Convey to William R., please:
.......
Cont'd
CAT DANCES
A constant amusement can be a cat
KD likes to go behind the shower curtain, that
is a game for her. I sat
on the throne next to the tub with my camera,
put my finger to the curtain and eventually: SPLAT!
She slaps hard at the membrane, so hard
that her clipped claws show through
the transluscence. The old curtain is taxed
but so far has not been penetrated by the rounded nails
that we tend as assiduously as in BB's own.
Now look as this still picture bordered in Halloween
colors.
Imagine yourself holding your own fingers to the
filmy screen, not knowing just when the cat
will lunge fiercely and mightily.
It's kind of scary, that!
KD is black and a miniature (she says NO!) leopard
as is in Rudyard Disney's Jungle Book.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061852/
CAT DANCES
A constant amusement can be a cat
KD likes to go behind the shower curtain, that
is a game for her. I sat
on the throne next to the tub with my camera,
put my finger to the curtain and eventually: SPLAT!
She slaps hard at the membrane, so hard
that her clipped claws show through
the transluscence. The old curtain is taxed
but so far has not been penetrated by the rounded nails
that we tend as assiduously as in BB's own.
Now look as this still picture bordered in Halloween
colors.
Imagine yourself holding your own fingers to the
filmy screen, not knowing just when the cat
will lunge fiercely and mightily.
It's kind of scary, that!
KD is black and a miniature (she says NO!) leopard
as is in Rudyard Disney's Jungle Book.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061852/
has to do with a lead zeppelin
pull toy.
Actually it is cast iron
but 'lead' sounds better
and the persistent dance KD does
is to ceremoniously push the heavy thing
down off the bookcase, over
and over......we put it back up
and she pushes it down again
at odd times often in the middle
of the night.
We will say, "There goes the zeppelin!"
"Yup!"
.......
but 'lead' sounds better
and the persistent dance KD does
is to ceremoniously push the heavy thing
down off the bookcase, over
and over......we put it back up
and she pushes it down again
at odd times often in the middle
of the night.
We will say, "There goes the zeppelin!"
"Yup!"
.......
How It Is with Us, and How It Is with Them
We become religious,
then we turn from it,
then we are in need and
maybe we turn back.
We turn to making money,
then we turn to the moral
life,
then we think about money again.
We meet wonderful people, but lose
them
in our busyness.
We're, as the saying goes, all over the
place.
Steadfastness, it seems,
is more about dogs than about us.
One
of the reasons we love them so much.
all the more.
John wanted am image of a country gentleman
with horses grazing on his land,
so he bought Bill, a Golden Palomino
stallion, and built a corral and a tack room
that matched the modern house we had
on the other side of the turn-around
where we lived
in splendor. Bill did, too.
John wanted am image of a country gentleman
with horses grazing on his land,
so he bought Bill, a Golden Palomino
stallion, and built a corral and a tack room
that matched the modern house we had
on the other side of the turn-around
where we lived
in splendor. Bill did, too.
Bill made the mistake of kicking Steve once,
in the head, and it was a serious injury.
That ended Bill
and John's foray into horses, forever.
It was adios, Bill.
Tardy was there to muzzle Steve back to health,
but lingering unknown head injury might have been there
in one form or another.
.......
CAT ASSISTS AT PAINTED-TIE FACTORY
Somewhere in the bowels of the downtown
sweatshop district
a made-in-America industry blossoms
like the morning glories
year after year.
A taxer might like to see
the company balance sheet;
what are they doing with all that income
they must be making
and do they -
could they owe taxes on it?
It's for the mfgrs to know
and them to find out.
Maybe
just maybe the work is given away........
as in
Money Cannot Buy.
^.^
Visible in the picture -
note RED TROUSERS custom-made
by a business partner
for a cat who insisted on owning
such a garment.
She, the cat, is gone now
but is memorialized.
.......
In the 30s when mother and father were courting
Ruth played the saxophone in the Sun Prairie HS band.
Les, her band teacher, caught up in the romance of the day
fell in love over Indian Love Call.
Les wrote it out for Ruth in ink, five lines, music and lyric.
They all grooved, folks of that day to
INDIAN LOVE CALL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n_bUSywN94&feature=endscreen
.......
MORE ANIMALS: Mysteries abound in the downtown.
In a daylight walk through Cutler Park
large animal prints were found on the sidewalk
meandering backards from Wisconsin Ave to the bandshell.
Certainly not squirrels though they have been actively
pursuing the fallen acorns from the oak trees.
No, these looked more like...................bear prints.
As in Bearfoot In The Park.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEICiN9JgO0
.......
Life is prickly.
This a new cactus at the Odd Fellows.
Bought at last Saturday's farmers market.
It was kindly delivered by the vendor
to our door.
We were burdened by other things we'd purchased
and it was no imposition for her, she nicely said.
Cindy Lou's Exotic Cactus
New Berlin, WI
21855 W. Greenfield Ave
414-303-3226
in the head, and it was a serious injury.
That ended Bill
and John's foray into horses, forever.
It was adios, Bill.
Tardy was there to muzzle Steve back to health,
but lingering unknown head injury might have been there
in one form or another.
.......
CAT ASSISTS AT PAINTED-TIE FACTORY
Somewhere in the bowels of the downtown
sweatshop district
a made-in-America industry blossoms
like the morning glories
year after year.
