Mary Hopkin - Those were the days (France, 1968)

Mary Hopkin - Those were the days

MAN AGAINST MAN

.....it's a recurring subject since time immemorial...

take a look around....it's almost everywhere...

no one seems to realize and understand but ...

it's a demented idea to impose power over another

in one form or another...

....i'll tell you this... 

no one will live forever

so for enemies to exist
over a long 

period of time....

simply is absurd...

nature has a way of dealing

with it...

at least one of them will disappear from

the face of the earth  ...

either by sickness or old age
to cause his death....

that's how short life is...

the point is enjoy life while you've got it...

dealing with hatred and creating enemies

is a waste of time...

MALAYSIAN AIRLINE UPDATE...

...there are simpler pleasures in life that bring
peace to one's mind...
thought energies
don't go to waste
when directed to achieving them...

the art of painting had been therapeutic
to a lot of those besieged by worries
beyond description...
Churchill at one point
made sure he painted
perhaps to forget
and get away from
society's ill thoughts
of his time...
My fellow artists surely
exhibit happy faces
when doing their artworks...

Kj sketching 

Ramon, Sandra and her mom during her visit in SF

another way is to see places and people...

tourist at Point Bonita with the city in view

Lake Merced  fogged in

California street fogged in

chocolatier on Valencia St and 21st St

that's all folks!

jt

SUMMERTIME.....

United States	14
Russia	9
Germany	4
Philippines	3
France	2
Canada	1
Spain	1
Japan	1

......when the moon appears super or closer to the earth....

and people wear happy faces.... humanities is all over....

except in a few sections of the planet where misunderstanding

and political disagreements result in mistakes and lives are lost

under the pretext of whatever....

The news this morning
of the Malaysian Airlines
crashing in Ukraine
was devastating....
295 passengers and crews
died in the mishap....
nobody yet knows
what happened...
but our prayers go
to the victims
and their families ...

.... in the bay area....

the populace aspire to achieve a semblance of 

a peaceful getaway for everyone ....

to feel

there is hope despite all the 

confusing commotions

San Franciscans on their way home from work...

 happening elsewhere....

the cable car with passengers clinging on the hand rails

i had a chance to sketch with KJ at the Montara light house

a few weeks ago....

KJ with the light house in the background....

it was an overcast warm and breezeless

afternoon.... 

so we were able to concentrate

on our work...

getting rid of the annoying sand in her shoes

It was completely a productive and relaxing day

for us .....

that's all folks!

i'll catch you tomorrow...

jt

1929 FORD MODEL A

...once in a great while...gems like this

show up to remind us....

there was a technology and intellectuality....

after the turn of the century

where design and functionality were paramount and the

idea of obsolescence is not taken into consideration as

a marketing idea to squeeze profits from the unwary consumer...

1929 Ford model A at SF Stonestown Mall

sitting right next to each other....

 the old Ford and the new Mercedes 

.... the latter 

pales in comparison...

though there is a great tendency to romanticize

something beautiful from almost a century

ago....

one wonders what in tarnation

happened in between ....

then and now

to society's thinking....

we know it can be done....

to create something that will survive the test

of time by way of function...

but greed and whatever

spoils the fun...

and so we see around us

 fast foods and

merchandises whose

life span is brief and

intentionally outmoded

for profits.

and that is that!

that's all folks!

jt

Marine Mammals Center

..... the Marine mammals center is a rehabilitation

hospital in the Marin Headlands...

 for elephant seals...

sea lions and dolphins ....

 Pacific ocean view from the Marine Mammals Center parking lot

solar panels

they came into being in 1975

when two friends with pioneering 

spirits noticed the needs of injured,

abandoned and sick mammals...

fishing nets

from there word of mouth about the cause of the organization 

gathered favors from

foundations for financial support

as well as caring volunteers...

it's the only facility in the country that's

open to the public for free....

undernourished seals

Trisha is one of the hundreds of volunteers
who moved from Washington and teaches
at a nearby college

i came across the facility while scouting

for a location to paint....

you might want to check it out when 

you're in the Headlands...

that's all folks!

i'll catch you later...

jt

LAND OF THE GIANTS 3RD PART

.....the next morning i got up early and found

a meadow nearby....

this is the early morning light around 6a.m. 

pretty quiet ....

there's only me disturbing the silence 

in the woods....

and few little creatures....

dipper perhaps...not too sure

blue jay

forest squirrel 

looking for breakfast....

the park cafe opens just about this time....

so i grabbed my brewed coffee to warm up my

tummy and to awaken all my 

other senses...

in order to enjoy the scenery at the

meadow which is slowly unfolding...

at the cafe during breakfast

we sat at the corner with a view of the meadow....

and discovered just outside the window...

in the ceiling....

a nest...

and soon thereafter the mom

flew in with a worm...

....the day went on 

and we found ourselves....to this lovely lake....

Lake Hume...

pristine ....

zoom in and we find these people enjoying their
quiet corner of the lake
meditating...

that's the pictorial dimension

of the weekend memorial trip

to the 

land of the giants...

i'll catch you folks,

later....

jt