cocktails in the garden tonight

views from the 27th floor

some wonderful views from offices at p'tree center --- especially of the hyatt's blue dome ---

the garden

it is very rare that one of my angiosperms is not in flower ---which is a good thing

monday done

hope for the future

gov. cuomo, leading the way

checking out the view

natural phenomena

i have been wondering exactly how much protection is provided by the lightning rods on top of the building to me standing on my balcony --- we have been having some great storms this year!

signed, sealed, and delivered!!!

New York will be the sixth, and largest, state in the union to adopt gay marriage. Governor Cuomo signed the bill into law at 11:15pm on Friday, which means the law will take effect on July 24, 2011.

will this be a tipping point for gay rights nationally?

a nice evening on the balcony

ocmulgee old fields

this was the heart of the creek nation and the chief who signed it away at the indian springs in 1825 paid for that act of treachery with his life --- interstate 16 was run between the mounds and the river and, if the macon business community had its way, the so-called "fall-line freeway" would bisect the national monument that preserves what is left of the site ---that won't happen

really old stuff

this is purty great: bone fragment with a mastodon carved into it that is at least 13,000 yrs old --- oldest in the western hemisphere!

preserve metropolis!

 the building is less than ten years old and already they're starting to remodel it --- jamestown properties owns the commercial space and can apparently bugger up the building the way they see fit --- it actually wouldn't be= so bad, but whoever is doing their design here and at 999, which they also own, is an architectural philistine

sunday feeding

 xtine can set a table ---

big weather redux

nice storms and then a great sunset

p'tree reflection

gidewon's lobby ceiling and the federal reserve ---

semi-big weather

a great gale on the balcony --- but all the rain that rolled across west georgia disappeared when it got to atlanner

botanical news

"Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine claim to have determined the proper dose levels needed to create positive changes in attitudes, mood, life satisfaction, and behavior that persist for more than a year with the psychoactive substance in so-called "magic mushrooms."

bloomers

 if i could have only one plant, it would be this euphorbia --- it literally never stops blooming except for a week or so when i bring it inside each fall --- the red one isn't nearly so vigorous or non-stop in blooming, but it still blooms from february or so into december

carrie nation nation

this is an unusual page from a family bible -- clearly unsigned, but i think they mostly stayed sober anyway

magic

metropolis pool party

exotica

this wonderful oncydium bloomed last november and is now at it again

gidewon's nightclub

they're working late and gotta be close to getting it open

west palm beach, 1910

great website --- click on the pic for hi res image ---

anything for a buck

i think we're supposed to be impressed and fascinated and what not that the streets are all clogged up and they won't let you use the sidewalks on either side of the street due to filming --- but i'm not, dammit --- especially when i know it's filming "the three stooges"!!! i hope the atlanta history center is making a gob of money prostituting their property this way ---

another benefit of tax cuts for the rich

a deeply depressing article:

Grasping to recoup a $10 million cut in the California Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) budget, off-road lobbyists are urging compensation via a takeover of state park units. The idea, seconded by some state officials, surfaced at an “emergency” March OHV Commission meeting but was not published until posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

a "make-believe budget crisis," indeed

"socialism for the rich"

finally, i understand why all of these new storefronts on peachtree are still vacant after two and even three years ---

And since then the store has sat there, empty. And I wondered how it could be that the property owner could afford to have the store sitting empty for a year instead of collecting some rent. I mean, that’s nearly $200k a year in lost rent, wouldn’t it make sense for the landlord to agree to a lower than “market rate” rent just to keep some income coming in? How can even a well off person just piss away $200k a year? Easy … he gets to write off the “loss” on his taxes.

stooging up p'tree place

the work continues

we hate parkatlanta

this is one of the new (6-9 months) parkatlanta kiosks on euclid avenue at little five points --- the little yellow note taped left of center sez it's "out of order," which probably means there is glue in the credit-card slot

i am ashamed to admit that all of the parkatlanta kiosks in midtown are in near-perfect condition

dog face

robert's study of the dog face