At Central Park West. Not my preferred side of the park, but it has its delights.
Naptime for somebody…
No filters used.
There were kids fishing (just out of frame). Very wholesome.
Spring has indeed sprung.
A brief stroll at the lake…
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She has a love/hate relationship…
…with her little sleeping pen. I love it unabashedly, however, because when she’s in it, she’s RESTRAINED!
What’s blooming in what remains of the garden…
We’ve pulled out so much and put up fences and netting in so many places to protect puppy and plants from one another. It’s kind of depressing. But there’s still some flowers around…
Freesia. On a table to protect it from she-who-shall-not-be-named.
Geraniums still going strong after decades…
Daisy with a cute little bug on it…
The rosemary is blooming.
The Meyer lemon is putting out some sweet-smelling blossoms!
The old reliable clivia bursting forth. These are now behind a Josie-proof fence. Our yard is truly turned into something like a zoo for suburban plants.
A hat-tip to these brave hangers-on!
It doesn’t matter how many toys she has…
…she only has eyes for the ancient garden hose.
She has even dragged it into the house.
Movie Review: The Miracle Worker (1962)
The story of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan is very effective thanks mostly to the ferocious performance of Anne Bancroft as Sullivan. The movie feels very stagey, which is understandable since it’s an adaptation of a play. The secondary characters are nothing to write home about either, but it’s really Bancroft’s movie, and she delivers, as does Patty Duke as Helen, so it’s all good.
Hooray for Millard Sheets…
…and his glorious mid-century Home Savings mosaics!
She is a connoisseur…
…of sticks. Only the finest will do.
Farewell to the House of Teeth…
I’ve been getting my teeth attended to here in his extremely dated and weirdly isolated building since I’ve had teeth in my head. I guess I’m sufficiently old that it wasn’t dated when I started out. I guess that makes me old.
It screams mid-century, doesn’t it?
Farewell little dental office!
A beautiful, peaceful sky…
Give me an N. C. Wyeth sky any day…
March starts with a recommendation…
I’ll admit, I don’t watch any traditional TV programming any longer, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing good on. There’s a lot of terrific YouTube channels with amazing content out there, and I’d like to recommend my favorite:
Noraly Schoenmaker is a thirtysomething Dutch woman who travels around the world solo by motorcycle. Her current journey targets the Middle East (Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia thus far), and it’s astonishing. As was her journey through West Africa last year.
Targeting more rural routes, as opposed to big cities, Schoenmaker encounters sights and cultures that few Westerners are exposed to. There are wonders aplenty, not the least of which is Schoenmaker’s indomitable good cheer and resourcefulness in the face of adversity (of which there is no shortage), and the kindness and decency of almost everyone she runs into.
This is truly great stuff, and I can’t recommend the channel highly enough.