firin’ the odd shot, here and there

Pictures, photographs, that is. Starting with family items, degenerating into random finds, ani-gifs. The family pictures are big big big, click for full size.
Erin is no longer with us- as in she died 2 & 1/2 years after this picture was taken. After we bought the flute, I tried to encourage her to practice. Detail [...]

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Odd Monday Morning Mix

Oh, my- did you see the full moon last night at about dark- beautiful, full harvest moon. Clear sky (here in PDX), yellow and big (horizon illusion), gorgeous. It’s a shame we have no radio show this month. Looked something like this:

Some photos taken on the way to work in the morning- sunrise (as per [...]

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Fall Out

now for cats-

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Some pictures

Message from the Department of Redundancy Department: Most pictures are bigger than they appear. Click for full size; also, some may need a similar prod to animate, should they be so inclined.
Below:  These long, crazy-looking clouds can grow to be 600 miles long and can move at up to 35 miles per hour, causing problems [...]

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A few ani-gifs

Just for fun-

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Mostly the teachings of a Mad Man

Moon not exactly full
Last nights show was great, though a week late. I’ll get the MP3 up as soon as possible for the archives. Only 3 callers who hung on (several hang-ups when lines were busy). Enough on that topic.

My Friend, Senor Ref. C. on Ward 34D
Yesterday I saw a man at the “hospital” where [...]

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Goodnight Bird

My bird, Daisy, died yesterday. I loved “that stupid bird” (as she was known by everyone in the family but me). We don’t know why she died. She was only 6 years old- very young for a parrot. She has been eating fine, has been more well behaved than usual lately.
I raised Daisy, hand fed [...]

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Part 2, Poems of the Tang Dynasty

For introduction see Part 1. What? No illustrations. Maybe next time. I’ll throw in some unrelated pictures at the end for your consolation prize.
These are some of my favorites.

Li Bai
BIDDING A FRIEND FAREWELL AT JINGMEN FERRY

Sailing far off from Jingmen Ferry,
Soon you will be with people in the south,
Where the mountains end and the plains [...]

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I talk to the trees

but they never hear me.
My First week at Work at OSH
5 Days of orientation- some parts very dull (people reading from powerpoints (said PPs both displayed on screen and provided as handouts). Some presentations sort of interesting (even with dull topics, a few funny stories go a long way). The last 2 & 1/2 days [...]

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