So the wheelbase of any Tesla S Car [as being salvaged by the Afghanis at Eco Dismantling up in American Canyon] will be 116.5″, 78.2″ wide whereas this lovely 1964 Plymouth Belvedere*  is, shall we say, close enough at, 116×76.4″…a little more flare to the fenderwells would look pretty cool, anyway hey, making it the perfect road car for that 21st Century Wall Spring to Libre

commute, no? My brother-in-law may beg to differ as to some of the details**, however.  Meanwhile life, thanks to days of nothings, proceeded in the imagined northern Great Basin’s

upper deserts, a situation allowing finished paintings to sometimes sneak in unawares

or did until we had to go to Pueblo for myriad dentistries,

shoppings [Target, below, and food] and lunch;

more than perfectly presentable rellenos at Fritanga’s replacement venue Girasole next door

to the Vitamin Cottage, then home via the sole surviving gas station at the Colorado City exit.

Next day I was

on the road again as we’d had to go to Pueblo before the Walsenburg dump opened…

So, Walsenburg and the opportunity

to at least

finish up documenting the Surviving Weird Paintings

[“Afrika USA” above and “Life During Wartime”***, both 1980, below]

[1975 above, “Amphibian”, 2004, below]

and get them back in the racks.

with an interesting stop

on the way home inquiring about trailers [Aero Flite, NFS] and the ever-elusive tailgate for a

1945 Chevy.  A day of not exactly nothing which ended with a wandering dog return cutting into

an abbreviated studio visit…as was, shall we say, the next as although a morning walk in the

woods was initially ameliorative there became suddenly a lot to do to put the house in order

before we could to open it up for a dog watching friend so L. and I can venture out across

the searing plains of Kansas and up to Omaha, Nebraska on Monday.

*A Dodge Polara would do just as well, though I do have a certain sentimental attachment to the Plymouth.

**Penciling it out it might still be way cheaper to salvage a Tesla given the 67K Legacy wants for their ReVolt platform…plus one then still uses the old chassis and suspension etc.

***Forgive the link again but it was the eighties on Third Street**** and, well, wotta performance! Kills me every time…”Anybody have any questions?”

****Not the neighborhood it once was though I’m told the climate remains much the same.