Mary - Chez Oswell

Like This (Bonus Photo)

And this is what playing in the snow looks like. Although you can’t see the purple Fiat Spider Convertible that we rode up the mountain in. It all made so much more sense in college.

And now for Something Completely Different

This is the view from the roof of the lobby of Mudd-Blaisdell dorm at Pomona College. Or at least it was. I haven’t been on that roof in nearly 30 years. The snow and cloud covered mountain in Mt Baldy, not a bad place to ski, I’ve heard. From the school to the top it took about 40 minutes, a drive I made to play in the snow a few times. I would guess this photo in from Feb-March on 1982. And I bet there were people studying in the sun all around my when I took the photo.

The Big Tree

This is last year’s Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center in New York. Sadly, I won’t be able to see it in person since I’m not making the trip this year. I am, however, off the Cheri’s house to watch the lighting on TV. Not the same thing, but better than a poke in the eye.

Twitter Updates for 2010-11-30

Back at work – goofy people continue, but back upon not too bad. #

Sigh

This is the main dinning room of Tavern on the Green in Central Park. Or, at least, it used to be. Tavern closed last New Years and was re-opening last spring, but all of the decor was removed and sold at auction. It’s a sad tale of the economic downturn and overspending, but the upshot is that New York lost one of it’s unique restaurants. I know someone who’ll really be missing the lobster bisque here pretty soon.

Twitter Updates for 2010-11-29

First day back at home seems – quiet. #

Photo of the Day

So, now that I have a good portion of my photo collection digital, I’m going to try to post a photo each day.

For today –

I was given a Desert tortoise when I was around 6. That guy didn’t last long, but my family bought another that lived till I was in college, and then made a run for the great outdoors. The enclosure was made by my grandfather, including the little concrete shelter (my grandfather could’ve made a car out of nothing but concrete if necessary). He ate primarily romaine with other veggies and fruits as we had them. He really loved strawberries. He also ate the most spiny cactus that we put in the cage as decoration. We called the tortoise Yertle, even though he wasn’t a turtle, but he never came when we called!!

By the time that Yertle made the run for the great outdoors, it was illegal to obtain new desert tortoises as pets, so that ended our reptile pet experiment.