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@jon-nyc 'Mirror Man" was also a Capt. Beefheart song title. Maybe a reference to this character?

@kluurs Sometimes we just have to be gracious. I was taken to dinner after I gave a concert in Baltimore, and it was at a diner. But I reasoned that this was not New York and the only places open after 10 PM were such as these. We make the best of things.

Happy anniversary! And a great way to celebrate!

Sigh, I am just not a bourbon fan. Now, I am interested in American attempts at Scotch-style whisky, but haven’t tasted any yet.

It’s 158 here. Grey skies but I don’t smell smoke. You feel something’s off though, an “ugh” sensation being outdoors.

With better air, I’d be on my bike. I hate not riding in otherwise nice weather.

@wtg That works, in a way, for me. It displays one photo only. But to see them all, I clicked below the photo on My Life with Plants, and that brings up their profile page, and I could navigate to the full post from there.

Eye candy alert. A shout-out to my home town and a treat for house and garden and lovers. The city does this every year in late July.

I tried to copy a post with many pictures from a FB group post, but I can’t seem to. However, if you are on FB you can visit the group and see it. The group is Beautiful Buffalo Houses, and scroll down 3-4 posts to the post by Frits Abell and My Life With Plants.

I copied a pic here to entice you.


What can I say but…this guy has issues. Multiple issues.

I’m relying on daily piano practice, which I know keeps the mind active, but it’s not everything. I need to get out on my bike more (more than a toodle around the park road) and need some weight-bearing exercise. I like museums and galleries and feel negligent because I am right in NYC where there are plenty. I do go to concerts, though, which is very fulfilling.

What a cat!

@jon-nyc I’ve got 20 years on you, sonny.

I have discovered that, in a pinch, with no other options around, the espresso shots at Dunkin’ are really not bad.

@AdagioM Sorry, I run into this problem all the time. File too large. I’ll try again tomorrow.

In the bay window of the piano/living room. Before/after. The old ones had rotted, and the new ones were a challenge to mount on the old rods. Not perfect but lots better looking.

Curtains from Pottery Barn, curtain rings from Amazon. (Had to experiment with different size rings.)
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Our daughter's cat is even crazy for plain old peppermint. When we're doing cat-sitting, we can't even keep peppermint tea in the house. He smells it through the sealed glass jar.

Stacking new floors onto an older building sounds risky. Is it done often?

@Rontuner Yep, those are positives if you’re a Republican.

My wife and I took a bike tour through Vermont circa 1977, mostly up Rt. 100, with an organized tour group. Then we continued by ourselves through New Hampshire and Maine. Those were the days…ah, youth! Vermont was really beautiful.

I haven’t investigated this site, but I recall a few TV shows from the distant past that were memorable. Playhouse 90, Dick Cavett, Tom Snyder, Burns & Allen, the Smothers Brothers, Ernie Kovacs, Twilight Zone, All In the Family, Connections (British), etc.

We don’t swim off our local beaches either, in general. Although there is a group called Swimmers of Anarchy who brave the waters in all temperatures.