Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Tuesday August 9th 2011

Bouncy Maru


Mt. Aetna has a sense of humor, blows smoke rings. Big ones!


An old fave. Guilty dog.


Dog takes blanket from cat


Teensie weensie 78square foot apartment here in
Hell's Kitchen. Just a few blocks away.


Opened a tiny online store on Friendly Fashion today.
Offering jewelry. Username: VictoriaB






Slo-mo Eagle owl


Lobster Rolls in NYC

Oooh, online Library of Old Time Radio Shows. Free but you have to register.

Peter Sellers doing Michael Caine


When collapsing glaciers attack.


Ducks cross the road


Talented female soldier sings We Could've Had It All


Looks like those TSA agents have been lied to by the government
about the safety of the X-Ray Naked Scanners at the airports:

Radiation Overdose at the Airport


As the rate of cancer spikes among Transportation Security Agency (TSA) officers who work near the full-body scanners at the Boston Logan Airport, union reps are alarmed at having been misinformed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and TSA regarding the safety of these machines.

Amazing. 98 year old woman just got her 10th level black belt in JudoOnly three people in the world, all men living in Japan, have ever reached that markThe martial arts promotion by USA Judo brought 98-year-old Fukuda to tears at the women's dojo where she still teaches in Noe Valley. Last week, Sensei Keiko Fukuda of San Francisco became the first woman to be promoted to judo's highest level: 10th degree black belt. [emphasis mine] A video about Fukuda Keiko Sensei

Going bananas. Banana scratch art.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

August 4th, Thursday 2011

The most beautiful, sweetly happy beluga whale I ever saw
Toys of yore...
The favorite toy Granny gave me.
Years and years of Motown,
listened to in secret under my pillow.
Loved those Russ trolls
way back when in the mid 60's

One of those toys Granny gave at Christmas.
Almost interesting.

Thai horse marionette Daddy brought
back from one of his endless trips.
 Meh at the time.

Flipperdinger aka The Bournoulli Ball

 
hooey stick aka 
gee-haw whammy diddle Also from Daddy. Unforgettably fun.


Used to make and paint bird models. Like the ones here too. 

My sister's stuffed owl.
Once I woke up and saw these huge
eyes staring at me.
Utterly terrified, it took
 heroic courage to inch
over to the light switch. After realizing
it was the stuffed owl,
I never trusted that owl again.

Lovely to find all those old toys on Etsy
or elsewhere on the web.

The Million dollar Movie theme music.


Remembering Land of the Pharoahs,
watched with Suzy Rector,
eating delicious ice cream parfaits
on a sleepover in second grade


Oops.

tiny kitteh being cute

My dad, a scientist, used to make small "bombs" in the bathroom sink to amuse us, his kids.
He used a few grains of potassium permanganate wrapped a piece of toilet paper, a dash of glycerin, then a few drops of water. We'd peek behind the partially closed door to watch the blaze. Then enjoyed the lovely rainbow of colors, especially deep purple, washing the ashes down the drain.


Put a Tiger in your Tank

The Peter Sellers Pink Panther Films of the 1970s

My favorite movie with Katie, then my best friend.
An intense movie. could relate to it profoundly.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Aug. 2nd 2011 TropenMuseum colonial Dutch Indonesia meanderings

 Wandering around the http://collectie.tropenmuseum.nl/
Oohing and ahhing at their wonderful online collections.
Indonesian textile, sarong



indonesia, JAVA, Wayang Wajang Wong Dancer "Ontoseno", Jewelry (1910s)
Wayang Wajang Wong Dancer "Ontoseno"









indonesia, JAVA SOERABAIA, Groot Militair-Hospital Simpang, Military Hospital KNIL (1904) Stamp
Tropical hospital in Surabaya.
The local hospital in Kingston, Jamaica
looked like this too in the early 1960's.
indonesia, JAVA BANDUNG, Oranjeplein, Bandstand (1928) Stamps
In tropical countries,
 trees are often painted
with lime to protect them from "sun scald"

indonesia, BALI, Native NUDE Girls Fruit Offering Ceremony (1920s) RPPC
Balinese girls heading to
the temple with offerings
indonesia, BALI, Beautiful Girl Legong Dancer (1940s) RPPC
Balinese Legong dancer

indonesia, BALI, Beautiful Girl Legong Dancer, Ear PIERCING (1940s) RPPC
Balinese Legong dancer


indonesia, BALI, Legong Dancer, Evil Witch (1937) RPPC
Balinese Legong dancer
with the evil witch, Rangda





Wonderful vintage postcards of Bali 
- and around the world - 
at Bendav Post Cards

Michael von Bali's marvelous, 
vintage photographs of Bali

August 1st 2011



Chinlone, the national sport of Burma. So elegant!


 The Giraffe-necked Antelope
Aww, those eyelashes!


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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Sunday afternoon, last day of July 2011



way to go Burger King




political party, click to animate

cool storm
rainy night, click to animate


tender story

diy bidet (I want one!)
Titanic





swift justice

watermelon shark

divers



infectious disease toy, click to animate
oops