Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe

Put That Camera Down!

The inside of my knitting bag.

Submitted for Shutterday.

Spiritual

Prayer Wheel in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Photo taken Januray 2007.

Soft

I never actually got to touch one of the yaks, but I brought six balls of yak yarn back from my trek to Nepal.

While the yarn is soft, I just loved the coats of these beasts of burden.

Unconscious Mutterings #212

1. Soldier :: Lady 
2. Lipton :: Tea
   
3. Reason:: Cause 
4. Terms :: Endearment 
5. Positive :: Reinforcement 
6. Example :: Test 
7. Legacy :: Golf Course 
8. Solo :: Alone 
9. Instrument :: Torture
   
10. Later :: Gator 

Morning

Sunrise at Port Canaveral from our cruise ship.

Alas, the escape is over.

Friday's Feast

Appetizer
Where on your body do you have a scar, and what caused it?

I have a scar on the top of my right toe.

I remember this so vividly:

We were living in Balboa Heights in the Panama Canal Zone. I was somewhere between kindergarden and third grade. I was walking barefooted with my left foot on the sidewalk and my right foot in the grass. There was a deep trench between the sidewalk and the grass that was about 2 inches wide. I guess it was the way the sidewalk was edged. Anyways, my toe caught the edge of the sidewalk and the rough cement edge peeled back the flesh on the top of my toe.

Maybe this is why I don't go barefooted very often anymore.

Soup
What is something that has happened to you that you would consider a miracle?

Being born to a 'normal' middle-class family. Having seen several third-world countries, I just think "There for the grace of God go I."

Salad
Name a television personality who really gets on your nerves.

Howie Mandell in Deal or No Deal.

Main Course
What was a funny word you said as a child (such as "pasketti" for "spaghetti")?

Boonce for spoon.

Dessert
Fill in the blank: I have always thought _American Idol_____ was __stupid____.

Textured

Submitted for Photo Friday

Aiding the Haute Couture of My Little Town

fashionable

adj.

1. observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young man
2. Current; popular: a fashionable topic of conversation

                                                

Submitted for Moody Monday

Unconscious Mutterings #211

1. Threshold :: Door 
2. Jason :: Freddy Krueger
   
3. Suspicion :: Lie 
4. Tender :: Soft 
5. Tempted :: Want 
6. Crimson :: Red 
7. Repulsive :: Vomit 
8. Bulldog :: Grrr 
9. Garage :: Door
   
10. Racket :: Racket 

Antique

I found this and a lot of other postcards while going through old pictures at my parent's house today.

This postcard, mailed in 1911, was sent to my grandmother Elizabeth. She is also who my daughter was named for.

I thought the postmark was interesting because not only does it have the date: July 12, 1911, but it also has the time: 11:30 p.m.

The card was mailed from Coney Island to Brooklyn.

I couldn't imagine spending the night on Coney Island Beach now!

The other thing I like about these and other old postcards is the handwriting. It was a time when fountain pens were used and penmanship mattered.