I have a small grapevine, with seedless green grapes.
They call this area “The Wine Country”… I’ve driven past miles of vineyards, visited some, and for years volunteered at a tomato festival on the grounds of one of our largest wineries.
At that one, visitors, including me, often wandered through their labeled demonstration vineyard, with examples of all the varieties they grow .
I’ve never seen grapes growing like this, whether a table or wine variety, heavily clustered, with no visible vines or leaves!
I first thought this building had some agricultural purpose, but in the light of day, looks more like seeing up booths… Maybe a wine festival or farm show.
And here I am yanking and battling the darn things to prevent them from strangling my trees. I too live in wine country, but it’s the native wild vines that keep returning to my yard. (teeny grapes almost entirely seed).
I remember getting a house call from our doctor (yeah, that long ago!) for a tummy ache. His diagnosis was “stealing unripe grapes from the neighbor’s vine.” His prescription was a glass of ginger ale…
Oh wow… my few volunteers, over the years, have been sweet and edible, and have kindly restricted themselves to alongside fences.
There was one small vine that grew for a few years, that I’m pretty sure was Muscat… I don’t much like Muscatel and never would have thought to plant the grape.
As a fruit, not something I’d want every day…. but it was very sweet and aromatic, kind of floral, and I miss it.
This is, according to my search, a place called Grates Cove, in Newfoundland, various photos of which are often included in collections and calendars of beautiful places.
And yes, that’s a small iceberg, so I doubt it feels exactly summery at the time of this photo.
Another thing I doubt is that many besides me will be looking at that iceberg and seeing a huge pair of fancy high heeled shoes with (probably fabric) roses on their pointy toes.
was published about ten years ago… “Go Set A Watchman”, actually written, but not published, a few years before the more famous novel.
It was first called a sequel, then it became known that it was actually on the advice of her intended publisher, that she’d written a new one, which she considered a revision, about the childhood of its protagonist.
It became famous and won many awards.
After that she supposedly never wanted to publish the first one.
There’s a lot of controversy about the fact that it was finally released when she was 89, and how her consent was obtained.
Anyway… that character was completely different in the original story. Not a hero, in many ways, that he became in flashback for the book I loved.
I haven’t wanted to read it, because I don’t want my perception changed… And I’m not convinced she wanted that out there, anyway.
Supposedly, when she wrote the first book… the recently published one… Scout knew that Jem was already gone.
When the publishers wanted her to reconstruct Scout’s childhood for what they thought would make a better story, she had to write about him as a child as well… And that story turned into
the famous novel I loved.
To Kill A Mockingbird.
Besides that …
I’ve read that Watchman also showed Atticus later in life, as a racist and member of the KKK… which is what I never wanted to read, and I don’t think Lee still wanted published, having redefined his character in Mockingbird.
The stage play came to town last year. Richard Thomas (of John-Boy fame) played Atticus. Sadly, the children were played by adults. The original Scout from the movie played the racist old woman.
The German title of the book (and movie) ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is somewhat softened, perhaps even more beautiful, in my opinion. With a title that is not so murderous, I prefer to pick up a book to read (or to watch a movie) than if one already has to gather from the title that a murder will occur.
In German: ‘Wer die Nachtigal stört!’
Literal translation in English: Who disturbs the nightingale.
The title in English didn’t refer to any murder… it refers to Atticus telling Scout that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird, because all they do is sing and bring happiness…
It becomes a metaphor for bad things that happen to good or innocent people, like Boo Radley.
Oh! I’m sure you’re right, now that you mention it.
Betty is quite familiar; the only one I recognized right off.
She’s…
Bea Benaderet, who played the neighbor on Burns and Allen, and was on Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat junction, and other sitcoms.
Hang on… I have to check, and look up the others….
