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I live about 10 minutes from this bust of Count Basie at the Red Bank, New Jersey Train Station. I try to get over at least once a month with Little Texas Aggie Bear and Texas Aggie Ring to clean him because he’s under power lines and the Count is usually covered in bird poop. I kind of wish that they had left him inside the station, or at least under cover next to the station.
I keep a roll of paper towels in the trunk. I’d have used bourbon to clean up the Count if I had any, but I bought a bottle of tonic water across the street.
Well, enough about “The Kid from Red Bank.” Time to fix myself a pot of bourbon and listen to some Count Basie and Joe Williams.
One of the fish shops in the fish market. The owner is counting his change while his son looked very bored. It was around noon so business was very slow. Kusadasi, Turkey.
I am covered in skin
No one gets to come in
Pull me out from inside
I am folded and unfolded and unfolding
I am colorblind
Coffee black and egg white
Pull me out from inside
I am ready I am fine
- Counting Crows, Colorblind
Massive headache that night. Nothing I did could get rid of it. Prescription-strength pain killers. Heat. Relaxation. More pain killers. Food.
Hell, let's call it like it was. It was a migraine and I've become soft. Nausea. Sweating. Gritting my teeth and hunching my shoulders to my ears. Trying to hold myself still enough so the pain might not notice me.
So, yes - this has been PS'd...but not to glamorize or delete faults. I wanted to bring them out and show the rough edges that were rubbed raw.
This is why I'm willing to be medicated for the rest of my life with the preventative medication. Because this is not living - this is surviving.
.... and marking it on our cards. Very strict, have to be marked up before loading the boat onto the trailer. We kept cound on the board in my lap and by making specific cuts on the fish to identify whos it is.
Of course there are some (bad word here) who cheat even with the huge quantity that we are allowed. Jerks.
Hubby took me and a couple friends out two days. What a guy!
You can tell it was killin him, eh? Yep, three gals, beautiful day, all staying in the same house so a tad spoiled. Much better then those old boys he'd take out.
Pattern offered at www.etsy.com/listing/123363432. CROSS STITCH PATTERN: (Photo 1 & 2) 14 Count Aida cloth and 32 DMC threads are used. Completed the measurements are ( W by H) 7.64 by 9.93 (107 x 139) including the border colors. NEEDLE POINT PATTERN: (Photo 3 & 4) 12 Mesh canvas and 33 colors of Anchor R Tapestry Wool is used. Completed the measurements ( W by H): 8.92 by 11.58 (107 x 139) including the border. Included is a Cover page, 2 Instructional charts listing threads and yarns used and 2 counted chart patterns, which includes symbols for easy reading. The patterns have been increased by 30% and are ready to print. Original artist was ANDREW ATROSHENKO (1965).
Nick Johnson, Senior VP for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, gives the keynote address on how the national policy landscape may impact child and family well-being in New Mexico.
He was bitten by a rogue vampire doughnut and now he is Count doughnut, the jelly filled terror (and he has a sweet cape).
Even though 9 days are already on the tree, I got it finished before Christmas!
(I will have to take a better pic in the morning with more sunlight!)
Count Screwloose is a character in the comic strip Count Screwloose from Tooloose by Milt Gross, introduced on February 17, 1929. The count is portrayed as a mentally ill man who frequently leaves Nuttycrest Sanitarium, the insane asylum where he resides, to go out into the rest of the world. There he often meets people who act more crazy than he did and thus he always goes back, telling his dog Iggy: "Iggy, keep an eye on me", which became a national catchphrase at the time. The series was discontinued in 1935.
In 1937, the comic strip was adapted into a short-lived cartoon series by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Two cartoons were released in 1939.
One of the caterer's assistant making sure of the number of plates available, just before the people started streaming into the dinner area.
This photo was taken a couple of years ago around this time of year. It was when I was in Thailand on a humanitarian assistance mission. It really pains me to hear that the country is in such disarray right now...because this is my picture of Thailand. Even the dogs were smiling there!
Hearing reports such as what's going on in Thailand, about the insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, the random stabbings in China, makes me wonder why I got so lucky. First off, I was born in a country where people stare at Soldiers in a town because they've never seen one before...not because they are a daily occurrence. The people of the US would never STAND for Soldiers running around their capitals or daily military convoys in front of their house. Second, I have been given the opportunity to see these parts of the world and was treated with nothing but kindness and left unharmed. I'm so lucky to have this picture in my head when I think of my time in Thailand.
When I was in the Philippines, I used to think that we should take a spoiled, rotten, American kid who is always in trouble because of stupid stuff and stick them in the middle of the Philippines for a few months. And then take one of the Philippine kids who work hard to get an education and let them experience the opportunities that most American kids get. I worry that it would corrupt the Filipino. I would hope it would give the American kid a wake up call...life isn't so bad if you're not fighting for your very survival every day.
I think I'll get off my soap box now. This post was just to remind myself that only by luck of birth am I able to enjoy on the "extras" in life.
Launceston Castle is located in the town of Launceston, Cornwall, England. It was probably built by Robert the Count of Mortain after 1068, and initially comprised an earthwork and timber castle with a large motte in one corner.
Photograph by James Russiello, September 6, 2010
Launceston Castle is located in the town of Launceston, Cornwall, England. It was probably built by Robert the Count of Mortain after 1068, and initially comprised an earthwork and timber castle with a large motte in one corner. Launceston Castle formed the administrative centre of the new earldom of Cornwall, with a large community packed within the walls of its bailey. It was rebuilt in stone in the 12th century and then substantially redeveloped by Richard of Cornwall after 1227, including a high tower to enable visitors to view his surrounding lands. When Richard's son, Edmund, inherited the castle, he moved the earldom's administration to Lostwithiel, triggering the castle's decline. By 1337, the castle was increasingly ruinous and used primarily as a gaol and to host judicial assizes.
The castle was captured by the rebels during the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549, and was garrisoned by the Royalists during the English Civil War in the 17th century. Towards the end of the civil war it was stripped for its building materials and rendered largely uninhabitable. A small gaol was erected in the centre of the bailey, which was also used for executions. The castle eventually became the county gaol for Cornwall, but was heavily criticised for its poor facilities and treatment of inmates. By 1842, the remaining prisoners had been moved to Bodmin Gaol and the site was closed, the castle being landscaped to form a park by the Duke of Northumberland. During the Second World War, the site was used to host United States Army soldiers and, later, by the Air Ministry for offices. The ministry left the castle in 1956 and the site was reopened to visitors.
In the 21st century, Launceston is owned by the duchy of Cornwall and operated by English Heritage as a tourist attraction. Much of the castle defences remain, including the motte, keep and high tower which overlook the castle's former deer park to the south. The gatehouses and some of the curtain wall have survived, and archaeologists have uncovered the foundations of various buildings in the bailey, including the great hall.
Columbia River Fisheries Program biologists swim with, and count, fishes in a remote stream. The CRFP is the Featured Facility in the spring 2009 Eddies www.fws.gov/eddies. Howard Schaller/USFWS