I
posted this four years ago today and when it popped up in my Facebook
feed I was delighted, because I remember how damned silly it was and
I'm all for silly. I've done nothing but brood and carp over Trump
and it ends NOW. I'm getting back to my fun, 100% fact-free posts and
getting in shape for the A-to-Z Challenge that begins April 1, 2017
and in keeping with last year's theme, I'm going to continue to write
about all of the hoo-ha that goes on around here on the Avenue.
Nebraska Avenue, that is. There's just too much “specialness”
going on to not take advantage of the human condition or the everyday
idiocies I see, and boy howdy, there are a butt-ton of 'em, whatever
a butt-ton is.
Anyway,
I hope you enjoy my little journey into the Visual Arts. My dear
friend, YumaBev, or Bev Mittan-Ribaudo, who has Parkinson's Disease,
is an actual, real-live, award-winning photographer, along with her
Wonderful Husband. Just think of me as the anti-Bev. And, oh, yeah, I
got those e. t. blues treated and am playing up a storm on the viola.
The
trip to Japan was a smashing success in that I came back alive and
Japan is still standing! I'll have more posts and tons of pictures to
write about; I've just been busy unsnarling my life, since my phone
never left Florida, along with my mind, apparently. I've been
spending the time getting playing, practicing and caught up with doctor's appointments and
untangling the fine mess that my bank made when they canceled my card
3 weeks early, because it wasn't a “chip” card. All is well and
my financial status is good. Sheesh! Anyway, enjoy this little post
that I originally wrote for #ROW80, four years ago today!
This is not just any artwork. This is artwork of the finest
photography taken by my ever-shaking hand. Call me the anti-YumaBev.
In terms of clarity, form and content. This here is some murky stuff.
Just take a ramble through some of my fine pictures:
Jim and cat napping. If you look in the left 1/3 of the picture, you can
imagine two white paws, very restful. Price: free.
See,
I helpfully pointed them out. This is free also, should you wish to
possess it. Actually, just copy the damn thing.
Animals
make cute subjects for photographers, since I am not one, I find them
to be a singular pain in the ass to try and take pictures of, yet I
persist. This is what happened, when I was testing my new camcorder
one night, which also has no night filter, and lent that
extra-special dimension of creepiness we all hope for when we're
taking pictures of the family doing family things about the house. . . alone. . . and in the dark.
I
think I had some artsy-fartsy idea of seeing the cat through a
victorian era lamp, but what I've appeared to have captured is some
Lovecraftian "Colour Out of Space" horror that resides in
our living room. Best call out Chthulu from under the kitchen sink.
He's been napping far too long anyway. He needs to go on va-cay. Price: I give you Skittles to
take this off my hands.
Before
I took the famous picture of Mama kitty napping with Jim, I had to
test the camcorder to see if it was photo-graphing or if it was taking
moving pictures. Since I don't see well in the dark (or the light for
that matter) it was highly necessary to stand in the kitchen and press
several buttons at once on a device about which I knew nothing. (Gee, Mary, couldya have gone in the bathroom, shut the door and turned on a light? What? And ruin all this fine art and fun!) This
is what we referred to as "learning" when I went to school
to become a computer engineer. We had these things called "books"
but hardly ever read them. This was a much more fun way to learn and
also un-learn the messes we made that were referred to as "programs."
Anyway,
I discovered the proper sequence for producing still photographs
after many stops and starts and some amazingly amazing non-action
sequences of my stove-top. Of course, I couldn't be bothered to turn
on the light, because, eyes and I didn't want to wake the little
darlings snuggling in the next room.
Bonus
points for my finger in the lower right. Price: Let's haggle.
I
haven't even gotten around to the videos yet. YouTube pisses me off.
Every time I upload one, they say, "this seems a bit shaky, do
you want us to fix it?" What, and ruin my great art? How do you
know that's not part of my artistic statement on the world, YouTube?
Here's
a picture I took of Mama and then I kind of morphed it with Pic
Monkey. She was all sprawled out on the bed, happy as a clam.
It
was too blurred, so I filtered it, and removed most of the shadows. She loves to sleep like this.
The
only other pictures I've ever taken that were worth a damn was the
one down below of her on my blog and some of my viola and the one I
took of the house down the street. I'm no photographer, but it sure
is fun taking pictures and I'll have more of my "artwork" on display during the A-to-Z Challenge, 2017!
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