Okay, yes to those two…
According to Alamy they are:
Left to right: Alan Reed as Fred Flintstone, Jean Vander Pyl (1919 – 1999) as Wilma, Bea Benaderet (1906 – 1968) as Betty and Mel Blanc (1908 – 1989) as Barney.
Swans and geese do the same thing, and normally don’t survive the contact if they contact two phases at the same time.
The problem is that the wires aren’t very large in diameter, and especially if the wires hide behind each other, they can be incredibly difficult to see.
We fit ‘bird scarers’ to the wires, which can be something like orange discs that hang from, and below, the wires and provides additional visibility for flying animals. In the past, large discs or hollow balls were fitted over the conductors at regular intervals. The scarers are not fitted at every river crossing, but normally are where it is known for bird activity.
My (ex) wife has a postcard of her grandmother’s with a note from the postman (ca 1890) apologizing for the delay; but the family had moved and it took him an extra day for the postman to track down their new address…
Notice, too, that except for the thanks, it’s in English, adding another layer of courtesy to what the mailman did, for someone who was probably a visitor or tourist.
Until I was… I’m not sure… maybe 20… everywhere I lived in the US, some people addressed mail without information now considered necessary.
When I first became aware of addressing envelopes, some people would send a letter within Cleveland with nothing but the name and a stamp. The post office didn’t like it, but they could usually deliver it.
Actually, I remember our family getting a letter that way from a distant cousin of my father’s, in upstate New York. She had no idea of our address, but someone had told her we were in Cleveland, so she sent pictures of her husband, herself, and their twins, to my father’s name in Cleveland.
It sticks in my mind cos I’d never heard of her, and didn’t know any twins… and I don’t think we ever heard from them again.
In high school in Madison, WI, and in college in Berkeley, CA, most people used the new ZIP codes for out of town mail… But for local mail, some put the name and street address, then just “City”.
Not pipe cleaners, AFAIK.
Neither wolf nor fox either…
Cold?
Could be. She is kinda poofy.
I have a small grapevine, with seedless green grapes.
They call this area “The Wine Country”… I’ve driven past miles of vineyards, visited some, and for years volunteered at a tomato festival on the grounds of one of our largest wineries.
At that one, visitors, including me, often wandered through their labeled demonstration vineyard, with examples of all the varieties they grow .
I’ve never seen grapes growing like this, whether a table or wine variety, heavily clustered, with no visible vines or leaves!
Wow!
I think it’s some kind of display. I’m seeing multiple clusters.
Yes, maybe it’s not growing that way.
I first thought this building had some agricultural purpose, but in the light of day, looks more like seeing up booths… Maybe a wine festival or farm show.
Yes.
The local Karst topology is good for Rhine varietals. Some of the vinyards have won national awards. Alas, all of my vines have died out.
The SIL has a small family vinyard down in Louisiana, and is quite proud of her Muscadine jams. Gave everyone a jar last reunion.
And here I am yanking and battling the darn things to prevent them from strangling my trees. I too live in wine country, but it’s the native wild vines that keep returning to my yard. (teeny grapes almost entirely seed).
I know those. We used pick and eat them as kids.
I always thought that they were a variety of Muscadine. Probably wrong thow.
I remember getting a house call from our doctor (yeah, that long ago!) for a tummy ache. His diagnosis was “stealing unripe grapes from the neighbor’s vine.” His prescription was a glass of ginger ale…
Oh wow… my few volunteers, over the years, have been sweet and edible, and have kindly restricted themselves to alongside fences.
There was one small vine that grew for a few years, that I’m pretty sure was Muscat… I don’t much like Muscatel and never would have thought to plant the grape.
As a fruit, not something I’d want every day…. but it was very sweet and aromatic, kind of floral, and I miss it.
Mine could have been muscadine, too… a different grape from Muscat, but hard to tell apart, I’m told.
I’ve never drunk muscadine wine, to know the difference in aroma.
I do know these grapes had the scent of a wino’s bottle of cheap Muscatel, yet they tasted great.