A taxer might like to see
the company balance sheet;
what are they doing with all that income
they must be making
and do they -
could they owe taxes on it?
It's for the mfgrs to know
and them to find out.
Maybe
just maybe the work is given away........
as in
Money Cannot Buy.
^.^
Visible in the picture -
note RED TROUSERS custom-made
by a business partner
for a cat who insisted on owning
such a garment.
She, the cat, is gone now
but is memorialized.
.......
In the 30s when mother and father were courting
Ruth played the saxophone in the Sun Prairie HS band.
Les, her band teacher, caught up in the romance of the day
fell in love over Indian Love Call.
Les wrote it out for Ruth in ink, five lines, music and lyric.
They all grooved, folks of that day to
INDIAN LOVE CALL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n_bUSywN94&feature=endscreen
.......
The Yak
As a friend to the children, commend me the Yak;
You will find it exactly the thing;
It will carry and fetch, you can ride on its back,
Or lead it about with a string.
The Tartar who dwells on the plains of Thibet
(A desolate region of snow),
Has for centuries made it a nursery pet,
And surely the Tartar should know!
Then tell your papa where the Yak can be got,
And if he is awfully rich,
He will buy you the creature—or else he will not
(I cannot be positive which).
You will find it exactly the thing;
It will carry and fetch, you can ride on its back,
Or lead it about with a string.
The Tartar who dwells on the plains of Thibet
(A desolate region of snow),
Has for centuries made it a nursery pet,
And surely the Tartar should know!
Then tell your papa where the Yak can be got,
And if he is awfully rich,
He will buy you the creature—or else he will not
(I cannot be positive which).
MORE ANIMALS: Mysteries abound in the downtown.
In a daylight walk through Cutler Park
large animal prints were found on the sidewalk
meandering backards from Wisconsin Ave to the bandshell.
Certainly not squirrels though they have been actively
pursuing the fallen acorns from the oak trees.
No, these looked more like...................bear prints.
As in Bearfoot In The Park.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEICiN9JgO0
.......
Life is prickly.
This a new cactus at the Odd Fellows.
Bought at last Saturday's farmers market.
It was kindly delivered by the vendor
to our door.
We were burdened by other things we'd purchased
and it was no imposition for her, she nicely said.
Cindy Lou's Exotic Cactus
New Berlin, WI
21855 W. Greenfield Ave
414-303-3226
.......
Autumn descends
and the hardy zucchini planting
that never got magnificently placed
in a home garden as was the hope
perhaps of the vendor
at the farmers market
or maybe he only cared
for the $3 I gave him
It did its thing in spades
only set on a window sill
no shoveling or scooping of soil
No tender patting of a soil bed
just watering by us
in what was apparently
the right quantity
Or maybe it wasn't fussy
it just went to town
in the Odd Fellows hall
with only northwest light
But now it too winds down
but still casts blossoms
even while its leaves
begin to wither......
Its fall time.
Photo taken 9-26-13
.......
THE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE
HOT DAMN
Behind the running lane
last night
The Hot Band set up and played
6 pm to 9
in font of the Pix
now known as the Civic Theatre
and we ducked under the tape
and found a seat for it was early.
Fred Pike of the band
greeted me with a smiling handshake.
I love this band as previous editions of the raccoon show:
http://raccoonnews.blogspot.com/2012/10/judiths-morning-glory-stews-welding.html
Scroll down
Multi-instrumentalist Fred Pike on his mandolin
The percussionist plays on the box he sat on, customarily
and his perpetual bright smile rarely left his face
A strolling couple broke into dance behind the band.
Colorful Pix usher sports tux and sandals
Sewer Raccoon peers from storm grate
Watches doings safely
The Civic never dreamed life could be like this
The Hot Damn beat went on......
Under the canopy of the Pix (Civic Theatre)
Friday Night Live ended for another year
on the teeming closed for vehicles streets.
Inside the Pix, the great show
~ GOODBYE GIRL ~
plays through Sept. 29th.
.......
Autumn descends
and the hardy zucchini planting
that never got magnificently placed
in a home garden as was the hope
perhaps of the vendor
at the farmers market
or maybe he only cared
for the $3 I gave him
It did its thing in spades
only set on a window sill
no shoveling or scooping of soil
No tender patting of a soil bed
just watering by us
in what was apparently
the right quantity
Or maybe it wasn't fussy
it just went to town
in the Odd Fellows hall
with only northwest light
But now it too winds down
but still casts blossoms
even while its leaves
begin to wither......
Its fall time.
Photo taken 9-26-13
.......
THE LAST FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE
HOT DAMN
Behind the running lane
last night
The Hot Band set up and played
6 pm to 9
in font of the Pix
now known as the Civic Theatre
and we ducked under the tape
and found a seat for it was early.
Fred Pike of the band
greeted me with a smiling handshake.
I love this band as previous editions of the raccoon show:
http://raccoonnews.blogspot.com/2012/10/judiths-morning-glory-stews-welding.html
Scroll down
and his perpetual bright smile rarely left his face
A strolling couple broke into dance behind the band.
Sewer Raccoon peers from storm grate
Watches doings safely
The Civic never dreamed life could be like this
The Hot Damn beat went on......
Under the canopy of the Pix (Civic Theatre)
Friday Night Live ended for another year
on the teeming closed for vehicles streets.
Inside the Pix, the great show
~ GOODBYE GIRL ~
plays through Sept. 29th.
.......
