Bouvstock 2015, Sharon Springs NY

Mostly Yellow, Ridgefield CT 2015

Early Spring 2015

I think this was the first winter that really got me down. I usually find something beautiful in the architecture of the barren trees, clean white snow, the shadows of winter, but this year all those positive feelings went right out the window by the end of January. My soul has now been lifted by the peeking bulbs; all the daffodils & hyacinths.

George Carlin @ his best (or worst depending on your POV)

I know some of my many Christian friends are going to be angry at me for this; or maybe think I'm a boor, insensitive or ill mannered. While all of that may be true, I also appreciate satire &  George Carlin was one of the best/worst depending on your POV. So here goes:

YOU MELT MY HEART by Carol Rauch to all Bouvier Lovers (2015)

HOW OUR BODIES REACT TO EMOTIONS (GRAPHIC)

How our bodies react to emotions http://t.co/0jaZObns9Q pic.twitter.com/XpugtuCQcg

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) December 30, 2013

Long Live France!

I am totally disgusted by the journalist murders in Paris. Damn the terrorists who carried out this disgusting act while wrapping their barbarism in a false flag. May they all go to hell!

Long live France

Year End Thoughts 2014

Each year I am less interested in obits & year end programs & try to avoid them. It only reminds me of the inevitable which gets closer & closer. Too soon I will be w/o my bride & Bouviers, friends, books & gardens. My father lived until his 98th year so maybe there's more time than I think is probable. Could I be depressed? Maybe. The truth is that reality can be so. I try to ignore those feelings which pass over me @ times. 

The Zigster my designer dog (Terrihund)

A little of this & a little of that including Sophia & Sigmund

Winterscape Series 1, 2014

The make believe Duck Dynasty controversy

Did we suddenly wake up to the fact that companies are amoral? The fact is they exist only to make money.  So for everyone who expected A&E to react with moral indignation should pull their head out of their ass.  Mr. Robertson's statements are protected by the same 1st amendment right that protects flag burners. That A&E suspended Mr. Robertson (for 9 days) while running a 'Duck Dynasty' marathon is the height of hypocrisy.  This proves -- beyond a reasonable doubt -- that companies are individuals & should have the equal political rights, right?  Yeah!

Mini me sun worshiper

Sigmund, aka Ziggy Stardust

It crept up on me in my 70th year

I'm getting upset by the end-of-year pieces about all the people who died in 2013. It didn't used to bother me. 

#1 & #2 Depth of Field, #3 Old Tree, #4 Lunch

Benched

Sophie (age 9) foreground, Stella Bella (age 15) background. First snow, Dec 2013

Thanksgiving 2013

What people refer to as a challenge

That doesn't deter IBM, though. Apparently, its long-term goal is to essentially build an actual silicon version of the brain. As they put it, that means they need a chip system with ten billion neurons and hundred trillion synapses, which consumes one kilowatt of power and occupies less than two liters of volume. That's what people refer to as a challenge.

Here's the Gizmodo article: http://gizmodo.com/ibm-is-creating-an-entire-computing-architecture-based-1063836530

To Coin A Phrase > Very Cool

Ziggy as a free man