I’m going to start a little beach series from 2007 that I think is pretty good. Otherwise, we’re going to pretend this week never was. All that stuff I talked up last week? It’s still going to happen: next week. Things simply are taking a bit longer than I’d anticipated, and circumstances haven’t been kind, either. As usual, I’m doing most of this personally, and I am prone to being overly optimistic in the early going. However, I am working to make the coming Kickstarter campaign fun and productive. Just give me a few more days, and enjoy the beach.
65 responses to “Beach Erosion”
They are in the process of refurbishing the hotel that I stay at about once a month. The beds were usually pretty good, but the rest of the place was tired and old. They may have even replaced the HVAC as it was not too noisy. There were tornado sirens in the Cincy area, but I slept right through them.
Unfortunately I will be returning to a house with no A/C. We had a house inspection but they really dropped the ball in regards to the furnace. The A/C unit should be ok but the furnace and fan are shot. I can’t get anyone to even quote it until July 5th. I suppose that I could find someone, but I prefer to go with someone that I trust.
In the meantime, I am going to fill a styrofoam cooler with ice and run a fan over it. Has anyone ever tried that? Figured that it won’t cost too much. Highs here this weekend are expected to me 90 to 93 with no cool off until next Tuesday. Yeah I know it gets hotter than that in the south, but that is why I don’t live down there! lol
This is what I am thinking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Yv5RyQP4I
No problem; I am sure it will be worth the wait!
In the south when I was young we were lucky to have a fan. You put a big block of ice in a dish pan and put the fan behind it. If you could find an ice house.
Steve, rent a couple of window units instead.
https://consumerist.com/?s=homemade+air+conditioner
Suffering in 111-119 degree heat made the beach view VERY appealing.
Ditto what Jackie said. My dad said that was common in his day (pre-AC), especially in small businesses. And “ice houses” seemed to be pretty ubiquitous in the South until not too far back in the past. The one where I live now has been out of business for some years and appeared to exist primarily to sell cold beer (“Ice Cold”, of course) when it did operate. Now bagged ice is available at every grocery and curb store.
Ooookay – so what’s the gray box in panel one? Is that a placeholder for the date of publication and copyright year?
Clever move on JJ’s part, distract us with the beach while he does his magic behind the screen.
GR6, the Houston area still has ice houses whose prime function is the sale of beer. Y’all come on by, ya hear?
The one in town 13 miles from our cotton farm existed until fairly recently processing and storing deer and selling beer.
Before everyone had home freezers and Walmart Supercenters they sold ice, you had a freezer compartment rented and they’d keep your meat there, beef, pork, deer. I guess anything you wanted frozen that you didn’t can.
In Texas ice house became synonymous with beer and a style of greasy hamburger, honky tonk atmosphere. When we built the Boat Palace Mike designed it in the barn and she’d style often used in such establishments in Texas so neighbors couldn’t figure out what we were doing. We told them ice house with beer and bar food, bands.
They were disappointed. It only happened once a year.
Sand I love real ice houses in Houston. Are there any still of the old ones open? There was one in Heights I loved and a good one just off Nasa Road 1 in Webster.
Forgot to separate URL in “expl ore”
http://expl ore.org/live-cams/player/decorah-eagles-north-nest
. . . so you can see the whole eagle nest / wide angle cam. Peace,
Original earlier post, modified:
Just now, the north Decorah eagle nest cam is wide angle. See the entire structure.
http://expl ore.org/live-cams/player/decorah-eagles-north-nest
Peace,
A fully clothed goddess and her flock:
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
Peace,
Here’s a video of the chicken dance song for Debbe and for Mark who I doubt has been in any beer gardens or weddings where it was performed.
https://youtu.be/aWjeITmDmmo
Possibly by intoxicated people?
Jackie, there are two within five miles of our home.
I thought the classic Drunken Wedding Reception Dance was the Hokey Pokey.
In the Hokey Pokey, you get to dance.
This was next to the Chicken Dance, above. It is beautiful, which is not the same as pretty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF8em4uPdCg
Peace,
A good summer song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRHqs8SffDo
Jackie, my Grand dad’s favorite ice house was the “Lil’ Shaver” on South Shaver in Pasadena. I need to see if it’s still there and have one for him. 🙂
Rusty
Be careful where you skinny dip!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/23/rare-birds-of-prey-stealing-underwear-from-skinny-dippers/
Interesting to read about Southern “Ice Houses” and learn new stuff. Here in New England an ice house was a barn-like structure where blocks of ice were stored, packed in sawdust, to use in iceboxes. The blocks of ice were cut locally from lakes and ponds, in the winter. The “ice harvest” was a source of income, and years ago it was shipped all over the world — not from my home town, but places with better transportation, I guess. I am just old enough to remember going out on the ice, with the other kids, and watching the men sawing the ice and pushing the blocks to a ramp where it would move up to the ice house on the river bank. The river was wide there and slow moving. Pretty soon this whole enterprise became obsolete. I wish I had paid more attention!
Charlotte, our Ice Houses were actually the plants that manufactured ice for commercial and retail sales. When I was a kid, we had one on the street corner of River Hill and River Road. Pure Process was the name, and you could get ice, dry ice and some of the best ice cream you ever had. It’s long gone, but boy, do I miss that place.
These days, I think some of the ice machines you see actually make their own ice. They are much larger than the old types that just dispensed a bag-full. These sell by the bag or cooler quantity and also sell filtered drinking water by the biiig bottle.
Me too. There was an icehouse across the rd. from Green Mt. Lake on GML Farms nr Pawling, NY, where I visited Aunt Edna in the ’30s and early ’40s. Since the ‘Farms’ was fully electrified, I doubt it was still used. GML is a 32 acre lake behind a small dam, maybe 10′ high. GMLF = boyhood heaven.
This photo art was advertised next to the clothes=stealing kites article above. Model is nicely proportioned. Artist is American but not sure the projected photo is of an American city. ‘Moral Mrs. Grundy on her face would wear a frown.’
http://www.saatchiart.com/art/Photography-Dream-Life-Of-Angels-Monotype/311229/2618308/view?utm_source=auctions&utm_medium=www.barnebys.co.uk&utm_content=saatchi-art&utm_campaign=barnebys
Am guessing Barneby’s is comparable to Hammacher Schlemmer [sp.?].
Peace,