Melting Snowman

Sunday was rainy, n then later snowy outsidethe door at work. I took out my garbage at clean-up time, n squished some slushy snow together.  It was highly sculptable, so I quickly plunked a small snow-figure  with arms together on a tray, n brought it in to cheer me through the rest of clean-up. Someone else put a food-glove on his head.

I placed it so it was visable all the way down the building as drivers were checking, covering, n loading large racks into delivery trucks. An hour after as I left, it still hadn't melted yet. I've done that every winter I've worked there so far.

Other times I blow-up n tie-off a glove n draw with marker a happy face on it. Then put it near where I am, n talk to it calling it Wilson, my best friend. At least a few folks there realize I'm  parodying Wilson from the film, "Castaway" with Tom Hanks. I'm sure most others are mystified by this...

We just had two warm-ish n very foggy days. It was record breaking north n west, but cooler here (44 F) by the cold ocean water. Now comes sleet n snow again for today's walk.

Half Mast Update

Previous Post Update 

The following is what I had written  last week after the Parkland High School Massacre:
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At dusk the Town Hall flag remains half-mast with the Middle n HighSchools in the background.

The New Normal:
18 shootings since the New Year, in 6 weeks. That's a 3 per week average- unacceptable!

How do we convince those with this type of ambition that violence is not the answer to their problems, n that they are punishing the wrong people?

How can we get folks to control their rage n anger at the system n the unfairness of life?

How does it feel to be Attacked...

How does it feel to be a student or parent having to worry every day this could happen to them?

Has everyone been sufficiently traumatized?

Shooters are randomly pushed to the edge of sanity.

Witnesses enter Survival Mode.

Apathetic veiwers are desensitized.

We endure tragic endings n watch many beautiful funerals.

Our hearts never recover.


Can it ever be stopped???


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It looks after all folks are doing toward school safety with lawmakers, perhaps it is more likely to get something done about the likelihood of this school violence continuing. 

Half Mast

It was a very heavy Heart Day...

The flag at the Town Hall hangs at Half mast with the Middle n High schools in the background at dusk.

I had a long thing written which disappeared when  I moved my memory stick to the other device to post. It's been too long a day. At least it was therapeutic to express what I was thinking. If I find it again, I'll put more here later.

Then all the pics managed to get in the edit box multiple times, so I hope they aren't all repeated when it posts, because I can't tell!

Our Hearts will never recover...

Canoe Might Be Easier

So much drenching rain, I decided not to do errands for another day. I hate putting chores off. At least it wasn't a foot of snow here like in western MA, but "A River Runs Through It" definitely described the terrain here. Then it rep-freezes n re-thaws.

Now I need to cram Day 2 with chores instead. I'm still trying to find tax instruction reading time. Wish I could afford to just relax, but knowing things need to get done makes that impossible for me.

I found myself feeling glad to have missed the Patriots lose the Super Bowl. So many disappointed fans!

In Philly tho they are having a well deserved parade party. 

I hope to find time to see game  highlights today. I want to search for the ads also. 
I hope today's text wrapping goes better. Yup, no library today, so this is from home. 

I will check your blogs, but still won't be able to comment on some from here.

That Flu bug is getting scary this year, getting fatal for so many on the news. A little girl from my old neighborhood got rushed to the er a few days ago not breathing! She is ok now- TG! One example  again of what I wouldn't find out about if I didn't read FB!

So far I have been spared, n have not had the shot said to only be %10 effective in Canada.
I always react to injections.

Another snow pic was used for altering. I took it walking up to the work building last Monday. I like how the snow stuck to everything.

This is the crop used for these pics today.

All the snow is gone here now, except for the  store parking lot mountains, still shrinking down.
Maybe a bit more Friday pm.

I may play with more snow pics soon...

Enjoy your week!

GroundHogs

GroundHogs Here See No Shadows

Snow to rain all morning.

Alot going on around the house here lately, n lots of noise to try to
sleep thru. I managed to miss the Super Blue Blood Moon the
other night, despite being up all night.

I didn't make
it outside. It
was only a
partial eclipse
here anyhow.
Don't know if
I'll make it to
the next one
in 2037.

Weird how my priorities keep getting shifted by other folks stuff.

I don't have FB on a smart-phone like other
folks, n tho I am limiting my time there I keep
running out of time for my psychedelic pic playing fun. Tough to do both.

Finally got some pics of snow on the way to work this week. I didn't get them on the pc until yesterday, n found some fun stuff time here at 2am, past the normal time I'd usually post.

 

But I like what I got out of this image so far, n just used the same mirror angles n settings to get all these from the same crop. I don't think I'm done playing with this photo yet, but I'm out of time for another week.

Everyone enjoy your SuperBowl LII fun. I'm depressed I have to work n will miss it, plus have no way to tape it for after work. I always used to tape it. I love The Halftime shows! (Hey, I got that Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction on VHS somewhere in storage). Plus I love the fun commercials.  So much creativity, n so many of the companies gone now. It's like a mini-film festival inside a game.

Plus my State's Team, The Pats are going for a 6th ring. I want to see the game this round too! Missing all the fun stuff is really getting old for me, lately. Working is not fun, but does keep me busy n pays the rent.

 

I've been re-watching some of my dvd movie pile n not finding
much from the Library lately. Still want to see the new Star Wars
film, n trying to wait patiently for the dvd. Watched The Force
Awakens again, After the three new Star Treks. Now I'm falling
asleep to Marvel films again.

I really liked finding this one! The top image is a crop of it.

Yep, I am posting from a home device n learning slowly.

Keep trying again n again. That's the whole point
of that movie named for today...

... Until you succeed!