Day 5138: Grand-dog Duke is 1 ! & Cinncinnati Cow Jumps Over the ...

"Plans": junk paper collage, blueprint, digital.

  

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    Click: Shondells, Mony, Mony.

2GN2S

I landed yesterday around 5 pm, after a later take-off due to Las Vegas airport closing down to incoming flights due to atmospheric pressure. Superman was flying in earlier from an Oklahoma business trip and landed among turbulence and his hardest landing ever. When we were finally cleared for our 35 minute flight we had turbulence entering the LV area  and turbulence enough that I could hear the plane rattling, but the landing was okay. It was 99' when we landed, so I was prepared due to OC weather of late. I got to see Jordan (GH#1) as he stopped by before going home. And Zack (GH#3) when he got home from work. We watched Day 4 Sumo together. 

Duke, age 1. 

Grand-dog Duke is 1!

 Today is Duke's 1st birthday and this is his birthday toy. It has already been swung around by the hat, so this may be the only in tact photo before long. I sang to him, like I do to all of my family members, and he was very polite and didn't't ask me to stop.

But when Duke was occupied elsewhere, 

Zoey cuddled Duke's new birthday toy.

I really love spending time with these two. Gotta go,

they have a rope with bells on the door to outside ...

so they can let us know when the dogs want to go outside. Duke pawed the bells his first day home as a puppy. Zoey stands by the bells and expects you to see her location. We're all different.

     

  

 

A 4+ minute video, Warm Star, here.

 

 

Just because ...

Sunbittern

Friday's Smiles ... 

 

Hoping you feel all the good things in your day.

  

 

 

  

Day 5137: Horace, “Well begun is half done.” & Mont-Saint Michel.

"Parts": junk papers collage, digital.

                                                                       

  

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    Click: Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland

2GN2S

 What to write? I am a bit weary and I need to pack. This is an activity that used to be exciting and is now painful. Couple that with a giant dose of procrastination and you might see my dilemma? The details of thinking ahead for what might be needed is not a high priority, though it should be. At least the suitcase is out, and half filled. I keep waiting for a burst of energy and insight, but so far, none.

Horace, “Well begun is half done.”

Demura Sensei's Overnight Training for Juniors.

Original Honbu Dojo, Santa Ana, CA.  1980

A quote I found written in an old journal today, "Demura Sensei was in great form today. Just back from London, and teaching in Chile before that, I think our weaknesses stood out and he worked us extra hard. We love it when Sensei is home.

10/23/14

     

  

 

A 5 minute video, Anya , here.

 

Just because ...

Red-tailed Laughingthrush

Thursday's Smiles ... 

 

Hoping you feel all the good things in your day.

  

 

 

 

Day 3136: A Birthday Party & Drone lets Disabled Bird Fly.

"Visible": junk paper collage

                                                                       

  

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 Click: Jackson 5, Enjoy Yourself.

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Last week I was honored to be invited to a family birthday party. Carole, my good, good friend and Mom of the birthday celebrants and siblings picked me up and we were off to Mama Mia's in Corona. It was Cheryls birthday, but had been her brother, Kevin's a week earlier. Their older brother and sister, Greg and Lisa met us there, so we were six total.

(L-R) Carole, Cheryl, Greg, Lisa, me, Kevin.

Lately I have been hand drawing birthday cards for people I think might like it, it takes longer than buying a card, but it helps me use up some supplies, and if they like it, win-win. I thought I might share them with you? I had trouble knowing what to post tonight, this is it. 

4x9" card/envelope

Lisa and Greg have birthday's next month, so I will try to make a card for them as well. Not for everybody, as they aren't realistic, but they usually have some sort of identifying characteristic. 

     

He built a way for his bird to fly again.

In Davao City, Philippines, bird owner Marc Joseph Colando built a custom transparent cabin beneath a drone so his injured lovebird, Nitya, could experience flying again.

Nitya had been badly hurt in a cat attack in 2025, leaving her unable to stand, walk, or land properly. She could still manage short, low flights, but nothing like before. So Marc built her a lightweight, ventilated cabin and securely attached it beneath a DJI drone.

On April 13, 2026, Nitya took her first assisted flight.

Since then, she has spent 10 to 15 minutes in the air almost every day, soaring above fields and parks while chirping from her tiny cabin.

One bird. One drone. One owner who refused to let an injury take away her sky.

  

 

A 5+ minute video, Blanket, here.

 

 

Just because ...

Orange-bellied Trogon

Wednesday's Smiles ... 

Hoping you see all the good things in your day.