scribblings from historic downtown McKinney, Texas: altered art, local color, flora, fauna, cemeteries, irrational commentary, improbable-and-unlikely diy home projects
End of the week for me again. And we get paid today. I’m much more tired today than I have been. Very hard to get moving. We have caught up enough at work that everyone is getting a 3-day weekend for Fourth of July holiday.
Since I can hardly think about writing, I shot a photo […]
Once I got down past Stephenville on Route 67 I couldn’t get away from the turkey buzzards. They literally look like turkeys until you get close and see those naked red heads staring at you. I spotted my first “gang” of vultures somewhere south of Stephenville when one of a set of seemingly interesting fencepost […]
It took about 90 minutes to reach the end of the hike where slick rock jutted up to frame a precipitous drop that looked out over the Chisos Mountains. I got vertigo even fifteen feet back and just barely got a shot of “the window,” the opening in the peaked rock formation some distance away. […]
My first sunset at Big Bend National Park was devoid of spectacular colors but not from spectacular light. The next morning presented a much different view of the same scene as I began my hike toward that small v-shaped notch called “the window view.” I had originally planned to do a much shorter hike the […]
The smog was so thick yesterday you could cut it with a knife. Wonder how many times I’ve thought or written that statement? The newspaper moved the weather & air quality report to page 2 of section 2 so it’s harder to find. They’ve made the pollution index into a really small chart and it’s […]
yes, another day of desperate collaging fighting off the name-calling demons who say I should sink into the oblivion weariness brings. Most of my creative thought goes into problem-solving at work so how can there be much left over? Am hoping I can stoke a few […]
inching toward the top, hoping to coast through to the weekend.
The addition of at least six extra bodies at work in the form of freelancers has suddenly and dramatically increased the noise level in the afternoon. Neiman’s has also increased the number of their personnel, resulting in more noise in their area, fewer parking spaces […]
messy shelves
I’ve got a new reason to expect mail. I signed up for a books-on-tape rental service so I can have new inspiration at work while I’m slogging away at my work station. I tried the service last summer and was enormously entertained. I decided it […]
the beans that keep yer kar kitten-quiet. altho as Saffanna put it, “I think I’ll stay off of Route 9 for awhile.”
I cracked myself up with this ATC. It practically created itself. I hope lots of people got giggles from it.
Here’s the cover of “the rubaiyat” book I may be altering. I think it’s probably a good size - the pages are 6.5 x 9.25 inches - but I’m a little intimidated by it so I may have to work up to it. Am also still […]
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