Wild Figs and Pit Bulls..

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I ate two wild figs today….out on the mail route.

That’s a good day, for sure.

I also found out that the guy who owns the pit bull that terrorizes me when I try to deliver packages to his porch is complaining that I don’t want to deliver there anymore.

That’s pretty crappy.

Who wants to get torn to shreds by an aggressive dog like a pit?

Not me.

Delivering the mail is a mixed bag.

I wish that it was all wild figs….and no mean dogs.

That would be nicer.

Maybe I need to buy some bear spray and a taser….teach these dogs some respect?

And…when I finish with the dogs…maybe the owners could use a lesson, too?

Nah…that doesn’t sound right.

Maybe I should just let everybody maim me?

That’s why I’m here.

no brass ring

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We went to a big amusement park with the kids…young and old….last weekend.

I’ve outgrown a minimal interest in the more brutal rides…so I rode the easy stuff with the youngest of the children.

We even got to ride the carousel.

I looked for the brass ring…but I guess that they don’t do that anymore.

There wasn’t one.

There is no brass ring on the carousel.

That’s sad if you go fishing for a pessimistic analogy to tie the world up and hold it down….

What do we have to reach for if we can’t see a goal that’s attainable or worthy?

What drives us when the world melting is getting us down?

No brass ring…

I guess you just have to enjoy the ride….and look for the brass ring with every revolution…hoping to see something that you know isn’t there.

What the heck?

THROW ME A BONE, DUDE!! PUT THE FREAKING BRASS RING BACK WHERE I CAN GRAB IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE!!

Do me a solid….even if it doesn’t really mean anything.

I need some hope when the weather gets hot…

Simple Living in a Tiny Forest Home….

This is a tiny house.

Tiny…and, like all “tiny houses, it’s on wheels so, if need be, it can be moved to a different location.

I’m tired of the tiny house movement….too trendy….but something like this makes me like it all over again.

Salvaged material….clever construction….and built for all the right reasons.

We actually saw a “tiny house” at last years Apple Festival….and it was on the opposite end of the equation…built only to serve the needs of people glomming onto the “tiny house trend”….commercial and gross and way too expensive.

When we build Isaac a tiny house over at the property, I hope it will be something as nice as this.

This video is another excellent one from “Living Big in a Tiny House” YouTube channel.

More from them HERE...

Carl Larsson

Image result for carl larssonWe went to Ikea this past Saturday and they were selling prints by an artist named Carl Larsson.

He and his wife, Karin, are given credit with being some of the originators of the Swedish style.

It’s some good stuff…and it was fun to get reacquainted with this artist and his work.

No surprise really that they were selling Carl Larsson prints in the Ikea store.

Ikea is a pretty Swedish place, after all.

Now…this is MUSIC!

Alicia….and….NO MAKEUP!

Of course, that’s not the main story….but….good for you, Alicia!

Let the real you come through!

And….wait for it…here comes John Mayer.

This is so much fun…playing music together.

What could be more fun than that?

Why’d God make us like this?

How’d we get so many things to be grateful for?!!

Music!

Man….I love it so much.

Little Yo-Yo

Awwwwwww…..SWEET!!

Here’s a young Yo-Yo Ma playing for President John F. Kennedy.

This is important and beautiful….and what a wonderful and amazing thing to be able to know at such a young age that what you loved could be a vocation.

Pretty darn cool.

Yo-Yo never stopped being cool, though.

Cool at 7…cool today!

A Drive through 1940’s Los Angeles

This is nuts….looks like San Francisco with the hills…

And look at all the old cars!

It’s like looking at a picture of your parents and not recognizing the young people the camera caught.

“Garden Party” Rick Nelson

Heard an interview with James Burton this morning.

He was the guitarist at Elvis’ comeback shows in Las Vegas in 1969.

He was also the 16 year old guitarist in Rick Nelson’s TV band when they were both on the Ozzie and Harriet Show.

Interesting the paths some folks lives take….

Here’s Rick Nelson’s “comeback song”….Garden Party from 1972…written after being booed for playing his new songs at a Madison Square Garden “oldies” show.

Good stuff….