SFUSD Tudor

On Saturday mornings, if I wake up early enough, I like to go have a latte and some wheat soda bread with cheese at Andytown Roasters out on Lawton. I noticed driving home one day what seems to be a closed up school on 42nd Ave. At least, I hope it's closed up! Every time I've driven by, I've thought, "I should take some photos of that building. It's kinda cool looking, reminds me of Tudor England." After thinking this numerous times and not stopping because the light never seemed right, I finally said the hell with the light, parked and pulled out Madge.

The shots aren't great, but I hope they are a little interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

Poetry & Strolling

This evening I went over to The Great Overland Book Company - one of the few used bookstores still in my Inner Sunset neighborhood - for a poetry reading organized by a friend of mine. The guest poets were Candy Shue and Micah Ballard. I will confess I'm one of those who has never learned to appreciate poetry, though there are a small few I have magically connected with, most notably Rilke. I'm not one to give up trying, however, and I was pleasantly surprised tonight, especially by some of the poems Ballard read. I will have to check his work out a bit more. He's a USFer so I should be able to pick something up by him at the campus bookstore when I'm on lower campus this week.

If you are a fan of The Great Overland Book Company and/or an Inner Sunset dweller, keep your eye out for future readings, events referred to as "Poets Upstairs", as I am told there will be more such gatherings. You can look for details on Foglights.

Walking home, listening to some Brian Eno/David Byrne, I captured a couple of photos. I like night light.

I'm glad I crawled out into the night this evening.

 

Virginia City: Whiskey, Women and... Zombies?

Yes, this involves the undead. Yes, I survived.

https://www.storehouse.co/stories/t3jt8-virginia-city-nv

 

The Lodger

I have a temporary lodger living with me right now. He's such a doll. He is very well groomed, likes to wear a tuxedo, is black as sin and has heavenly amber eyes. He plays hard and likes to hang out in bed with me. To be truthful, I think he might be breaking my heart...

Such a sultry look... He's a heart breaker.

You can't hear it, but he's purring up a storm.

He plays hard...

I know you wanna pet me... Go ahead, do it...

He goes by the handle of Pawz and he needs a permanent home. Anyone have space for a cutie like this?

 

 

Oh, Those Dahlias

Checked out the dahlia exhibit in GG Park today. Got some amazing photos of them.

Totally reminds me of a Phyllis Diller hat.

Storehouse: https://www.storehouse.co/stories/t4h4a-oh-those-dahlias

Flickr Set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/snarfff/sets/72157646159380670/

Something's Fishy

A few weekends ago I went to my cousin's place for dinner and she made delicious pan-fried trout. I told her I had never cooked a whole fish before so, after dinner, she made a point to show me a YouTube video with Melissa Clark from the New York Times (link below). I've seen my friend Lisette cook big pieces of salmon on our weekend Sea Ranch getaways, but I always let her do it. Not anymore. The secret's out. It's easy to cook a whole fish.

My fish choice: Golden Trout. What can I say, it's a blonde fish with pink flesh. If I were a fish, I might very well be a Golden Trout.

Yup, that's everything.

Ready for the oven.

Ready for the plate.

All the pink flesh!

Ready for my belleh!

I now have a fish-cooking bug. What fish will be up next?

Melissa Clark takes away the whole fish fear!

 

I Made Bread: Yup, I Really Did

Here is a story on my recent bread making attempts. I planned to blog it, but Storehouse just makes it too easy to do really nice story layouts. So, click through and give it a read.

https://www.storehouse.co/stories/t1oyp-yup-i-made-bread

P.S. I just made my third loaf today (it's not the one pictured above - that one's #2). I didn't let the second rise go as long as previously, plus the dough went on a road trip with me to S&L's place, where I'm spending the night. The bread seems much poofier. Haven't tried it yet but I'll have some for breakfast and we'll see how I did.

 

The Horrible Cuteness

Some posts require minimal text. This is one such post.

Nope, nothin' over here. Keep movin' along. (Pawz)

Did you say something? (Rust)

Yup, I'm cute. So what? (Axel)

WTF was that? (Rust and Odin)

Butt smack! No fair! (Rust and Pawz)

What? Sneaking up on you? Heaven's no, I'd never do such a thing. (Odin)

What's this? It's my pet mouse. We're cuddling. (Pawz)

Fern, your ass is grass! (Odin)

Gettin' a good look, lady? (Brain, aka Little Momma, Axel and Odin)

Hold up! I'm checkin' somethin' out. (Pawz)

If you need a kitten, these cuties need a home.

Petersen's Rock Garden

I haven't had a chance to blog anything about my drive up to Spokane and back to SF via Portland, but I did take some time the other day to post some pics and a bit about this random stop I made just outside of Bend, OR, at Petersen's Rock Garden. I posted it on Storehouse. I hope you'll take a minute and follow the link below to check it out.

Garden structure detail.

http://www.storehouse.co/stories/i6zs-petersen-s-rock-garden

 

Floral Conversion

If I were transformed from my current human form into flower form, I'd look like this: big, fluffy and pink.

Yup, super fluffy (Filoli rose garden).

And I'd smell nice, too.

Reno Overnighter

Last weekend I drove up to Reno with Kathleen and Coopie so we could meet up Linda while she and Wood passed through on their way to Death Valley. It rained the whole way to the mountains and when we got close to the summit it changed to snow and we had to chain up.

30 mph with chains. Fun.

We arrived safely and found Linda and Wood and, of course, the infamous Addy May. Let me say, that is one happy pup! Coopie, little ball of fluff that he is, was a bit nervous around such a big and very curious Addy. After a brief visit, we kidnapped Linda for a drive around town, some slot action and drinks. I invested $5 in the Linda Slot Fund and she made me bucks - $20 net to be exact. Woot! Plus, over lunch we played Keno and our winnings covered the cost of lunch. I credit faery dust.

Royalty.

This is after just a few sips of one cocktail! What light weights!

While we wandered the casino, we were furred!

Queue to the soundtrack of The Right Stuff.

The furry dude in the right is rather intimidating. Wouldn't want to meet him on a dark alley.

Linda getting some bovine loves.

Totally awesome furriness!!!

The next day we met for breakfast and a final visit before we all headed off; the Wooden's south, us westish.

RV massiveness! They need all that room just for Addy May.

Good puppy!

Kathleen, Coopie and I stopped for a brief time in Truckee. I think this was Coopies first snow. He didn't seem bothered by it.

Snow boots? Only wimps need snow boots!

Arty B&W snowy tree close up.

More puppies! This is at the little Truckee Train Museum. Check it out when in Truckee. It's free and it's about trains.

A nice, though way too short, getaway. It was great to see Linda.

 

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