Nobody is Promised Tomorrow. . .
This Blog started in 2001 as a Trip Log to record a summer in Alaska. Since then, it has morphed into my online diary.
I managed to batter my images from 2001 into the previous post. My latest WordPress project will be to find a more elegant solution. I am sure there is one to be had. I just have to kick my senior brain cells into action.
Farm market – one block away – opened today. Not much to be had yet – but the old vendors were back. I got asparagus, strawberries and honey. And an apple turnover for Carlton.
Bike racing this weekend.
Think I have finished culling, editing and cataloguing my images from 2001. Next step is to select the top 20 and have a little book printed. Well, I can not find 20 that I good enough to include. So, I shall resort to the last refuge of the amateur photographer – family snapshots. Forgive me. Also trying to figure out how to do pictures with word press. Stay tuned. Ah, I see – titles muck up the thumbnails. Found a better way. NextGEN Gallery Plug-in.
Enough already. Time get on with the important work of the day – bathroom cleaning!
I am finishing up the photographs from 2001. Came upon this snapshot of “MomIda”. She was looking happy and healthy. Thirteen months later she was dead. Which reminds us – Nobody is Promised Tomorrow.
So, Peg, keep deleting those photos. Keep simplifing your life. Keep stuff organized. Never know when you’ll be shipping out.
Carlton and I have reached the age where – as a friend’s father says – “Keep your blue suit pressed”. Well, I don’t have a blue suit. But, I do have a “Final Exit Play List” – suitable for listening to while on route to funeral/memorial service.
A Change Is Gonna Come – Neville Brothers
The Far Side Banks Of Jordan – June Carter and Johnny Cash
In This Life – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Looking Forward – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Goodbye My Friend – Keali’i Reichel
Lullabye (Good Night, My Angel) – Billy Joel
Someday Soon – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Dress Sexy At My Funeral – Smog
St James Infirmary – Louis Armstrong
Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton
Will The Circle Be Unbroken – Neville Brothers
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean – B.B. King
Only Good Times – Keola & Kapono Beamer
The End of the End – Paul McCartney
Every time a go on a photo trip to Arlington Cemetery – I make it a point to seek out a specific grave. This time I went to find Dashiel Hammett – author of hardboiled detective stories – inventor of Sam Spade and Nick and Nora. He spent WW2 in Alaska and was blacklisted in the 1950’s. Thanks for all the good stories Sgt Hammett.
BTW – he is buried in an “ordinary” location – not in one of the VIP sections.
Got the 297 Rolling Thunder photographs from this week’s bike extravaganza down to 69. Think that is enough culling. And, I don’t think this character would look more biker-ly in black and white.
Okay – I’ll stop playing with black and white. Enough fun already. Back to deleting and cataloging 2001.
After three days of snapping photos – I have 297 more to deal with. Maybe it will rain tomorrow and I’ll finish up this year’s Rolling Thunder images.
I have to report that the 3 pound $1000 camera takes better pictures than the 4 ounce $150 camera. Sigh.
Neither today’s nor yesterday’s image work for me. And I do think bikers should be in black and white. Otherwise they look too festive or too much like the Village People.
I tweaked yesterday’s guy with dog….
First day of Summer. Bikers rolled in about noon. They will rumble around until Sunday afternoon.
First day of pool season as well. The current Russian Life Guard Girl is from Siberia. She said the water was too cold for her. I lounged. I am real good at lounging.
I am not too shabby about ignoring the potential for homelessness come later this summer.
This week has been devoted to “Looking at apartment options”. And Mr C was gleefully looking forward to haggling over the new lease. I was just going to hide until everything was settled.
Well, late yesterday afternoon – out landlord rings up and says that the co-owner of our unit is declaring bankruptcy and that the status of the unit is undetermined.
To be continued later …
Snagged a nice iris on the way home from the “office” this afternoon.
Looked at another apartment complex this afternoon. Kitchen is small with 20 year old appliances, no microwave and has a mini-washer&dryer. Mr C likes the place because it has a tennis court. Mr C doesn’t get appliances.
Did you know that there is an iPod app for Jehovah’s Witnesses? It allows the faithful to keep track of all the folk they are pestering. Sorts them out by street, tells you when to go back and leave off another issue of the Watchtower.
I happened on this app when looking for an app to record what I am doing while I am volunteering. Decided that a scrap of paper and a pencil is all the app I need for that.
And, my iPod developed a problem connecting to my wifi network. This seemed to fix things:
In some cases you may need to reset the network settings for your device. To do this, choose Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
(From Apple Support on Web)
Looked at 3 apartment complexes this afternoon. One was rejected because the units are too small, the other as too old and musty, the last one costs as much as our current digs – but the kitchen isn’t as nice.
This might be the end of Iris Quest for this year. Because tomorrow, we might start on Apartment Quest. Our lease runs out this summer. And Carlton wants to be sure we don’t overpay when we Re-Up. Assuming re-up is an option. Anyhow, tomorrow afternoon, we may (or may not) hit the bricks looking for new digs. New digs have to be within walking distance of current digs. New digs have to be as nice as current digs.