STREET ART II

 

 A second Street Art stroll in downtown Flagstaff revealed another treasure trove of art, ranging from message-driven to whimsical.  .  Join me for another sample.

 

Unity in Community/Unknown

Power/Jetsonorama

 

 

Morning Prayer/Jetsonorama

Untitled/Gilbert Parra

All From a Moment Alive/Lyle Motley

Peace Pole/Howie Hearn

The Veridic Gardens of Effie Leroux/Joe Sorren

Piano Room/Sage, Jill & Dan Drllevich, Rico Disefan

Flagstaff Brewing Company Mural/Oliver Vernon, Damon Soule, Mario Martinez

Ode to the Post/Landry McMeans

                                                             "The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of."

                                                                                        ---Leonardo daVinci

I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT...

 

Ron's A Liar

or

  You Can't Keep a Wood Man Down

 

 

You remember Ron decided early in the season that he was done wood cutting.  For life.  We agreed it was a good decision.  Then there was just a little bit of wood he couldn't say no to, and he went by himself to cut it.  Then the neighbor cut down a tree and said Ron could have it.  Then he found MORE wood.  Oak!  So close to the road!  It would be easy!  Wood I come??  Yes.

 

The Summer Running Series Is A Wrap!

This makes me a little sad, but it was SO GOOD...not really.  The reason I'm done is that I've run every run in the area. That's SO GOOD!  Here's the map again, with Runs 13 & 14 marked with red pen.  Run 13 was the loop. Hills were involved.  Run 14 I did just today, and will confess in a public venue that I trespassed on private property to run part of it.  Signed as such.  Locked gates.  Went under one gate and over the other.  Even met some people.  Another time I might have stopped and chatted, but given the circumstances, I said a very friendly "Good morning! Isn't it beautiful?" and kept going.  

The cross has been there long enough the tree has grown around it at the top.  The Christmas decorations didn't look too worn, so someone still thinks about someone. 

And A New Summer Idea

As noted previously, I've been keeping my eye open for any summer suggestions that might come my way.  It occurred to me that it might be nice to mark the summer season with a change of bedding.  I will say that in home decorating ways, I'm nowhere.  Ron likes it and has a good eye, and that's good enough for me.  That said, redecorating the house is not something either of us does as an activity.  The bedspread that's usually on the bed is a quilt Ron made decades ago to suit the room and us.  It's heavy; too much for summer.  Why not get a summer weight quilt and change things up seasonally?  Why not indeed.  It took some shopping. I did the initial looking and Ron weighed in on colors and so forth.  As our bedroom has strongly autumn colors in the wallpapers, I kept it within that color scheme.  I also looked on-line for information on "styling" a bed.  I'm super-pleased with the result.  The bedspread and the 5 throw pillows are new.  The two front pillows are ones my parents gave me, also decades ago, on which they embroidered around the designs to give them depth.  The throw is one we had. 

 

 

                                                                            Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August.

                                                                                                                   ---Denise Levertov
 

SUMMER TIME, AND THE LIVIN' IS EASY

 

 

 

Beaten up by monsoon rain.

 

Microgardening does have a learning curve.  I previously mentioned my first planting wasn't quite enough, and my second planting was too much.  I recently did a third planting and not only was it not just right, it was way too much more than the second planting!  Next planting I'm going to measure the seeds and record the amount.  Guessing just isn't working.  But my way too much garden was vigorous.  It started coming up in just a couple of days.  It was ready to start harvesting in about a week when...we got one of the two hard monsoon rains we've had this season.  I didn't take a picture of it before, but above is after.  All beaten up!  I have to work to pull up the stringy little stalks to cut the greens off with scissors.  Not much I can do about monsoon rains, even if I do find the just right amount of seeds.   

 

Summer Running Series is still the best!   

My favorite, favorite, favorite Long Park Tank

After Run 9, I had to make a decision.  The map, for a reminder:  

I had several choices.  Run 10 would finish the entire lop-sided lollipop.  I could conclude the Series at the junction of FS240 and FS700.  Or I could run the stem of the lollipop back to the Start.  Or I could continue the Series by going right on FS700.  FS700 goes through to Mountainaire Road near home.  However, this year a middle portion is closed for logging, so I would only be able to run to the closure.  You won't have any trouble guessing what my decision was!

Now what?? Another decision is pending!

 

 

Niece Kaylan has watched Discovery's Shark Week every summer since she was a youngster and told me she was a superfan.  I've been keeping my eye out for summer activities that might be repeatable, and was willing to commit to at least one hour daily of the 25 hours of programming available during the week.  It's promoted as entertaining, educational, scientific, and pro-shark.  It was worth the trial, but it turned out to be a one-off for me.  It was far too heavy on the entertainment and embarrassingly weak in all the other areas.  Nat Geo has a competing SharkFest which is supposed to be more science-based, but I've used up my interest.

 

                                                       I could never in a hundred summers get tired of this.

                                                                                              ----Susan Branch