deals gone-bad things. Marijuana was, according to the trial, about the only stuff Dwight sold. But these two guys barge into the house and killed Dwight and attempted to kill his 11 year old kid, Darryl, before they took off with what money they could find. His son, now 23, was stabbed in the back and left for dead. He survived and is wheelchair bound and has undergone several surgeries to repair his wounds. He will be paralyzed for life. None of this is pleasant. Reading the facts of the murder and attempted murder are most unpleasant

Summer Swim

It's Monday and the start of another work week. Except for me. I have the week off because the parents of my daycare charges are taking the week off, too. This is one of those wordless posts I love on Mondays so I can put my laziness in full view of loyal readers. These pics need no words. Why muddy the waters? They were taken at the pool at Sinkhole Estates aka Death Valley. The nice thing about this pool is it is heated in winter. If one must find positives in one's situation, I suppose that is one. But, please, no more.

Florida Air Museum - Part 3

Welcome back to a pretty neat tour of the Florida Air Museum in Lakeland Florida. There's a lot to see and a couple of the old Geezer Gold Wing guys are already sitting down instead of walking around looking at the exhibits. That's John who is wore out and making a call to his wife. In all honesty, John was pretty well bushed before the ride. He told me his daughter's family was down from one of the Carolina's with the grand kids and he must have played with them too much. He's about to take off on his own and head for home, but he's going to miss a couple of neat things out on Hangar A. But, before we walk over there, we have lots yet to see here. If you saw The Aviator with Leonardo DiCaprio playing Howard Hughes, you'll remember that he went up in a plane during the filming of one of his movies to prove a point about flying. He crashed trying to execute a roll and this is a picture of the plane he crashed. Note the propeller

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