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Art: I am going to take a break while we entertain guests, about 6 “units” in all over several weeks. We love it. As most know, we have the guest cabana which allows our guests to come-and-go, do their own thing independent of our schedule.
Before taking the break, I primed some canvases, drafted a couple of ideas, and finished another “what if” piece. For this, I took a larger, 16 x 20” canvas board and tried to translate a thought, or maybe a dream, or whatever. I wanted to make use of the acrylics rather than my usual oil or pastel. And, since I live near the Rauschenberg Gallery; Bob was known for his collage pieces, I wanted to try adding a photo I touched-up. In a black frame, well, I like it. It stops me when I walk across the room and it invites me to look at this piece I call Quarantine.
This is another piece I “saw” one day. As I worked on it it evolved, somewhat. I might try another version one day. It is 20 x 16” oil on canvas board. If interested, either piece is $199 plus $20 postage; I’ll let you purchase your own frame, seems like everyone has their own taste/need when it comes to framing.
Florida:
In the middle of March we took an Edison Ford Estate Directors Tour to four local gardens...I know, some of you still had snow on the ground. I have covered previous tours in prior years. They had to cancel last year’s due to Covid. So:
After assembling over coffee and donuts, we boarded our motor coach and hit The Grubby Thicket hosted by Lars Cain, one house off of the Caloosahatchee. When he purchased the home the lawn was sod. He removed it and began to plant everything he could get to grow. Here is the result.
The next hour was spent at Debbie’s Artsy Garden hosted by Debbie McPhail, whose father moved the family to Fort Myers many, many years ago. He owned an auto dealtership in, I think, Ohio.
The third stop was at Lynn Stewart’s The Garden Gate. In just a couple of years she remodeled the cottage and installed the garden. Her background in retail design and visual merchandising, I believe for American Eagle, came through in her planned garden. Still a work in progress.
The last hour was spent at the home of the Estate President and architect, Mike Flanders. First, he has done a great job designing and expanding a tiny cottage and carport into an attractive, functional home. He loves palms, so that is on what he focused. His wife is an art teacher and you will see her effect on the grounds. The kinetic sculpture was purchased.
Dom recently combined a rescue dog mission with his love to fly. He joined another flight club member and transported a dog for the second leg of a mission from Texas to Chicago.Listening: An interesting story. Many of the actors and actresses in Hallmark movies are multi-talented. Some write, some produce, some direct, one has a “real” job hosting 48 Hours on NBC. Many sing, and this woman, who has appeared in many productions, most known for her role as the police Chief in the Aurora Teagarden mysteries has a great piece. She has not recorded much and it has been infrequent. In the TV shows I have only seen her singing once, singing background and playing an electric keyboard.
The Link to Hiding Place - there are other versions including an acoustic with video
Reading: I am not an engineer; however, most of this sounds right...
The average house is equipped with 100 amp service.
On our small street (approximately 25 homes), the electrical infrastructure would be unable to carry more than three houses with a single Tesla, each.
So as our elected officials promote this, not only are we being urged to buy these things and replace our reliable, cheap generating systems with expensive, new windmills and solar cells, but we will also have to renovate our entire delivery system.
According to General Motors, the Volt battery holds 16 kWh of electricity. It takes a full 10 hours to charge a drained battery.
Oh, OBTW, the lithium for the batteries comes mostly from China. Follow the money! And, what do we do with all of the obsolete gas engine cars? And how do you charge-up if you don’t have a garage? Or, what if you are poor person who lives in a run-down neighborhood, that only drives to get groceries of pick up the kids from school? Sure, if you can afford it, and there is an infrastructure, or you and your neighbors want to pay a tax, different from the current gas tax, to upgrade your block to handle the increase grid load...I could go on. Buy one if you want, but don’t make the rest of us do so. It’s like mass transit in NYC vs Hutchinson Ks.
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Humor:
More fun than humor...parents often take advantage of their last name when naming their child. Dusty Rhodes is ubiquitous. So, I am reading the rundowns on this year’s teams in March Madness: “The Spartans’ (MSU) leading scorer, Aaron Henry, has been playing better on of late in averaging 16.5 points per game game.” But, how many home runs?
I Found this Interesting:
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