Life off the grid in the SW Texas desert. An experiment in sustainable living. NUMBERS AT THE END OF EACH BLOG POST: temp at 8PM,high temp,low temp,rainfall,wind conditions(CalmBreezyWindyGusty). YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TheFieldLab
Daily live streams at https://www.youtube.com/thefieldlab/live
Thursday, March 23, 2017
came up short...
Glued down a lot of mirrors today...came up a little short. Tune in tomorrow night for all the dirty details. 91,95,64,0,W
If you are short on mirrors, it would be the best to place them on the outer surface. Start around the outer edge and work in as far as the mirrors last.
Now and then I catch a glimpse of an old gray haired stranger in my mirror too! I'm beginning to think he might be the one that keeps hiding my needle nose pliers on me.
So funny Sam. But inside I know the young me. So sad outsiders might not see that. I have to remind myself what I am now. People comment on my young personality and voice. I might get a perverse thrill out of passing quickly past a mirror and not looking at it. When I take a selfie, I am getting more shocked at that wrinkled mostly white haired person, but my children have not commented on it. I will not get surgery because they are so flippant about it and younger girls have died from it here in San Antonio.
The other evening 2 men flipped out their i-phones and quickly took my picture at an AA meeting after I had told them "no". But the photos turned out good on their less focused i-phones. They said I was pretty and they were going to post them on a dating site online so I could find a man. Well I was upset about all that (no picture taking in AA either because it is anonymous). Well, just for today and focus on what is really important.
Hey Margery -- Don't know if you are related to the same "Bills", but Barbara Eden has them in her background back in the early to middle 1800's. If so, you should have looked pretty good.
Janet, after I had my children, my younger children in those days said I looked like Brook Shields. (Maybe a little from the Calvin Klein jeans picture she did).
Ah, yes, the great past. Some people here have no reference point of anything I might tell them about something in my past. Sad. (Sometimes I feel like I might be a candidate for the nut house with the apparently far fetched past history of events. So mostly I stay quiet like a dumb amoeba or the fly on the wall paper-just a dumb turd). People cannot judge the mental capacity or background of someone who remains quiet, alone by the back wall. :-)
When my children and I worked for Bob Dole, I met Mrs. Dole. We had similar hair styles and suits then. We looked at each other and said nothing. But I learned from this quiet experience. This quiet person was a brilliant lady who graduated 1st in her class from Harvard as a lawyer. Who knew.
It was fun to meet her...but uneventful. I only wish I had taken some photos. Strange that I didn't - being a photographer. Back in those days it was my day job and I never really thought about taking photos when I wasn't at work. Funny thing is...all these years later I am no longer a photographer, yet I take at least 10 photos a day.
If you are short on mirrors, it would be the best to place them on the outer surface. Start around the outer edge and work in as far as the mirrors last.
ReplyDeleteMore mirrors coming next week.
ReplyDeleteYou'll find the older you get the fewer mirrors you need.
ReplyDeleteI look in a mirror so seldom that when I do catch a glimpse of myself, I don't know who it is.
ReplyDeleteNow and then I catch a glimpse of an old gray haired stranger in my mirror too! I'm beginning to think he might be the one that keeps hiding my needle nose pliers on me.
ReplyDeleteSo funny Sam. But inside I know the young me. So sad outsiders might not see that. I have to remind myself what I am now. People comment on my young personality and voice. I might get a perverse thrill out of passing quickly past a mirror and not looking at it. When I take a selfie, I am getting more shocked at that wrinkled mostly white haired person, but my children have not commented on it. I will not get surgery because they are so flippant about it and younger girls have died from it here in San Antonio.
ReplyDeleteSomeone complimented me recently. They said, "I bet you were really pretty when you were young."
ReplyDeleteThe other evening 2 men flipped out their i-phones and quickly took my picture at an AA meeting after I had told them "no". But the photos turned out good on their less focused i-phones. They said I was pretty and they were going to post them on a dating site online so I could find a man. Well I was upset about all that (no picture taking in AA either because it is anonymous). Well, just for today and focus on what is really important.
ReplyDeleteHey Margery -- Don't know if you are related to the same "Bills", but Barbara Eden has them in her background back in the early to middle 1800's. If so, you should have looked pretty good.
ReplyDeletehttp://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=celestial&n=bills
Did you consider something like this?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.amazon.com/24x60Chrome-Mirror-Silver-Sticker-Self-adhesive/dp/B00LYMX48I/ref=pd_sim_263_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00LYMX48I&pd_rd_r=XC2Y5RDBXS063ABFCH6D&pd_rd_w=tLHas&pd_rd_wg=Ls78T&psc=1&refRID=XC2Y5RDBXS063ABFCH6D
I did consider using a reflective Mylar...but lots of little mirrors looks cooler.
ReplyDeleteJohn, I think you looked better when you were working out brother......
ReplyDeletehttps://2013fitplan.wordpress.com/tag/crazy-drummer/
Janet, TY so much, but 100% I am not related.
ReplyDeleteJanet, after I had my children, my younger children in those days said I looked like Brook Shields. (Maybe a little from the Calvin Klein jeans picture she did).
ReplyDeleteI had a lunch date with Brook Shields in 1987.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, the great past. Some people here have no reference point of anything I might tell them about something in my past. Sad. (Sometimes I feel like I might be a candidate for the nut house with the apparently far fetched past history of events. So mostly I stay quiet like a dumb amoeba or the fly on the wall paper-just a dumb turd). People cannot judge the mental capacity or background of someone who remains quiet, alone by the back wall. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhen my children and I worked for Bob Dole, I met Mrs. Dole. We had similar hair styles and suits then. We looked at each other and said nothing. But I learned from this quiet experience. This quiet person was a brilliant lady who graduated 1st in her class from Harvard as a lawyer. Who knew.
ReplyDeleteHow was your date John? I have read Brook is a very intelligent, educated person, but she says she was somewhat naive for years.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to meet her...but uneventful. I only wish I had taken some photos. Strange that I didn't - being a photographer. Back in those days it was my day job and I never really thought about taking photos when I wasn't at work. Funny thing is...all these years later I am no longer a photographer, yet I take at least 10 photos a day.
ReplyDeleteNo offense meant to Brook, but I would rather look at your photos of burros and bunnies. You are still a photographer -- you were born to it.
ReplyDelete