OK, I promised you more “wild art.” How’s this? I drew this to be the cover of my book. Beaucoup Arlo & Janis, but I chickened out. I didn’t want to have to listen to all the juvenile giggling and hooting which I knew would ensue (No, not you!) or to that annoying tut-tutting about children reading the comics. I told you: I chickened out. Instead, I went with a more staid version of a Rodin theme which I thought turned out well enough.
Modely Crew
By Jimmy Johnson
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208 responses to “Modely Crew”
Jackie and Ghost – What unfortunate turns of events. May both Mike and mom make quick recoveries.
Dan McD – I’ve often wondered the same thing. Oh, for a peak at the reject pile!
It’s a beautiful day and I should be outside working. Not gonna happen. 🙂
Thanks, Lady Mindy. As I’m sure I don’t have to tell you, life is a damned soap-opera sometimes. 🙂
Dang, I forgot to bring my length of rope with me.
Some of the recent links to sailing ships led me here…
http://www.thepirateking.com/knots/index.htm
I was surprised to see how many of them I remember from Boy Scouts. (Also, some of them I had used more recently to tie down cargo in the back of aircraft.) But now, I’m learning some new knots when I have a few minutes to kill. Never can tell when that might come in handy. 😉
Oh, no, Jackie, I am so sorry to hear that! You and Mike are on my prayer list. And I still carry the automatic. They are never going to get me again!
Yup this one startled me. Made me smile, but startled me. Nope not gonna ask the better half to come look at this one, she would ask me why I want 3 tshirts of Jimmys art work. Still say you do great work, but would have a hard time justifying a book with this on the cover to my better half.
Hey, I keep getting put in moderation!
Wonder if it is the use of the word nude?
Anyway, our house is full of nudes, mostly female. I can’t figure out the moderation trigger on my post, though. No links.
Lily, I can remember when “Saturday” was a trigger for moderation. It took us a while to realize it had a ‘naughty’ word in the middle of it!
emb: I see no obvious punctuation or spelling problems. Please elucidate!
Jackie and Ghost – and all the others with unspoken needs – my prayers are going up… and His blessings are coming down. Luv yah!
Lily, if GR6 visited your house would he be invited to disrobe like all the others? (I’d ask about myself but my SO would kill me!)
Um, nope, TR, the only disrobing at our house is for modeling. When I pose nude, I do it in The Boss Of My Life’s sitting room, with the door locked.
So, who are all the other nudes (mostly female) in the house? 😉
Um, let me see. Bill Mack resin relief in the front room. Bronze Art Deco lady lamp in the library. “Aphrodite of the Tresses” resin statue in the front room on the coffee table. “Hermes and the infant Dionysus” resin statue in the living room. Bronze faun in The Boss Of My Life’s sitting room. “Nude On a Fainting Couch” (me!) in the sunroom. Venus of Urbino reproduction over the fireplace. A girl in a very short nightie in The Man In My Life’s bedroom. Two very clingy-clothed ladies by Erte in the dining room. And a marble Venus De Milo in The Man In My Life’s office.
The ‘prediction’ at the OF site is for earlier this afternoon. It’s a nice day, and some folks are gathered.
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
I myself had an extensive collection of female nude art in my barracks room until the Detachment Commander made me take them off the walls and put them back in the center of the magazines. 😉
“emb: I see no obvious punctuation or spelling problems. Please elucidate!”
Here’s the quote again:
“ ‘It’s quite a smelly mixture,’ she [Altwegg] says. ‘Why didn’t we know comets smelled so bad before?’ ‘That’s mostly because we’ve never been that close to a comet,’ says Altwegg. [The Rosetta mission is now just 5 miles from the comet’s surface.] ‘It’s just like a person: You can’t really get a good sense of a person’s body odor until you’re right up next to him.’ ”
Trucker finds no spelling or punctuation problems, because there aren’t any. The problem [and some, including the late E.B. White, would say there isn’t one] is cultural, social, or even political, in the minds of some. That it occurs in this particular interview may be ironic. I find it so, but delightful. Late wife would have agreed, or maybe does. We don’t really know.
Still the past ‘prediction’ at the OF site, but folks are still arriving. I’m guessing maybe within the next 30-40 min. Don’t have time to stay.
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
Prayers for your mom, GR, and for Mike, Jackie. Every day is a new adventure, but some are not so fun. 🙁
OF is done. Next one due 1758-1818 CDT.
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
Got my dog sitter paid and rebooked for next week, we have no idea how this will go. If we are lucky, a false alarm. Or not. Thanks to all for prayer. And positive thoughts.
I went and just about cleaned out Walmart for bulbs, at least daffodils and tulips and a few hyacinths. And a half dozen big mums they are clearancing for $1.99. Poor Barb, who is single handedly handling the dang garden center. I told her I suspect she is always sorry to see me except I TAKE a lot of stuff off her hands.
If nothing else I will stick them into giant pots. You make layers, sort of like a Mexican dip with layers and layers of different things.
While waiting in line at Walmart I met a delightful couple and we visited awhile. I laughed and said this was cheaper than a psychiatric hospital, my $123 of bulbs and mums wouldn’t pay for an hour in one or an hour of therapy with a shrink.
Dirt therapy. Planting shows faith that there will be a tomorrow and it will be filled with yellow sunshine and a purple and pink haze.
Love, Jackie
Lindy from Eureka, CA — I’m surprised none of this bunch has picked up on this yet, your post on St. Crispin’s Day. October 25 is the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, which is featured in Shakespeare’s play Henry V, and of course in the movie with Laurence Olivier. From the movie I became infatuated with the character and the battle, and faithfully observe the event every October. The poet’s words are so moving! Also, it’s the source of the quote, made popular recently, “Band of Brothers”.
Heh, my counselor just charged $30 a visit, Jackie. I bet I cried more in that office than I have all the rest of my life. We are still friends and chat every week or so. She says she is proud of me.
OF NOW!
http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
That wasn’t bad. OF next due, 1930-1950 CDT.