I seem to be losing my enthusiasm for this blog at the moment, so I’m taking a break for a little bit. Not forever, I don’t think, but at least through the month of May.
“A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words”… Phillips Brooks
Such a beautiful dog. Check out Michael Brian's photos. They are spectacular!
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I bought this old (1970′s?) coffee can at the thrift store a couple of years ago for cheap (under $1). It is large and scruffy, and it came with a plastic lid. I love the graphics. There are no markings on the can to allude to its manufacturer or exactly what kind of coffee it once held. The smell of coffee is long gone, too.
I slit a hole in the lid, put it on top of my refrigerator, and started feeding it with spare change. You know, the change at the bottom of your purse, the change from your pockets, and the money that gets cleaned in the washing machine.
I fed this can for a little over two years. Pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters, $2 coins that no one wants, and a few dollar bills, too.
I hauled the can off to the bank to use the free coin counting machine the other day but when I got there, there was a man already using the machine, and while I had been pretty impressed with my own haul, I couldn’t believe what I saw!
I chatted with the guy while he fed the machine from his trash can filled with coins. He told me he had been saving up for over 10 years, and he finally filled the can up. He had already counted out about half of his stash, and the calculator had the tally at over $600.
I looked at my pitiful little coffee can and was almost embarrassed at its collection of coins.
The bank manager came over and asked me if I wanted to go to one of their other bank branches to use their counting machine since this one was going to be in use for a while. He called the other bank to make sure their machine was working and unoccupied, so I slung the bag with my can of coins over my shoulder and headed across town.
When I got to the other bank, I was able to get the can emptied and the money counted pretty quickly. The machine spat out some old Irish Punt coins, and a couple of paper clips and an old button, too.
Care to take a guess?
$142.58
Everything has bloomed so early this year, that the field of daffodils has already come and gone. No Easter daffodils this year except in photos!
I don’t go to the movies much. As a matter of fact, the last movie I saw in the theater was “What Women Want” way back in 2000. I also just cancelled my Netflix subscription. (I do have Amazon Prime videos, so its not a total wasteland around here.)
A couple of weeks ago, I received an e-mail from Claire at Sony Pictures Classics with a link to the trailer for a movie to be released in April. Huh? You want me to review a movie? Me? Well, not really … She just wanted to share, and asked me to do the same.
The movie, “Darling Companion” stars Mark Duplass, Richard Jenkins, Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Elisabeth Moss, Sam Shepard, Dianne Wiest, Ayelet Zurer and an adorable dog!
It sounds like a real tear-jerker with a heart-warming plot:
On the side of a busy freeway, a woman finds the love, devotion, commitment, and courage she needs – all wrapped up in a bloodied stray dog who becomes her “darling companion.” When the beloved canine goes missing, a shaggy-dog search adventure plays out, drawing together friends and family and rekindling a lifelong love.
“Darling Companion” opens in New York and Los Angeles on April 20th, and I can’t wait for it to come to the D.C. area.
This just might be the one movie that gets me back into the theater.
(No money, reneumeration, dog biscuits, or movie tickets (hint hint) exchanged hands between me and Sony Pictures. Just so you know.)
Do you remember this post from last Fall? I took this photo in the parking lot after seeing my neurologist. The colors were brilliant, and I ran the photo through a process in Corel Paint Shop Pro to give it a 1970′s look.
A couple of months pass, I am in the same place again this week and the trees are now flowering. Here we are, straight from the cellphone camera:
The 1970′s treatment:
And, at last, the Kaleidoscope:
Cosmo: Seriously? You want us to put those things where? Really? You better have a pocket full of treats if this is going to work.
Me: Trust me. You’re going to look just fine.
Clover: Do you think these things are edible?
Cosmo: I’m not sure. You go first and let me know, ok?
Clover: I am thinking evil thoughts. Let’s go find her favorite shoes, you pee in one, and I’ll chew up the other one.
Not really a costume .... right?
Another favorite:
May every shamrock leaf throught the land be loaded with luck for thy dear strand. Erin Go Bragh
Not my dog, because this is a “costume free zone.”
