Nothing personal....really. But from now on this journal is going to be friends only for the most part. And only because twice this week someone has mentioned that they were going to google me and lloyd know's I've used my real name enough to embarass myself if anyone official (ie: in charge of my income) reads this. So yeah, I'm not being all ( Read more... )

Monday it snowed at my house. I woke up and my pumpkins were covered in snow. In October....with snow. It was still snowing. In October. Snow.

Last week the family took the rug rats to a Great Pumpkin Train Ride. The train ride getting to the field with the "party" was neat but the minute we all got off the train the bottom fell out of the sky. It ( Read more... )

Now the house is under invasion by ladybugs. It's like those bad dreams where bugs are pouring in through the windows and out of the faucets. Not quite that bad but nearly. There are hundreds of lady bugs and the crazy thing is that they are all dying within like a day. I remember when I first moved in there were hundreds of dead lady bugs and I  ( Read more... )

Found the snake that belonged to the skin I found the other day. Was picking up fallen branches and took a step....saw the grass moving....heard a hissing sound....kept my next step hovering in the air....saw a very large greenish (I think) snake giving me the stink eye....it considered me for a moment and then turned around and slid off the other ( Read more... )

Updates on various fronts:

1. The house just gets neater every day. I finally opened and unpacked a sea of boxes. There is still a months work of unpacking to do but I have 5 usable rooms now. (bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, living room, den/game room/man cave). The other bathroom, office, sunroom and laundry room will just have to wait....and wait... ( Read more... )

officially sorta begins today. I'm about to drive 7 hours, sign 18bazillion papers, throw out the previous owners toothpicks and icecream, drop bridge off at her grandmaws house, drive back 7 hours, load the truck and kiss memphis goodbye. Not all in one day, but it starts today ( Read more... )

Since I've gone digital and I'm moving (with no darkroom in sight) do you want this collection of darkroom paraphernalia that I've accumulated over the years? It's not a ton of stuff but there's some semi current darkroom equipment and some veeeeeeery old school equipment that I got from an uncle years ago. I won't use it, you want ( Read more... )

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I'll admit to a mmmmmmmm perhaps week long contemplation of continuing my studies simply to get my doctorate and be called....Dr. Jones

And I WOULD carry a whip.

I'm currently obsessed with the illustrator Mary Blair ( Read more... )

 I stand behind Annie.  I can't believe I'm about to say this but.....Disney can go jump off a cliff....it's a beautiful picture (even if it is of a tween idol) and it's art...period.

Speaking of art, if you haven't seen Across the Universe go rent it now. It was fracking amazing. I wish there was a way (there probably is and I'm just too dumb to ( Read more... )