late afternoon light

spring, finally

back yard , originally uploaded by edna_million.

old becomes new

cats from the past

From an old old family photo. Probably early 1950s. My father’s family had barn cats, not house cats. Still, someone wrote on the back of this picture, “Mama Cat and daughter Ethel”. You can just barely see Ethel’s head on the left, behind Mama Cat. 

 

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

who are they?

This was an old postcard that’s been cut up. On the back it says “Garret & Gordon Harold & Fred”. I don’t know if Garret and Gordon are brothers and their last name is Harold, or if Gordon has two names. I’m pretty sure Fred is the dog. Part of the postmark is still there. It says October 20, 2 PM, 1909. Garret and Gordon are probably related to me somehow, but I don’t know how.

This is Betty something. Her last name starts with a W and kind of looks like Wots. It doesn’t look at all like Webb, which was my grandmother’s maiden name, but maybe it is.
The writing on the back of the card is very faded. It also says Cairo Georgia. Below that it says “Remember me.”

She’s in the family album too. These are all in the family album, the old old poofy one that has what looks like upholstery on the outside, and all the cardboard slot things on the inside. There’s nothing written on the back of her photo. She does look a little like some of my aunts, though. She’s probably a Georgia relative.

that movie thing all the cool kids are doing

Everyone’s doing that movie thing, so I’m going to do that movie thing too.

You go to IMDB, you look up ten of your favorite movies, you go to the quotes section and then you post a quote from each one on your journal. And everyone tries to guess the movies. Oh, come on! It’s fun! Actually I had more fun looking them up and reading quotes than I did trying to guess other peoples. So, hey, if you’d rather just go look up quotes, you go right ahead.

And of course I picked these really long quotes. Because I can’t do anything in just a few words. Oh, and no fair googling the quotes, of course.

Number 1

[discussing possible means of suicide]
Dave: Drownin’. Now there’s a way to go.
Lomper: I can’t swim.
Gaz: Well you don’t have to fucking swim, you divvy, that’s the whole point. God, you’re not very keen are you?
Lomper: Sorry.

Number 2

[Francis and Peter are beating each other up]
Francis: You don’t love me!
Peter: Yes I do!
Jack: I love you too, but I’m gonna mace you in the face!

Number 3

Roberto: It is a sad and beautiful world.
Zack: Yeah, it’s a sad and beautiful world buddy.

Number 4

Neighbor: Is there a murder in your film?
Nikki: Uh, no. It’s not part of the story.
Neighbor: No, I think you are wrong about that.
Nikki: No.
Neighbor: Brutal fucking murder!
Nikki: I don’t like this kind of talk; the things you’ve been saying. I think you should go now.
Neighbor: Yes. Me, I… I can’t seem to remember if it’s today, two days from now, or yesterday. I suppose if it was 9:45, I’d think it was after midnight! For instance, if today was tomorrow, you wouldn’t even remember that you owed on an unpaid bill. Actions do have consequences. And yet, there is the magic. If it was tomorrow, you would be sitting over there.
[Neighbor points to Nikki's couch across the room]
Neighbor: Do you see?

Number 5

Richie: I wrote a suicide note.
Chas: You did?
Richie: Yeah, right after I regained consciousness.
Chas: Well what does it say? Is it dark?
Richie: Of course it’s dark, it’s a suicide note.
Chas: Can I read it?
Richie: No.
Chas: Well could you at least summarize it for us?

Number 6

Randy Peone: Good morning, this is Randy Peone on KREZ radio, the voice of the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation. And it’s time for the morning traffic report on this rainy Bicentennial Fourth of July. Let’s go out to Lester Fallsapart in the KREZ traffic van broken down at the crossroads.
Lester Fallsapart: Big truck just went by… now it’s gone.
Randy Peone: Well, there you go folks. Looks like another busy morning.

Number 7

Father Harlan: We are all angels. It is what we do with our wings that separates us.

Number 8

[the Baby is going into violent convultions and has broken out in spots]
Henry Spencer: Oh! You ARE sick!

Number 9

Mickey: Think her family’s gonna be okay that you’re a white guy?
Cliff: They think any woman over 30 who isn’t married is a lesbian. She figures, they’ll be so relieved that I’m a man…
Mickey: Yeah, it’s always heartwarming to see a prejudice defeated by a deeper prejudice.

Number 10

H.I.: Wake up, son.
[Aims gun at the clerk]
H.I.: I’ll be taking these Huggies and whatever cash ya got.
Ed: [Sees H.I. from the car] That son of a bitch. That son of a bitch! You son of a bitch!
H.I.: And make it quick, I’m in dutch with the wife.

ice ice

Not so nice, actually. And it’s time for winter to GO AWAY.

Eddie thinks so too.

well hey there

I don’t mind sharing a room with it. No, not one bit.

my favorite pretend people

For years they sat in a window on East Bay Street in Charleston. Sometimes they’d move around a little. But sadly they’ve been gone for several years now. I still miss them.