Catching Kim in a rare moment when she is not in motion …
Later on, I walk down to my old workplace to do some consulting, where I also see my old colleague and friend, Lucas, a visual artist and film school grad who does wireless installations and troubleshooting as a day job. I also take a look at the company’s latest field vehicle for accessing mountaintop internet wireless towers and installations. Walking back, I take in some of the local residential architecture and meet Kim and Charlie midway for the return home.
Charlie visits his favorite street sign and inspects a dead squirrel. While checking out neighborhood landscaping, we see that someone in a fit of redundancy has affixed to one of their trees a faux squirrel. (And we encounter a 944 worthy of posting on my Porsche blog.)
Waiting on the front steps to go shopping & seeing bees (?) in nearby flowers, waiting in the vehicle while the Prime Shopper grabs a bank withdrawal, waiting for the shopping to actually conclude.
Also waiting for healing. Ivi sends me a note this morning to report progress in the restoration of the skin on the palm of her burned hand. However, her enclosed photo documentation will have to await publishing permissions.
Today I awoke at 5:30 and saw the makings of a spectacular sunrise. But by the time I rushed around and finally drove to an appropriate vantage point, it had dissipated into something monolithic/monochromatic/mediocre. Returned in time to chase Charlie about in the yard. Then I visited Lanny, another one of those “car guys” where he worked to repair my driver-side seat. While there I photographed his award-winning ’53 Chevy custom which is being completely reworked (some specs: Corvette engine, drivetrain including 6-speed manual and independent suspension, 1.5 inch chopped top), checked out a 1928 Willys in for restoration, and then embarked on 2 1/2 hour photo walk around the “other side of the tracks”. By lunchtime, I met with my old friend Tracy who is enlisting me as backup programming & design support for her website clients, future and existing, in her role as marketing person at the local broadcasting media group with several radio stations. I also dropped in for a few minutes to see my old EONI colleague, Gary, who builds and repairs hardware. Finally walking home, I stumble upon a funeral — apparently for a deceased Chevy guy –where a bevy of restomods (a ’56 Chevy, a early 70s Corvette, a late 60s Chevelle and an early 70s El Camino) were queued up to lead the procession. Later, we return to Lanny’s custom interior shop, giving Charlie a front seat view of a train. And I dropped by Eric to see what he was up to in his body shop.
By the end of the afternoon, I discovered that I had made 441 photographs for the day. Haven’t had time to review them very closely, but here are a few quick selections (reserving most of the car-oriented stuff for another time and place).
Tracy
Hands of Tracy with Product Placement
Tracy’s Desk – Note Her “Chair”
Gary
Lanny
Lanny’s Chevy
Candy Apple Green on the firewall will cover the entire car
By request, for out-of-state friends and relatives who have not seen our friend Jack’s gravesite, this morning I tried to document the scene. Jack, as many of you know, was a family friend and very special dance mentor to Ivi. He passed away in September 2014. Here are a few of this morning’s photos:
An afternoon of relative quiet, except for a burst of hail that lasted only a few moments. The usual chase with Charlie while watching the declining sun and changing of the light. And we saw a fragment of what must be one of the all-time dimmest (see if you can find it) rainbows ever.
Later on, I walk down to my old workplace to do some consulting, where I also see my old colleague and friend, Lucas, a visual artist and film school grad who does wireless installations and troubleshooting as a day job. I also take a look at the company’s latest field vehicle for accessing mountaintop internet wireless towers and installations. Walking back, I take in some of the local residential architecture and meet Kim and Charlie midway for the return home.
