June 9, 2013

Tid Bits 204

Façade indeed.

@ There are those moments you become aware that your now 19 year old truck’s brakes aren’t quite right.  There was an emergency stop when I didn’t.  Thank heaven I didn't run into the guy who pulled out right in front of me.  Then in downtown OB, the brake pedal slowly lowered itself to the floor.  I told G, but you know how car guys are.  I knew he didn’t believe me.  We drove back down, and at another stop sign he said slowly, “The brakes are to the floor.”  Fixing it is a Monday or Tuesday job, but he said he would look at it today. 

I couldn’t see the details in this shot.

@  We are darkening our rooms to hide our new windows.  Yes we are.

When the Geezer went out to get the morning paper, he was greeted by the sight of a giant cardboard box.  We installed bathroom curtains when new neighbors moved in, but this week I moved them to the kitchen to hide that massively black window.  Now this morning, a new custom shutter has arrived to hide the monstrously wide, black bathroom window frame.  The curtains are white as is the shutter.

Hodad’s really serves the best burger’s in town.

@  I had G drive me back to OB yesterday, and I got closeups of the Hodad’s décor I couldn’t see from the street.  The plain, kinda bland hamburger joint is covered with license plates inside and stickers on the outside.  The first drawing I did had no stickers and french doors.  These half window/tables are a better deal for this top, Food Network “Diners Drive-in’s and Dives” restaurant.  I chatted for a moment with one of the cooks.  We now eat at Petco Park,” I told him, “As we can’t get in here any more.”  We both laughed.

The original Hodad’s drawing when I was new at genre drawings and didn’t know they had to be a closeup.

@  Brunch with Captain Poolie and her sister Mia this morning.  Mia has books for the Discovery shop, and I want to hear all about Poolies adventures in the Netherlands. 


  • Keeping those on the Midwest and east coast in my thoughts.
  • Himself:  Has his own agenda today.
  • Herself:  Going with the flow and ignoring him.
  • Reading:  Picked up two books at an estate sale yesterday.  One on the New Deal war efforts and the other an incomplete bio of Lindburgh.
  • Balance:  Drawing.
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    7 comments:

    1. I figure I'm going to find something unusual when I read your blog.

      I delete my long time blog and am now blogging at
      Http://blrs2013.blogspot.com

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    2. I enjoyed the photos and especially the one of your drawing....

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    3. You are nostalgic today. so glad your brake problem did not put you or someone else in the hospital...glad it will be fixed! I am still running around like a crazy lady, but this must come to a halt soon...mustn't it?

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    4. Love the photos, and the drawing. Almost makes me want a burger. Also love the blue jacarandas. Needless to say, we have nothing like that here.

      RYN: Most of that stuff at Nine Mile Run was planted. Evidently the area was just a dump. The stream and surroundings were restored by the Army Corps of Engineers; the largest urban reclamation project ever done, or something like that. Our taxpayer dollars at work. I'd like to see more of it.

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    5. We are on our way to our favorite eatery this morning. We have a comparable hamburger joint here...The Lost Dog Cafe. Been around forever.

      We are not having breakfast there however. I have stopped eating beef. Can't digest it properly.

      As for diet...gained and lost in recent weeks. At least I am pointed in the right direction. Too much birthday cake in early May I think.

      Wendy and Richard turn 50 this week. Can you believe my DIL is that old? She looks great.

      Dianne

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    6. I had such a grand time yesterday!

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    7. What? G didn't believe you about the brake problem!? Happens to me all the time. Only it usually works just fine when HE drives it and acts up only when I drive. Sometimes it takes weeks to convince him we have mechanical (or pretty much other other kind) problem. Reading backwards (to catch up) I realize why I like that Hodad's drawing so much. I wake up every day to two Guy Buffet paintings (Charge of the Flower Bottle Brigade & Cafe la Provence). Don't know much about art but I love the whimsical style.

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