Tuesday, August 9, 2016

random chat

I'm heading out in a little bit to accompany bink to the airport--taking the bus/light rail, which is a breeze. 
She's off to visit friends in Europe for almost 3 weeks. I'll miss her but I'm glad to see her go---she's been in a bit of a slump since her dad died in January (though doing very well on Angry Birds, I gather). 
Traveling can push your re-set button.
Then, when she comes back, she & Maura can start looking for a new dog on the wire-haired fox terrier rescue site.

Here's some stuff from my desktop.

1. Ooh! We are going to see William Shatner for the second time together this coming Sunday! He's in town for a mini-convention marking the 50th anniversary of Star Trek.

2. I don't have a scanner anymore, but I took a few old photos to the library and scanned them there. I have many more to go!

This--far right-- is my mother's father, Lytton Somer Davis (1900-1976), 
on his family's Kentucky farm, 1912.  
L to R, his parents, Martha & James, and two sisters Pearl and Bertha (Maude had already left).

3. And, oh golly, this is why I got looking at old photos---someone on FB asked to see my seed-portrait of Picasso's "Gertrude Stein". 
I'd made it for the 1992 State Fair. That pink ribbon is third prize in Beginners Crop Art.  (I think there were only three entries.)
So, here I am, thirty-one years old (!), with bink & my dog Bop: