…a few decades ago. I don’t remember having this photo taken, though I do remember it was at the impetus of of our step-mother, Betty. I think it is the only studio photograph of me, and certainly the only professional one of my sister and I. Until I scanned the photo, I didn’t realize how scuffed the plastic covering had become. I am afraid I would damage it if I tried to remove the covering, which is held on with rivets.
The Big Picture presents another of its fabulous photo-essays in Remembering Apollo 11 – The Big Picture – Boston.com.
Good stuff today:
I freecycled the feather bed (six responses within an hour!) today. I also got the office / guest room set up, which is part of the project which has eaten my life recently. The Collie seems less stressed since things have become a little more settled.
Bad stuff today:
The damp spot under the third bathroom in our house was not just a damp spot. Although the damage doesn’t look as severe as it might have, things will need to dry out for a while before we can make a complete assessment. Home ownership is such a joy!
The puppy thinks I am paying far too much attention to the house and not to him. Puppy has spent a lot of time in time-out today.
I used to walk to the Takoma Park Metro Station to go downtown, passing through Fort Totten station on the next stop: Washington Metro Train Crash Kills Six. (By the way, natives of the area know that there is no ‘s’ on the end of Spring.)
Jack and I had been wanting to go out to eat to celebrate my birthday, but we were having schedule conflicts. (Our birthdays and anniversary all take place between June 3 and June 13, which seemed like a good idea at the time, but makes it difficult to schedule three separate celebrations.) While I was researching what was available in Monument, the town to north of us, I came across the Mozaic Restaurant, and remembered seeing it on the side of the road going toward Palmer Lake.
I don’t normally do buffets, because it seems like too much food, but I do like brunch occasionally. Jack doesn’t like brunch, because he sees no point in getting up in the morning on a weekend unless he is going to play golf. However, since it was my birthday, he agreed to brunch this morning.
The Mozaic has a fabulous view of the Front Range, looking south toward Cheyenne Mountain. On the opposite side the hill slopes up to the Santa Fe trail and the red rock formations which common to the Palmer Divide area.
The dining room took full advantage of the view and had what our server called a water feature. I would have called it a fountain, myself.
The food lives up to the setting, and there was, of course, too much of it. It had both breakfast and luncheon items, including sliced prime rib, Belgian waffles, and cooked to order omelettes. I had a hard time deciding what I liked best, though the salmon frittata and cheeze blintz were both very good. The bison short ribs were also excellent. Jack made a strategic error and got an omelette. This left him too full to try much from the luncheon selections. Poor Jack.
Effect Measure, at ScienceBlogs, has some well-written posts about Swine Flu. Remember to wash your hands.
At this USPS page, you can vote for your favorite Simpsons stamp. I may actually buy a set when they go on sale May 7th, even though I have been devoted to the Forever stamps since the Postal Service started issuing them.
The Library of Congress Blog announces that the Library of Congress is putting some of its vast collection of audio-visual materials on You Tube, including a short clip of boxing cats from an archive of Edison clips.
Wikipedia has an article Friday the 13th. I was surprised to learn that belief in the unluckiness of this day is a fairly recent superstition.
I missed it that it was Dr Seuss’s birthday yesterday, but Google didn’t..
