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Victoria is leaving infancy with a bright countenance. 

    О Господи благой! Дивные дети сии - творение перстов Твоего могущества и чудные знамения Величия Твоего. О Боже! Охрани сих детей, милостиво помоги просвещению их и сподобь их послужить миру людей. О Боже! Чада сии суть перлы, да будут они взлелеяны в жемчужине Твоей нежной заботы. Ты Щедрый, Вселюбящий.  --Абдул-Баха

Christmas Lights

Meaningless Post about a Lampshade

A custom lampshade manufacturer in San Francisco requested measurements to ascertain safe distances between shade and bulb for a shade I ordered, and I sent them this photo ( It turned out that it wasn't right for my living room, and I gave it away--live and learn).

We bought the lamp at the Red Barn in Aromas, California, for ten or 15 dollars in 1970 without a shade. 

I purchased  a stained glass lampshade kit in North Beach for seventy five dollars, and soldered a fitting shade in my father-in-law's garage over two or three hot Salinas afternoons.

A divorce can make you do strange things, and in my case, I sold the shade at my yard sale for ten dollars. 

I've long since settled on a black shade that suits me fine.

Dogs and Turkeys

1134 Glen Canyon Road Study

Oh, Those numbers are right alright.. (Fargo)

Wade:  We're going to load in..All we need to know is your fee.

​Jerry:  My fee? What the heck are you talking about, Wade?  This is my deal here.

Stan:  We thought you were bringing us an investment.

​Wade:   If I wanted banker's interest I'd go over to Northwest Federal and talk to ole Bill Diel..

​
Grossman:  He's at NorthStar...

Too Cute

Today I heard my 20 month old granddaughter call an avacado "abacabo". 

Peter Gabriel Sledge Hammer Bass Cover

Y U NO VISIT ANYMORE?

An epic Y U NO meme.

Julian Assange's Cat

JULIAN ASSANGE'S CAT

Willows at Sunset

WILLOWS AT SUNSET - VINCENT VAN GOGH

A Small Retaining Wall

My backyard  in 2003, two years after moving in. The fence is new, and the house has been painted (it was powder blue). 

I wanted a level planting bed, so I built a small retaining wall.

This what I had in mind (after transplanting the privet hedge to the uphill side of the wall).  

It has been a very wet Fall in the Northwest.  The moss has responded spectacularly. 

First Fire of the Season

I need to trim those claws..

A Veteran

My nephew, some years ago..

Cleaning Windows

Cleaning Windows

Van Morrison

Oh, the smell of the bakery from across the street

Got in my nose

As we carried our ladders down the street
With the wrought iron gate rows

I went home and listened to Jimmie Rodgers in my lunch break

Bought five Woodbines at the shop on the corner

And went straight back to work

Oh, Sam was up on top

And I was on the bottom with the V

We went for lemonade and Paris buns

At the shop and broke for tea

I collected from the lady

And I cleaned the fanlight inside out

I was blowing saxophone on the weekend

In that down joint

What's my line

I'm happy cleaning windows

Take my time

I'll see you when my love grows

Baby don't let it slide

I'm a working man in my prime

Cleaning windows (number thirty six)

I heard Leadbelly and Blind Lemon

On the street where I was born

Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee

Muddy Waters singin' I'm a rolling stone

I went home and read my Christmas Humphreys' book on Zen

Curiosity killed the cat

Kerouac's Dharma Bums and On The Road

What's my line

I'm happy cleaning windows

Take my time

I'll see you when my love grows

Baby don't let it slide

I'm a working man in my prime

Cleaning windows

What's my line

I'm happy cleaning windows

Take my time

I'll see you when my love grows

Don't let it slide

I'm a working man in my prime

Cleaning windows