150906 A Halifax Landmark

Folklore: So...in Halifax in the 80's during a Canada Day Celebration, there was to be an novel aerial display. A plane flew over Citadel Hill and a parachutist jumped out. My guess is he would execute some display of Canadiana like a large flag unfurled or red and white smoke trailed from him. Whatever happened up there in the sky, his parachute didn't open--I'm not sure if he had a safety chute. He fell into the city onto this shed (in a previous owners my backyard), and bounced off and back to Earth. And he survived. So I'm told. That's why the shed is overall a bit crumpled, with a not original roof on it.

Can anyone confirm or deny this?

150828 Corky in denim

150827 Sleepy Conan

For some reason, Corky has decided in the last couple of weeks that up under inside the curtains
is the place that he wants to be. Here he is captured slinking away from and blinded from one of his lairs.
"I just finished vacuuming those curtains Conan!" -- Tawdry

150703 'The Chair' and 'The Doors'

150508 Bones at SMU

Unlabelled dinosaurs I saw at SMU. Not sure if they are real, or casts for teaching.

  

 Above: about 4 feet long. Cool.

About 2.5-3 feet wide.

The most scary teeth.

150426 Street Painting

I found this painting in frame earlier tonight propped against a tree on the corner

of Charles and Clifton Streets. I think it's 'Partenkirchen' by CAROLUS 1957.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria. Nearby is Germany's highest mountain, Zugspitze, at 2961 m (9714 ft.).

Garmisch and Partenkirchen remained separate until their respective mayors were forced by Adolf Hitler to combine the two market towns in 1935 in anticipation of the 1936 Winter Olympic games. Today, the united town is casually (but incorrectly) referred to as Garmisch, much to the dismay of Partenkirchen's residents.

The back with handwritten notation.

I tried to shoot a 'Corky visits Partenkirchen' image, but he didn't stay put on the dining-room table long enough for me to light/compose it better. Maybe there's hope for the spider plant—he didn't touch it when he was beside it.

150425 4lbs later...

In the 6 or so weeks that Matt (below)—who I re-christened from Maple as he was picked up by Mom with
a lot more matting than when he got here—was visiting his friend Corky (above), Corky went from 13lbs to 17lbs.
He was eating his dinner, and then Matt's who ate sparingly.

It may be because Matt decided that he disliked going out in the ice and snow here at Duncan Street and
decided he'd go vegetarian. He began to nourish himself off my pretty spider plant on the dining-room table.
Corky soon joined him and began to eat that too. I'm still waiting to see if the plant will recover.
This photo of Matt is a repost of the image from the last post, but I pushed the colour and texture up.

150405 Veggie

150328 More brains!

150328 WTF?

150321 Before they box.

Corky and Maple seem to get along, but their boxing is rough and amusing.

150306 Boys relaxing on the couch.

150228 Detente--Where the Wild Things Are Trying?

150227 Are you comfy?

Maple has come to visit for a month. Since he is quite a furry beast,

I put a blanket on the couch he likes to lay on. He seems to prefer to

tuck himself in under the blanket. "Are you comfy?"