Here’s more from the “wild art” file. Another project that never got off the ground. Or never left the dock might be a more appropriate metaphor. Look at Janis’ foot—I didn’t know I could draw feet that well! This was drawn about the time of the two pieces in the previous post. For the hardcore sailors among you, the cockpit is a fairly realistic depiction of that on a vintage Tartan 27 sloop I once owned. It was a tough little boat. I sold it to a friend, and it was lost in Hurricane Katrina. Just to illustrate how bad things were, the boat at the time of the storm was in a Bay St. Louis boatyard, “on the hard” as they say. This means it was on dry land, supported by jacks. Still, it was swept away and never seen again.
Lost at Sea
By Jimmy Johnson
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217 responses to “Lost at Sea”
Dear “Anonymous” — what a sweet letter. You are most sympathetic and your message is comforting. Thank you.
(I’m sure you are “someone”.)
Good morning Villagers…
Love today’s comic….my white cat is always staring me in the face until I rub her ears, neck, chin…..on and on and on 🙂
And a special good morning to you Miss Charlotte….you are so insightful (you had to be with seven children, and I say that in good taste), and I enjoy reading your posts.
GR 😉 The reason I have Verizon and stayed with them is that I am on the “family plan”…my sisters decided since I had that plan, I should put Mom’s cell on my plan. So that is why I stay with thhttp://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanisem….I get good service when I am in town, just not out here in the country….maybe I’ll check into upgrading….something simple though.
Jerry….it was one bad train wreck.
later…………………
Something happened to my post…there’s a website….that’s what happens when a cat crosses your keyboard as you’re typing and hit submit…..I guess 🙂
Debbe 😉 Yeah, phone contracts are a pain in the ol’ patootie. On The Bright Side, a new contract should get you a simple, low cost (or even free) phone.
I have my disabled friend on my plan, as she absotively, posilutley needs a phone at all times, and the contract on hers ends next month. I gave her my iPhone 4 when I got my iPhone 5, and it’s getting a bit long in the tooth, so I’ve been shopping for a new one for her. I’ll probably get her a new iPhone 5s, as the new iPhone 6 would be a little too large for her to use easily. I could give her my iPhone 5 and get myself a new iPhone 6, but then I’d have to replace all my iPhone 5 accessories, so…
Good morning, Villagers. Silly auto-correct wanted me to change that to “Vi lagers,” whatever that is. Wind sprints done for the week, Neesh is happy to see me back. The Man In My Life is making cinnamon brioche for breakfast and the smell is killing me, but I virtuously am sipping my smoothie, trying to decide what to wear to church.
C’mon, Susie. The dear man went to all the trouble of making it… enjoy just a little?
Heh, he would be too confounded happy, Llee. I’ll make up for it with the baked manicotti we are having for brunch 😀
Oakley Crosshair Adjust Fit…
blog topic…
Spam, spam, spam, spam….lovely spam, wonderful spam!
ok lily, you asked for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o
So that’s why Cilla has been so loving. It’s been beard vs no beard for years.
Whoever is running that spambot here must have a pretty high opinion of us. The Oakley Crosshair is a $200+ pair of aviator sunglasses like all the cool pilots wear.
Me, I’m a classic kind of guy…Ray-Ban.
http://www.celebrity-sunglasses-finder.com/image-files/kiefer_sutherland2.jpg
I wear Oakleys but not those: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=womens%20oakley%20sunglasses&qs=IA&form=QBIR&pq=womens%27oakley&sc=8-13&sp=1&sk=&ajf=10#view=detail&id=C23FD63BAA5952F0988F9BD6F101053B67BB717D&selec
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I lost them once and was inconsolable till a friend called and told me I had left them in her car
Ray Bans here. Used to wear the 57mm aviators, now I step out in the Club Masters. Love the Club Masters’ retro styling, getting too old for the NASA test pilot look. 😉
topical tune http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFZu7KTrOdg
Nitey night. I am being deposited in my bed and it is going round and round. Heh 😛
Good morning Villagers…
Learned a new word today from TDS….and all this time I thought Luddites meant we were fans of Ludwig 🙂 Must have missed that day in History class!!!
Mark..couldn’t help myself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56HSPQHSqEE
GR 😉 you are such a giving person.
Gotta go, worked this weekend. The Boss was out of town and it was not a very structured weekend….chaos. I am sure I’ll be asked about the hours the teens put in. But, Hey!! I’m not the farm manager….and my point of view doesn’t count…wasted hours. The FM put two teens into the pit at the other hen house to scrape poop off the beams….and then left them there, unattended. I get a phone call from one of the teens at 4ish and was told that Andrew did not come back to the hen house…I told them to go home. I am not happy they were not supervised. Anything could have happened and thank God it didn’t.
gotta go….Ian’s sick today, and my sister-in-law is working with me today…arrrgghhhhh!!!!
ya’ll have a blessed day….I’m going to try.
Ghost, one of the neatest experiences I’ve had was sitting in a temporary bar in the German Alps in February with 200 of my closest new friends singing Take Me Home Country Roads. 🙂
I would love to have a cool pair of Ray-Bans or even Oakleys, or Foster Grants (but not Foster Brooks) but as I have problems with contact lenses and I’m too chicken to get laser surgery I am doomed to wearing prescription sunglasses. Yes, I could get frames bordering on cool, but I can’t afford to be that cool.
This is the one that came to mind first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrriKcwvlY
I don’t know what the pictures in this one has to do with the song, but it is easy to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEp3zu2e9pE
Good morning, Villagers, and what a beauty it is here! Did seven miles this morning, we got to, er, had to do a gastrectomy this morning and just got back to the office. Crowded schedule, allergies still rife, I have had to give two shots already. Front office grumpy, but then they usually are on Monday morning, can’t imagine why 😀
Debbe 😉 Nah; some people are so nice (and so deserving) that you just want to do things for them.
Jean dear, I have just added “a temporary bar in the German Alps” to my list of things one doesn’t hear every day. And yes, sunglasses are available with prescription lenses, even the wraparound Oakley’s. Check on-line; you might find a decent price. Then you could be one of the cool kids, too. 🙂
Jean and Ghost: One of the funnest nights I ever spent was when I was a teenager visiting Lajitas, Texas and sitting in at the bar while an Austin band jammed. When they tried to do “Ring Of Fire,” they overloaded the fuse on the generator and everything went dark 😀
Hey, I showed “Lost at Sea” to The Boss Of My Life and she quoted me the following; It is my choice for Poem Of The Day:
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar. -Alfred, Lord Tennyson