"Ukranian Pride": photos, digital collage.

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Melachrino Strings and Orchestra

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Historical Collection of Found Paper Airplanes

From the New Yorker Magazine, I read about Harry E. Smith, painter, filmmaker and collector.

His paper airplane collection became thing of legend over the years, particularly because of his passion and interest in tracking down new ones. Jumping out into moving traffic, grabbing an airplane before it dived into a gutter, Smith put pride into his saving of these throwaway relics.

Collected between 1961 and 1983, a box of 250 planes was donated to the Smithsonian after his death, just a fraction of his total collection, but a fascinating time capsule nonetheless.

The age, patina & variations in the photos, show-cases all kinds of hastily or elaborately folded planes.

You can imagine the owner launching one out of a fifteenth story apartment, watching it silently sail down to the busy streets below.

Below you’ll find a sampling of the collection.

For movie lovers, there’s an Australian film about competitive paper airplane flying here.

a map that Smith made to mark where each of his airplanes was found.

Interesting?

Demura Sensei's Blackbelts

Super Summer Seminar

Costa Mesa High School, 2011

Look what I found today?

Granma, Laker and GH#3, Zack.

This was years ago, maybe a decade? When I look at this, I can still feel Laker's weight on me, but happy for it. He was such a sweet dog, GH#3, Zack, was playing and I was watching his video games.

Lately I have seen so many people and friends on FB facing the loss of a pet, and it tugs on my heart and mind, I go back to the always huge losses during my 82 years. Dogs love you more than they love themselves, it's true.

A 1 minute video, Dancing Lemur, here

Just because ...

Wren

Thursday's Smiles ...

"Ongoing": junk mail collage

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) an American politician and humanitarian, served as the 39th president of the United States, 1977 to 1981.

Jimmy Carter is a man of many milestones -- and the list keeps growing. Late last week, the former president and Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian marked another year as the longest lived ex-commander in chief, a record he has held since March 2019. Having begun hospice care in February 2023, he celebrated his 99th birthday in October, surprising even his loved ones, grandson Jason Carter has said. "It's a true blessing for all of us to have had this much time with him.

"I think his time in the private sector and the work that he did at the Carter Center, really spending his life among the most marginalized and poorest people in the world and believing in their power to change their own lives and in the power of human rights for them and democracy for them, will be the biggest part of his legacy," the younger Carter, a former state senator and gubernatorial candidate.

After his defeat to Ronald Reagan in 1980, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter returned to Plains. Instead of resting on their laurels, they threw themselves into humanitarian work, joining forces with Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit group founded in 1976 by a Christian couple named Millard and Linda Fuller, with the stated mission of "seeking to put God's love into action" by building homes for people in need.

"Habitat provides a simple but powerful avenue for people of different backgrounds to come together to achieve those most meaningful things in life. A decent home, yes, but also a genuine bond with our fellow human beings. A bond that comes with the building up of walls and the breaking down of barriers," Jimmy Carter once said.

In addition to building houses for the disadvantaged around the world, the Carters also shared a mutual love for bird-watching and fly-fishing, even building a fly-fishing pond on their Georgia property.

In the 2021 interview, the Carters were asked how they stayed happily married for so many years. Jimmy Carter attributed the longevity of their union to working on projects and hobbies they are both interested in and giving each other space to pursue individual interests. For decades, Jimmy Carter's love for former first lady Rosalynn Carter -- married from 1946 until her death in November -- was one of the things that kept him going.

"He is living this part of his life as part of that same faith journey that he's been on for his whole life. And we're all just there along for the ride."

The Super-heroes were in Orange County for a few days. While Superman had a meeting, we, Carole, Cheryl, WW& I, had a Mother-Daughter lunch at

896 Spectrum Center Dr Irvine, CA 92618 * (949) 800-8798

Garnering reviews for its inspired pan-Asian cuisine, Little Sister has fast become a neighborhood hotspot for both locals and tourists. Menu offerings include inventive East-meets-West cuisine served in a modern, come-as-you-are atmosphere. The fresh, seasonal, market-driven menu is sure to please with its many unique offerings.

I would tell you what we ate, but I only remember the Bahn Mi (above) and the Vietnamese Chicken Salad, which I will order next time. There were also exotic names for dumplings, Papaya Salad and Crispy Tofu. For me it was the beautiful presentation of the many fresh ingredients and vegetables.