,
From heron in, it’ll be smooth sailing.
He’ll be heron wheels…
This is, according to my search, a place called Grates Cove, in Newfoundland, various photos of which are often included in collections and calendars of beautiful places.
And yes, that’s a small iceberg, so I doubt it feels exactly summery at the time of this photo.
Another thing I doubt is that many besides me will be looking at that iceberg and seeing a huge pair of fancy high heeled shoes with (probably fabric) roses on their pointy toes.
Sigh….
Now that I’ve seen them… 😯
Yay!
Maybe I’m not totally insane? (she asked hopefully…)
That or both of you are…
you’ve heard of the French nation, or the British nation?
well this is the IMAGination!
HALLUCInation? 😀
That’s another few miles down the road …
But it’s a slippery road.
That’s where I live!
LOL
In the movie of..
I knew the film and the actor, but not the character name.
One of my later childhood heroes.
Unfortunately, another novel by
It was first called a sequel, then it became known that it was actually on the advice of her intended publisher, that she’d written a new one, which she considered a revision, about the childhood of its protagonist.
It became famous and won many awards.
After that she supposedly never wanted to publish the first one.
There’s a lot of controversy about the fact that it was finally released when she was 89, and how her consent was obtained.
Anyway… that character was completely different in the original story. Not a hero, in many ways, that he became in flashback for the book I loved.
I haven’t wanted to read it, because I don’t want my perception changed… And I’m not convinced she wanted that out there, anyway.
When i read about the other book i decided not to read it when Jim was killed off before the story even started. .
Supposedly, when she wrote the first book… the recently published one… Scout knew that Jem was already gone.
When the publishers wanted her to reconstruct Scout’s childhood for what they thought would make a better story, she had to write about him as a child as well… And that story turned into
And fgerbil46 on Ten Cats tells me that yesterday was the 65th anniversary of the publishing of the book.
The stage play came to town last year. Richard Thomas (of John-Boy fame) played Atticus. Sadly, the children were played by adults. The original Scout from the movie played the racist old woman.
The German title of the book (and movie) ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is somewhat softened, perhaps even more beautiful, in my opinion. With a title that is not so murderous, I prefer to pick up a book to read (or to watch a movie) than if one already has to gather from the title that a murder will occur.
In German: ‘Wer die Nachtigal stört!’
Literal translation in English: Who disturbs the nightingale.
The title in English didn’t refer to any murder… it refers to Atticus telling Scout that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird, because all they do is sing and bring happiness…
It becomes a metaphor for bad things that happen to good or innocent people, like Boo Radley.
Washington D.C. – 1942
The lunch counter at Peoples’ drugstore, on G Street N.W., in Washington, D.C. at noon, on a July day in 1942.
Photo credit: Marjory Collins
The people standing behind the chairs are awfully close to the diners. Are they trying to make those seated uncomfortable, so they leave sooner?
The place is very busy. Pretty sure that they’re ordering or waiting for food to go.
No smart phones, no apps, no dedicated order counter… You walked up to the dining counter, and grabbed a menu.
Sometimes you’d be waiting for a seat, but more likely, one of the waitresses would just take your order, and bring it out in a bag.
You had to stay nearby, so they’d know you didn’t leave.
,
“Waiter, there’s a dog in my soup…”
LOL!
Must have been a very hot day.
Where did Jackie, Audrey , Joyce and Art go?
They are the imitated, not the imitators.
In fact, I read someplace that Jackie or maybe one of the others wanted to sue Hanna Barbera but didn’t.
Is that
Oh! I’m sure you’re right, now that you mention it.
Betty is quite familiar; the only one I recognized right off.
Bea Benaderet, who played the neighbor on Burns and Allen, and was on Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat junction, and other sitcoms.
Hang on… I have to check, and look up the others….
Okay, yes to those two…
Interesting that Mel was able to work for two competing studios. Was he still doing Buggs Bunny during his stint in Bedrock?
