Summer!

In days of yore we cavorted in the lakes of the California Sierras.

July 7, 2017

https://newmexnomad.blogspot.com/2017/07/sierra-mountains-california.html?m=1

July 28, 2017

https://newmexnomad.blogspot.com/2017/07/paddleboarding-union-reservoir.html?m=1

Now I guage the time of remaining temperate temps by the sun's morning position on the Sandia Mountains. That hump to the right (south) of the tree beyond the wall is a marker.

Then the wildlife stops by for breakfast...

And departs

Farmer

 

Riders

 Riders on the Storm

After a palliative dose of LSD and an evening of music, found these to share.

A bunch of people around the world doing The Doors's: Riders On the Storm

About Playing For Change

https://playingforchange.com/join

All below are Riders in the Sky

Vaughn Monroe

Blues Bros

Neil LeVang

Spiderbait

Gene Autry

Pedal Steel (instrumental)

Doug Beaumier's website

Duane Eddy (with a hint of saxaphone)

Horseweed

Trying to trim nose hair, Mr. Nose took a hit. Michelle had tooken a liking to the horseweed growing in the front and learned it whar good fer whut ails yuh including staunching of blood flow. It worked! Instantly! Amazing!

My left eye is blind. I had a little LSD too.

Chairs

Recently, Greg in Travels of a Rambling Van, told how they get every penny's worth out of their stuff. I had to tell how much worth i get from fewer pennies and lauded my $4.00 chair that needed $0.53 in repairs. 

A kind woman in an Oregon thrift store saw it was broken and i saw it was easily fixable. A win-win.

Here it is on the back veranda. Look closely at the front starboard leg and you'll see the machine screw, washer & nylok nut.

Here also is a Pietro Costantini chair rescued some 35 years ago from a street in the student ghetto. Worth approximately $1,500.00, i recently paid $150.00 to have it refurbished.  

West Tofts Handaxe

the West Tofts Handaxe. (*1491* by Charles Mann is an 

https://www.amazon.com/1491-Second-Revelations-Americas-Columbus-ebook/dp/B000JMKVE4

unbeLIEVABLE source of anthro & archeological warrens)

https://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/art/exhibitions/object/id/3147

FROM GOOGLE AI

The West Tofts handaxe is an iconic Paleolithic tool renowned for having a fossilized scallop (bivalve) shell perfectly centered in its fluted flint design. Created roughly 250,000 to 500,000 years ago, it is widely celebrated as one of the earliest examples of aesthetic expression in human history.

Images of this striking artifact reveal exactly how the ancient knapper meticulously crafted the stone tool to highlight the fossil.

The Central Fossil: The handaxe features a naturally embedded fossil (specifically, Spondylus spinosus). The early human who made the tool skillfully chipped the flint around it, centering the shell perfectly in the face of the handaxe.

Aesthetic Intent: Because this design choice provides no functional benefit to cutting or butchering, many archaeologists believe it demonstrates an early capacity for symbolism, beauty, and artistic thought.

Dimensions: The artifact measures approximately \(5 \times 3 \times 1 \frac{1}{8}\) inches (13.2 × 7.9 × 3.5 cm) and is composed of flint.

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This is an "interactive" 3-D image that i'm guessing uses alot of bandwidth. You may want to wait until your new allotment to view it, but it IS astonishing!

https://stonetoolsmuseum.com/artefact/europe/handaxe-3/1878/

john gerrard *Spirits*

https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/john-gerrard-spirits 

Tapping the URL above takes you to the exhibit. 

Tap READ MORE to unfold the list of sandals. Tap it to initiate "exciting" the gaussian splats. Tap repeatedly to excite them further!

As the instructions say: press on the image. Tap repeatedly to change it. Move your finger to rotate the image.