Judy Jetson, or Riff Raff

Holly's hair inspired some comparisons to beloved characters... with that hair.

Two very long interviews

I'm putting these here so I can find the art again. Nice links. :-)

Doing these exchanges, for the creation of these interviews, wasn't easy. The questions were hard. Sometimes we negotiated different questions, or different answers. But the results are pretty good, and the images Rashmie created for it all are nice. (And she lifted photos from my site and facebook, and it was fun to see what she chose, too.)

Bicycle shop in Leiden

On July 3 I was in a bicycle shop in Leiden, with Graham Dusseldorp. It was crowded and exotic. I didn't report all my exciting activities last summer, but now I need to bring the photos here, because I'm using one for Just Add Light and Stir, and want to give it a bit of Netherlands-bike-shop context.

In Leiden, people REALLY ride bicycles. There are family bikes and cargo bikes.

There were lots of baskets, for bikes.

One stack had pink baskets and I said "Barbie," but Graham, whose daughter is much younger than mine, said "Those are Disney Princess." Then I saw the doll seats:

I just made a slide show of the others from that shop. Nothing here is a good photography. It's evidence, not art. :-)

Some fantasy, some reality

Holly and Will, at the Twisters fast-food restaurant that sometimes portrays a chicken place in "Breaking Bad." It's a happy photo.

Marty lately

Marty went to class on his roller blades today. I peeked out to watch him go. I've always loved seeing him skate. He needs new wheels. I offered to buy some, but he says he'll do it with his money, because they'll probably be $100. Oh. Not his little-boy skate prices.

A few days ago he asked me to come and spot him on a project, to be outside the jeep. He was bending a piece of heavy aluminum, to make a curved shield. He had already done a center bend, but wanted the edges rounder, and thought of what he had to make a mold and a press.

(Photos to come, but I will say... it involves a hole dug in the vacant lot, and his jeep.)

Photos in the mirror

Holly taking photos of herself in a mirror:

The mirror frame is Will.
Or maybe the mirror frame is those glasses, and the wall the mirror is on is... Will.

I have a collections of photos in mirrors: SandraDoddd.com/mirrors

"A guy where a tree should be"

Noise and voices and I went out and there was red "DANGER" tape in the alley, around both our back gates.

Our neighbor, Betty, is having five Arizona Cypress trees taken down. There goes some of our shade and privacy, but also there goes the sap they used to leave on the deck and steps on the west side of the house. Small advantage.

Holly and I slipped under their danger-tape to go to the grocery store, and I asked her to take a photo of the guy up there, when we got back.

Holly called the photo "a guy where a tree should be."

Our yard is still really shady. Will's mom was over last weekend and told Holly we had an East Mountain house, in town. I suppose it might be the trees. :-)

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Update. One tree is still there.
I think maybe we should put bamboo over there (giant reed grass) to grow up as a barrier and some shade. Sheeeesh..... it's sunny where it wasn't sunny before.