My lime tree is under attack. I go out regularly to check for new suckers and pull them off and dispose of them. Nomally disposal consists of putting them in a Ziploc bag and throwing them away. Today I accidentally squished one while trying to deal with it. The insides were a disturbing shade of yellow. Just call me Lady Macbeth.
I used to be a very big fan of limes, and I enjoyed using the ones off my little tree last year. This year I am far less amused.
Our friend got a new dog, a 7 month old Border Collie named Apache. He brought her over to meet the humans on Sunday night. Willow decided to come check her out too. We did not let her meet Indy or London yet as we didn’t think she was ready for that crew.
She is very sweet.
She peed on our floor… but, really, who doesn’t?
Photo amused me, so here it is.
Dear Flickr Idiots,
In my past two visits to MY Flickr start page I was treated to a man sitting naked, spread legged, with his penis front and center, and a badly lit, out of focus, manually spread vagina under the “Everyone’s Photos” section.
I do not wish to see these things. Yes, you are allowed to post bad photos to flickr. Yes, you are allowed to post nude photos to flickr. However, you are not supposed to post nude photos to flickr visible to the public stream. Don’t do it.
“DON’T -Upload photos that include frontal nudity, genitalia and/or “intimate moments” between consenting partners in public areas of Flickr If you do we’ll make your photostream private and remind you of this Guideline. If you don’t heed our warning and continue to make similar content public, we’ll terminate your account without warning. This applies to your Buddy Icon as well.”
Learn how to use privacy settings as well as the “hide this photo” option.
“What does the “hide this photo” link on my photo page do?
If you’re uploading something that you probably wouldn’t show your mum, use the “hide this photo” link to make sure the image won’t come up in public site areas. This is desirable behavior. :)”
Please pretend you have a societally normal relationship with your mum while you are determining this.
I promise that if I want to see your nakid bits, I won’t be shy about asking, but in the meantime keep your vagina off of my start page.
Also, learn to take better photos of it.
Thank you.
Bart Prince is an architect that I became aware of from some work he had done in California. It caught my eye. One day I day scrolling through the TiVo guide I noticed his name and recorded the show. I was about a home he had designed for his parents in Albuquerque, NM. Because, like all his designs, it was rather distinctive, I was curious if my FIL, who lived in Albuquerque, was aware of this house.
I asked my FIL and not only did he know of the house, but he happened to know Bart Prince. My FIL is a writer, among other things, and he had recently written a magazine article about Bart Prince, and has spent a fair amount of time interviewing him.
A few weeks later a package arrived. It was a book about Bart Prince, signed to me from Bart Prince. It was a very thoughtful gift, showing that my FIL thought of me when I wasn’t directly interacting with him. I appreciated it.
The next time I went to visit Albuquerque my FIL arranged to drop by and visit with Bart. I got to see his home and studio and listen to him talk about his current project in much different tones the soundbites so common on HGTV. It was an interesting afternoon and once again proved that my FIL actually stores little bits of information about me away in his head and tries to do things for me.
We were just in Albuquerque for a couple of days this last unexpected trip, so he had us drive past Bart’s house so I could see the new structure that had been built next door on the second lot he owns. A house annex I guess.
This is the home/studio that I visited the last time I was in ABQ. Sorry the photo was so bad, but I parked the car to take a photo of the new space.
Here is a shot showing both. If we hadn’t been in the middle of running errands I would have gotten some decent shots of the sculptures out front. This is just in a standard neighborhood, built on two lots. It is not very large, although most of the homes around it are single story. Obviously it stands out, as the homes nearby are all traditional, but he has been there a long time so everyone is very used to it.
Anyhow, I have people who are related to me by blood who pay less attention to comments I make.
There was frozen water falling out of the sky today in Southern California. I’ve heard rumors of such things, but in the decade I have been trying to survive in this area, I have never seen such a thing. Today, I did.
Go figure.
Other things that I said might happen once hell did indeed freeze over, such as my becoming a vegetarian Christian, did not.
My first fortune cookie of 2007, and it is making fun of me.
