31 May 2013
updating atlanner
meanwhile both sides of courtland between ponce and north avenues are getting all built up --- on the near side here is the site of the proton therapy facility and its particle accelerator, which sounds slightly scary ---
the new apartment tower at sixth and juniper
Posted by tomitron at 5/31/2013 05:51:00 PM 0 comments
30 May 2013
28 May 2013
let go or be dragged . . . .
. . . . . especially if you're talking about stuff --- i met my brother at longview road this afternoon to talk to the people that are going to deal with the contents of jcniris' house --- at this point, it i s all a jumble of stuff that we all have rooted through and taken what we wanted --- the neice and nephew have taken a lot of things, but there are still some things i hate to leave for the pickers, like g-grandma lee's hump-backed trunk from the 1880s and the couple of quilts that she or her mama made god knows when --- iris' first "good" china, which wasn't all that good, and g'ma hart's dogwood glasses that were originally bought full of p'nut butter or jelly, i can't remember which --- the little almost-ruined, home-made bentwood chair from when iris was a child and the battered little blue-now-peeling-red car that was mine in 1953 and their first dining room table and chairs, circa 1942, and the armless rocker in which she rocked us all to sleep and the bassinet that they used for all three of us ---the little painted rocking chair that murphy bought for gary in cherokee in the 1940s and the framed prints that hung in g'ma hart's house --- i kept all the old photo albums, many reels of iris' 35mm slides, lots of documents including all i could find of iris' real-estate business papers --- even so, i had to rent a small 5' by 5' storage unit in order not to be covered up with boxes of papers until i've had a chance to go through and sort and what not ---
the dissolution of jcniris' material remains continues
Posted by tomitron at 5/28/2013 08:19:00 PM 0 comments
27 May 2013
memorial day
Posted by tomitron at 5/27/2013 11:18:00 AM 0 comments
26 May 2013
spring miscellania
took dog down to the park this morning and brushed out a ton of hair that otherwise would be all over the house ---
then back this afternoon to the garden and sightseeing back through jazz fest
and of course miss earth mother thing
the magnolia grandiflora is filling the air with its stench
Posted by tomitron at 5/26/2013 05:39:00 PM 0 comments
viewpoint development
Posted by tomitron at 5/26/2013 11:38:00 AM 0 comments
can't have nothing nice
spent the afternoon getting ready for a farewell soiree for a co-worker --- i launched the evening by knocking a glass of red wine over on the guest of honor's spouse, who was wearing the most attractive white jacket --- had to do laundry while we soireed---
and i dropped one of my salad forks off the balcony
otherwise, it was a good time for all
Posted by tomitron at 5/26/2013 11:33:00 AM 1 comments
24 May 2013
kicking off the weekend
excellent dinner with the 106ers at campagnolo on piedmont --- it was probably the 8th anniversary of our little dinner club --- spectacular weather, with temperatures going into the upper 40s overnight!
Posted by tomitron at 5/24/2013 10:55:00 PM 0 comments
a different kind of pope
wow --- that's a big ol' wheel that's turning ----
Posted by tomitron at 5/24/2013 05:19:00 PM 1 comments
23 May 2013
burning up atlanner
this afternoon, someone texted me that "a lot of buildings" had burned down in little five points --- turned out to be a major kitchen fire at the pub, but it destroyed a trove of grease, i'm sure, that stretched back at least fifty or sixty years to the redwood lounge of lore
Posted by tomitron at 5/23/2013 07:17:00 PM 0 comments
21 May 2013
19 May 2013
streets alive! after all
young mother rushes over to have her baby photographed with baton bob --- husband looked confused
Posted by tomitron at 5/19/2013 08:01:00 PM 0 comments