Despite considerable reluctance to be photographed, Kim and Ivi invite me along on a plant nursery shopping outing for succulents and cacti.
Kim heroically saved the day when an elderly woman drove over the leash of a dog and psychologically froze in place, unable to take action. The leash was affixed to a truck at the side of a driveway but it was long enough to extend across the entire width, so of course the dog went to the opposite side of the road, when the hapless lady drove over the extended leash, trapped under her self-stalled car, with the dog unable to retreat. But Kim calmed the dog and the woman in turn, unlatching the leash from the truck so that the latter’s car could pass over and leave. The dog’s owner came upon the scene later. Should have done video to document the proper sequence, but it was over in a couple of moments.
Despite a dental repair that becomes undone in barely over a day, the once-defunct HTPC (home theatre PC) was revived with a little solder and a replacement SSD SATA cable by Gary, whiz fixer (you met him here). Earning him a well-deserved burger, fries and shake from the eatery down the street, which was occupied only by the Coke guy when I went there to pick up his order. Putting the revived HTPC to work, Nik and I watch a couple of Game of Thrones episodes. And Ivi called later on to tell us that she has completed her classes and assignments and does in fact expect to graduate on Saturday.
Stumbled upon a local car show this morning. A few of the sights, including many people I talked with. (Images of the cars themselves will probably hit my car blog; perhaps, here, too.)
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:
It has come to my attention that not everything on this site is obvious to all viewers.
When thumbnail-size images appear in an array across a page — like in the case of the previous post — most folks perhaps know that, if a “pointy-finger hand” icon appears in place of your normal mouse pointer arrow or whatever it may be, you can click on that thumbnail image and see a larger view. But what most may not know is that you can click again on the larger image that pops up to automatically toggle on and off horizontal bars above and below the large image. When the bars are toggled on, you can view the file name or title (if one exists) in the top bar, while the bottom bar presents an “x” to collapse the view and get back to the original page along with left-and right-facing arrows on the right side of the bottom bar to navigate through the entire “gallery”.
