there was finally a Day of Nothing which allowed, just barely, time to go through the photos,
such as this nostalgia for Radar, and at least get them formatted…but, it having already been
six days including yet another sweeping up after dogs, it was definitely time for provisioning
in Alturas, climbing up 447 past amazing wildflowers in the Buffalo Hills which
for sure I was going to stop and document on the way back except it poured all the way down
to the desert, we surprisingly greener this year than Surprise Valley
and turning, after an initially warm week, cool and raining.
Company came for the Memorial Day Weekend and Saturday we all went to Planet X for their
Big Sale, which was unfortunately rained and blown out [hopefully the rest of the weekend
went better] so we fled home to feast late on the porch [note snout, upper left], previous PXP
mugs ‘n’ bowls in evidence, and celebrate new additions [above] to the Collection, all watched
over by a long-eared owlet…and perfect weather, pretty much, until Monday
when our friends left for, as the late great Peter Booth Breeze was wont to call it, St. Ralph’s.
Quiet at last, if temporarily…
…hence this, jus’ checkin’ in.
All the beauty of home.
Hi Michael,
The plate with the picture of the Sikorsky S-38 brings back memories of visiting the Johnson Wax Co. in Racine, Wisconsin, the Frank Lloyd Wright building. Adjacent to that building was a new building housing the restored Sikorsky S-38 that Mr. Johnson used to explore the jungles of South America in search of the elusive carnuba plant. It’s a great story. I made a crude model of it some years ago, 4′ wingspan, made of wood, cardboard, engines were yogurt cups with elaborate exterior engine parts.
Phil L.
Great story, indeed…that plate came to me after Pan Am folded as companion to the Clipper plate in the previous pic my brother gave me when he worked for them. The S-38 could indeed be lifting off from the Amazon, too…