Good question.
By then he might have been free lance.
..,
Life is not easy for these women.
Somehow I was not expecting the location I found for this photo, taken in 1912 or 13.
The woman farthest back made me think of Spain, or maybe Portugal.
But it’s a narrow street, called Tin Ghaut, that runs to the docks in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England.
Yup. England would have been my first guess.
Now there’s a real hoopy frood!
BUNNY!
Ummm… well….. .uh..
I don’t know how to tell you….
just be blunt…
If this is a quiz… I’ll say one of each.
But if it’s an offer…. German Shepherd, please.
Not sure a kangaroo would be a good fit for my house.
Two Kangaroos.
One Kanga and a little Roo…
As long as they don’t turn them into a splatter movie… 🙁
Do you mean one dog and two kangaroos, or just two kangaroos?
I searched it, later…. the sites I found mostly just showed the righthand half, and correctly called it a kangaroo.
But when I cropped it to just show the lefthand half, they all agreed it was a dog.
It was even in a video of dogs “posing” as other animals.
I hope he survived.
Like a low bridge for a semi.
Swans and geese do the same thing, and normally don’t survive the contact if they contact two phases at the same time.
The problem is that the wires aren’t very large in diameter, and especially if the wires hide behind each other, they can be incredibly difficult to see.
We fit ‘bird scarers’ to the wires, which can be something like orange discs that hang from, and below, the wires and provides additional visibility for flying animals. In the past, large discs or hollow balls were fitted over the conductors at regular intervals. The scarers are not fitted at every river crossing, but normally are where it is known for bird activity.
They are there for light planes too; especially where the wires are stretched across valleys and runway approaches.
Ooh, that’s a major mistake.
My (ex) wife has a postcard of her grandmother’s with a note from the postman (ca 1890) apologizing for the delay; but the family had moved and it took him an extra day for the postman to track down their new address…
Notice, too, that except for the thanks, it’s in English, adding another layer of courtesy to what the mailman did, for someone who was probably a visitor or tourist.
Until I was… I’m not sure… maybe 20… everywhere I lived in the US, some people addressed mail without information now considered necessary.
When I first became aware of addressing envelopes, some people would send a letter within Cleveland with nothing but the name and a stamp. The post office didn’t like it, but they could usually deliver it.
Actually, I remember our family getting a letter that way from a distant cousin of my father’s, in upstate New York. She had no idea of our address, but someone had told her we were in Cleveland, so she sent pictures of her husband, herself, and their twins, to my father’s name in Cleveland.
It sticks in my mind cos I’d never heard of her, and didn’t know any twins… and I don’t think we ever heard from them again.
In high school in Madison, WI, and in college in Berkeley, CA, most people used the new ZIP codes for out of town mail… But for local mail, some put the name and street address, then just “City”.
Try that now.
I thought it was real, but the color of the hair gave it away.
I think that’s a flowery hat 🌼🌸!
Not that I think you thought it was real 😁
Reminds me of Froggy The Gremlin (Andy’s Gang/Smilin’ Ed)
Hopefully, some people will start looking for the puzzle solution soon……
And I’m ready for them.
Much more ready than Mr. Droopy-Drawers here apparently was to paint the house.
Word to the wise… If you’re the hapless housepainter, buckle your belt before you climb a 2 story ladder, with both hands full.
Or if you’re the homeowner…. Hire a different housepainter.
Meanwhile…. ten things are different on one side from those on the other side.
Find ’em, before anything else happens….. And compare with…
Found eight on the first look, read through the rest of the posts, went back and found all ten before I looked at your solution Susan.
Schwing!
Aced it!
I hope that’s not an anatomically correct paint splash!
My first reaction was along those lines as well.
Cuyahoga Lift Bridge #1, Cleveland, Ohio, The first lift bridge on the Cuyahoga River, when coming upstream from Lake Erie.
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