Michael Shelley Sings Bacharach

Baby, It's You

Postcard - Myconos, Greece

"View of Myconos"

1970s

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This mole is sure one busy animal. It is now as close to my back door as it can get. The cats enjoy using the molehills as outdoor litterboxes, but if they see a hill moving which indicates a mole is active they just sort of bat at the rising dirt in a quizzical way.

Back in the 1980s and early 1990s I had a cat named Ahab who was a superb mole catcher and would deliver them on the porch.

But, I'm no lawn nut, obviously. Most of it is moss anyway. I say, let nature take its course and truth to tell, this is pretty interesting. In my 19 years on this place, this is the first mole to venture here.

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James Abbott mural detail, Elma, Washington

Allyson Ava-Brown Sings Bacharach

Baby, It's You

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Detail of James Abbott mural, Elma, Washington

Postcard - Loutraki, Greece

"Loutraki - View of the town"

1970s

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James Abbott mural, Elma, Washington. He played with perspective in this one more than in his other works. It faces east, protecting it from the coastal winds, so this is in a better state of preservation than most.

Favorite Movie Quotes: Gangs of New York

"You kill a king, you don't stab him in the dark. You kill him where the whole court can watch him die."

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The mole's progress

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Postcard - Athens, Greece

"Athens - The University and the National Library"

1970s

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Charlie flips while the others think he's a showoff

Volcanic Predictions

I bet she didn't think someone would find this over 3 decades later and laugh.

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The Fab Four

Sylvie Vartan Sings Bacharach

Baby, It's You

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Tree propped up with poles and cables

Capitol Campus, Olympia, Washington

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World War Two Veterans Memorial

Olympia, Washington

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The Fetid Lake of Doom

Olympia, Washington

Petty Booka Sings Bacharach

Baby, It's You

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Cliff Richard Sings Bacharach

Baby, It's You

Postcard - Athens, Greece

"Athens - The Omonia Square"

1970s

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Just opened a new bag of catfood

Sterling Sings Bacharach

Baby, It's You

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Chow time for the Fab Four

Postcard - Athens, Greece

"Athens - The temple of Hephaestos (Theseion)."

1970s.

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1980 Ford Firetruck For Sale

Grays Harbor County, Washington

That little cloud up there had temporarily blotted out the sun, creating a weird light

How Would You Like to Join This "Bunch"?

From the Clayton News-Letter, Aug. 15, 1912. It is unusual to find local cartoonists published in weekly newspapers in any era. Paul Weeks was 18 or 19 years old when he drew this. Mr. Weeks now qualifies as an official fellow Washington State Obscuro cartoonist!

I can't make out the word balloons of the bystanding bird and farmer, but the driver is declaring, "We're going huckleberrying!" A passenger notes the old farmer at the fence and observes, "I bet that fellow wishes he was goin' to."

At the rear of the wagon someone is singing, "Do, do, do, a huckleberry do!" And another, with rifle in hand, shouts, "I'm goin' to kill a bear!"

Man, I loved picking and eating huckleberries around here in the woods when I was growing up. The bushes were frequently found growing out of Old Growth stumps. And once in awhile I would run into a black bear after the same delicacy, so I would just let them be and move on. The huckleberries here are red and tart.