Taking an Art Break

Taking an art break for a week or so, although I might check in on Morty the Blog now and then.

See you Pittsburgh, August 2!

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The night I went to the grocery store and only bought yellow

Favorite Movie Quotes: Golden Earrings

"Lately, I've begun to suspect that there are more things in Heaven and Earth than I ever dreamed in my philosophy."

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Olympia, Washington

Postcards - Tacoma, Washington

"Tacoma Mall, Tacoma, Washington. This aerial of the mall shows Mt. Rainier sixty miles to the east. The Shopping Center consists of 1,150,000 square feet of space under one roof and cvers an overall area of 85 acres. A six-story office complex, cinerama theatre, parking for 7000 vehicles are some of the outstanding features of the Mall. Adjacent to Interstate Highway 5 there are 115 stores (including six department stores) completely heated and air-conditioned for the utmost in shopping convenience."

1970s.

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This is the 5000th Post on Morty the Blog

We wanted to be The Dude but somehow turned into Warren Schmidt

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Charlie and Hettie re-enact Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam

Favorite Movie Quotes: Four Eyes and Six-Guns

"I hope you and your lenses have a very happy life together."

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McCleary, Washington

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"Spokane, majestic queen of the vast Inland Empire, with a population of 185,000, is the second largest city in Washington. With its lovely park, rushing river, plunging waterfalls, graceful bridges, splendid recreational facilities, fascinating historical sites, ornate old-world cathedrals, modern buildings, flourishing trade and commerce, and surrounding rich farm and forest lands, it is a city of which both tourists and natives alike can be proud as the epitome of America the Beautiful."

Wow. That is some serious postcard prose there. 1970s.

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After a hard day of sleeping at Casa Morty, the boys need to take a rest

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"Spokane, Washington. The Lilac City's skyline as seen from the World Famous Riverfront Park, located on the Spokane River."

1970s.

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Buster

Favorite Movie Quotes: Elizabeth

"I am my Father's daughter. I am not afraid of anything."

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Office Supply Face

Fifteen Heart Attacks, p. 18-19

Two more pages for the ongoing online jam, Fifteen Heart Attacks.

Page 18 has spot illos by Jim Siergey, Chad Woody, Larned Justin, and Bruce Chrislip!

Page 19 is by yours truly.

[I can't seem to find Larned's email. Anyone out there have it handy?}

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Hettie in the computer looks up at a cousin of Mukey the Mutant Membrane

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"Spokane, Washington. This view of the Lilac City is seen from the Maple Street Bridge area -- in the foreground is the Monroe Street Bridge and Spokane River -- in the background a portion of Metropolitan Spokane."

1970s, probably.

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The Legislative Building and the Fetid Lake of Doom

Olympia, Washington

If you enlarge this photo there is a faint line in the center of mysterious origin

Louis and Keely

Now here's a guy who can blend the Blues with joy. Sort of like when you're walking through New Orleans and smell that unique sweet blend of putridness and perfume and still have have feeling of well being. No other place has this odor. I would move there in a minute if circumstances allowed.

Anyway, Louis Prima was from New Orleans and carried the sound of that great city into his music. I found a clip on YouTube that helps me feel good no matter how sorry I feel for myself.

Here it is, check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-a8kLtJSJ4

Nadine plays only sound cassette, and I have been enjoying Louie and Keely on old technology while driving.

Happy Monday everyone!

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Favorite Movie Quotes: The Doors

"It's just a dream, Jimmy. That's all it is. It's just a dream."

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Olympia, Washington

At a place about to be gone

Wild Islands

Much to the consternation of my neighbors, I'm sure, I have been reforesting my .68 acre city lot here in McCleary, Washington since 1994. Although I have planted a few more trees, many more have emerged as volunteers and I generally encourage them.

In the last three years I have been experimenting with a concept I call "Wild Islands," i.e., letting wild groundcover take its course, mostly ivy and buttercup.

Aside from the relief of having to mow less moss (we don't grow grass here in the coastal range, only moss), my cats seem to enjoy diving into the wild islands to hunt and, er, to relieve themselves.

I am sure a real landscape architect would have a cardiac arrest while touring my yard, but Tim Burton would love it as a future movie site.

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Husband Day Care Center

Olympia, Washington

I will resist any comment on stereotypes here. 

Hard to believe a sign like this exists in Oly in Century 21

Fifteen Heart Attacks, p. 13-17

The Fifteen Heart Attacks jam is now online. I've set up a special page for it. The most recent contribution is by our friend in Chicago, Jim Siergey, who followed the setup created by Max Traffic.

My immediate goal before leaving for the Obscuro Bezango show next week is to add one more page to this ongoing effort.

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Winged Victory World War I Memorial

Olympia, Washington

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"Spokane skyline from the Spokane River. View of the business district looking south from Spokane River."

I'm guessing this was taken in the 1950s, around the time when I lived there as an infink and little shaver.

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Legislative Building

Olympia, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Il Divo

"Politically, you're naive. Naivety and intelligence always go together."

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Legislative Building

Olympia, Washington

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"Spokane County Commissioners, in the 90's, offered a prize for the most original courthouse design. It was won by 29 yr. old W.A. Ritchie, a 'correspondent' architect with no formal training. This unbelievably beautiful, yet functional old Chateau was built for a cost of $340,000. (Estimated to be $4,000,000 today.) It is said to resemble most closely the Chateau d'Azay Le Rideau, France, 1516. The Annex, built in 1957 cost $559,190 and the new, adjacent Public Safety Building cost $7,500,000."

Probably from the 1970s, back when "the 90's" meant the 1890s.

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The face in the windowbox

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Dirty Dozen

"I don't know. I never ate anything like this before. Stepped in it a couple times but never ate it."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 41]

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Discreet