Day 3456: Timothy.

 

 

"Timothy": old school photo, collage & digital.

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 2GN2S ...

It's Olympic time again. Winter Olympics from Beijing! I have already watched Nathan Chen win the short program, in the team competition.

Before the serious business of figure skating starts next week, the Olympics is having the skaters offer a preview of what’s to come after Friday’s opening ceremony. Friday is the opening ceremonies to the start of the Olympics, I'll be watching that too.

 

 

A repeat ...

Time for another quick Dad story?

He always said he had the best childhood.

Later he lived through the depression & was forever frugal. He never smoked or drank, was strict & beyond thrifty. I never heard him swear except once, when he was teaching me to drive & I popped the clutch! He had wanted a boy, but got me. He always called me Jack.

Father's Day, 1975, Yorba Linda, CA

Dad had lots of stories & loved telling them.

What was really amazing was that he told them word for word, with pauses in the same spot every time. He loved having a new listener, a new audience. People always seemed enthralled. We had heard them a lot. Sometimes he would ask if we had hear this one? If we said yes, he would say, "well here it comes again." Many stories featured his travels, or well known celebrities.

Dad, age 80, Kong Kong, 1990

This picture was taken on a junk in Hong Kong Harbor. I don't think I ever saw him happier.

And yes, a lot of stories were told. 

 

 

 

 

A  great 4-1/2-minute video, Koi fish, here.

 

Just because ...

 

Madagascar Red Fody

 

Smiles for Friday ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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