'Objects In Space'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
My assorted vistas
[link] (Seattle skyline)
[link] (Looking east to Bellevue)
[link] (Crummy phone photo of the Sound from my parents' place--on a clear day, you see the Sound, Vashon, and the Olympic range)
[link] (The actual view from my Aunt Olive's deck is spectacular, but that just gives a small hint at it. Okanagan Lake in the background.)
[link] (I love the Interior. That's Kalamalka Lake)
[link] (More of the Interior, the greener section where Mother grew up.)
Al Jazeera covers NYC street food. (I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but it seems neat.)
I can't get a great shot of it today, because there's a lot of haze in the air, but here's the vista from my current living room window:
And here's another (quite spectacular) view of it:
In unvista news:
Got into an argument with my father this morning. He insists that English has an overarching pronunciation rule that governs the spellng of "words" like Sawtelle and Sepulveda. A rule about where the accent goes if it ends in a vowel or a consonant. I think he's insane, but he's shifting the burden of proof onto me, and he's got my back up. Any suggestions for shooting him down?
This is what I think of when I picture pretty Illinois farmland.
This is the flatter area, not quite as attractive, but more typical of Illinois farms, especially downstate.
La Jolla. I spent as much time as I could here with a blanket, a boom box (back in the bad old days before Walkman or iPods) and a book. Peaceful.
Diego Garcia. We'd go sailing and snorkeling every Sunday. The undersea world became my house of worship.
I feel a need to be in places like these that it make my bones ache to be away from them. Since moving back to the midwest, I've felt like a displaced person. Ocean, beach, coral, cliffs are where I feel at home.
And in Texas in particular, the majesty of truly towering clouds and thunderheads is a sight to behold.
I told you Seanie, you say the word and I am on finessing you a ticket here like...something that's on something else a whole lot.
I'm such a Southern girl. I like any water, tons of green, and thick muggy weather. I'm also very much a city girl though, so I don't often get the green as much as I'd like, particularly here in Dallas, where the motto seems to regularly be, "If it's pretty, cut or tear it down!"
La Jolla. I spent as much time as I could here with a blanket, a boom box (back in the bad old days before Walkman or iPods) and a book. Peaceful.
God, I loved visiting there this year. It was SO gorgeous.
