Bird Wakes his Best Friend

Paintings from the '30s

Subway by Lily Furedi, 1934 New York

Baseball at Night by Morris Kantor, 1934 New York

In the Barber Shop by Ilya Bolotowsky, 1934, New York

Kudos

Окрашенная яйцо для маленькой птицы Анны

A painted egg for Anna's птичка

Flags at Half-Staff

This is from the  latest email from Flags Unlimited:

"The correct procedure for displaying the flag at half-staff is to raise the flag to the top of the pole briskly, pause for a moment, and then slowly bring it down to where the top of the flag is at a position approximately halfway between the top and bottom of the pole."

Option 1 approximates the configuration. I think my Option 2 should become the standard.

Business Cat

BUSINESS CAT

Flowering Orchards

"The color chartreuse, is the sign of new life, rebirth, hope and good things to come…" posted Laurel Bern.  It also happens to be her favorite color---mine too.    

She posted this painting of an orchard by Vincent.

Van Gogh was prolific in capturing Spring in the countryside.  

Naw Ruz Greeting from French Guiana....Take 9

Hood Ornaments

Hood ornaments

Off to California

Lost Cat Poster

LOST CAT POSTER

Pilgrim's Shoes and Purse

When I retire I'm going to paint these pilgrim's shoes and purse.

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing (guitar cover)

From YouTube:

Commentor: Ok kid. I don't often compliment musicians (I am one myself). You play it well, but there's another important factor here. You exposed the chordings phrasings and licks in such a way that you are actually making it easy to understand. It is obvious that was your intention. You are not only a fine guitar picker, you would make an excellent guitar instructor. Great job!

Guitarist:  Thank you very much, sir. This is exactly how my guitar teacher described to me why Mark Knopfler is such a great guitar player. He 'plays over the chords', finds the exact notes that matter on the chord being played, and also the transition notes between chords. And then makes great little melodies with them. Thank you again!

TUG

          TUG

He's trained me to give him a treat when he gets up on the elephant..

On the way to Idaho

PENDLETON, OREGON BAHA'I CENTER


Early one morning in Pendleton, Oregon,  I went out with my camera and sketchbook and serendipitiously  came across the Baha'i Center.  It was the first local center I had ever seen, and I wondered what curious people thought went on inside, and what Baha'is believe.*

It's a habit of mine to to look at the built environment and think of ways I would visually and practically improve it. To make the center more inviting, I would articulate the entrance, and shade it from what I would imagine to be a very hot Eastern Oregon afternoon sun.

There may be an ordinance requiring a percentage of the property to be devoted to off-street parking, which makes the asphalt practical. If that's the case, I'd keep it simple.

* 'God, the Creator of the universe, is all-knowing, all-loving and all-merciful. Just as the physical sun shines on the world, so the light of God is shed upon all Creation. Through the teachings of the Manifestations of God—among them Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus Christ, Muhammad, and, in more recent times, the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh—humanity’s spiritual, intellectual and moral capacities have been cultivated.

Humanity, having passed through the ages of infancy and childhood, now stands at the threshold of its collective maturity, the hallmark of which will be the unification of the human race in a global civilization. The emergence of this civilization, prosperous in both its spiritual and material dimensions, implies that the spiritual and practical aspects of life are to advance harmoniously together'.  

    

What Baha'is Believe

Forecast

A good week to live in the Northwest!

От Деда Медведь (From Grandfather Bear)

A juggling bear for the sweetest granddaughter on her first birthday.