The End of June

It's hard to believe it's the end of June already, this time of year is so slammed at work, and this year more so than usual. I have just a few things I found online today that made me smile and laugh that I wanted to share.

Last night I was feasting on PBS with the return of two really good series; Last Tango in Halifax with Derek Jacobi and Endeavor with Shaun Evans and Roger Allam on Masterpiece Mystery. Endeavor is the early days of Inspector Morse, both are excellent. Have a good week everyone!

Uncle!

How Did He DO That!

Summer Solstice

The first day of summer here in Bellingham was thankfully a absolutely beautiful one. Sunny the whole entire day. I worked from 10 to 2 and came home and worked in the yard from around 4 to 8:30 minus dinner & the news at 6.

I met my new neighbor who bought Dave Sr.'s house next door. The house had been empty since 2006 when Dave passed away. I was not happy with his dog running around loose; the 1st night they were there his dog Bear charged at a squirrel in my yard. All I could imagine is him doing the same to my cats.

The new owner is Taggart and he seems nice so I tried to nicely voice my concerns and he was responsive,  so I hope it's all good. It was actually kind of funny because his dog kept coming over to check out the cats and they were all staring at him, but standing their ground.

I think the dog actually wants to play, and he didn't bark at them, that's a start. I've been thinking it would be good for them to learn to get along with a dog,  maybe this will be the opportunity by default.

I pruned a bunch more out of the apple trees,  but I still have so much more I need to do. I'm really worn out tonight. I came in and poured a glass of mango orange juice and sat down in the living room. I looked over at it and it looked like it was glowing. The sun was reflecting off of something and lit it up, it was cool.

I'm going to watch the Winnipeg Comedy Fest on CBC and relax a bit, then hit the showers and flop into bed!

Zits 

Comic Strip of the Day

Zits - June 20 2014

OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall

Some great optical illusions in the latest video from the band OK Go

Fathers Day

A quote for Father's Day from Jon Stewart artfully rendered by the duo Danger Dust.

Mutts June 15, 2014

On this Father's Day, I was thinking about what makes me think about my dad, and it was his sense of humor and laughter mostly. Also his love and appreciation of nature, all things that are a big part of who I am and what I enjoy.

It's June - Day Lily Time!

The day lilies are at their peak right now and I am trying to appreciate them every day. I went out the other evening to get some pictures to capture the moment so to speak.Tom Cat was out there with me and I thought Boo was so cute looking out the window at him.

Tom Cat

Boo

Pathè Foundation Headquarters in Paris

Yesterday on Colossal.com one of the featured stories was on the new Pathè Foundation Headquarters in Paris, and it looks like it would have been designed by Frank Gehry, but the architect is Renzo Piano. It has been 8 years in the making, and it is wild, but so cool. The grand opening is planned for this September.

The article referred to it as resembling an armadillo, but it makes me think more of a cross between a centipede and the frame of a ship. All that natural light coming in would certainly make me happy going to work there every day.

Cartoonist Bill Watterson

On Wednesday I saw an article on IMDB about cartoonist Bill Watterson who drew Calvin & Hobbes coming out of retirement, albeit briefly, to draw a few strips of Pearls Before Swine as part of a fundraiser for Parkinson's Disease.

I'm not a regular reader of Pearls Before Swine, drawn by Stephan Pastis, but when I read about him connecting with Watterson for three strips from this past week I had to check it out. The impetus for all of it surrounds a fellow cartoonist named Richard Thompson who co-founded a charity called Team Cul de Sac that raises money to fight Parkinson's, from which he suffers.

In the article, it explains that part of the joke and how this came about is that Pastis is not none for his artistic abilities, and Watterson of course, drew amazing cartoons, he is a painter at heart. Here are all of the strips from Monday to Saturday, enjoy!

June 2nd

June 3rd

June 4th

June 5th

June 6th

June 7th

My Wild Visitors

I just got done watching "The Fantastic Mr.Fox" and was paid a visit by these two gentlemen. It's a little after 9pm which is a good time to see them out and about.

We had another beautiful day and I was out trimming more dead wood from the apple trees after I got home from work. This is the first week of overtime at work and I've been staying up too late. Now it's hitting me and I'm ready to crash. I still can't believe it's June already.

The movie was good,  but I'm definitely going to have to watch it again to pick up more dialogue. It made me think of so many other great movies and performances as well, some parts were hilarious. Wes Anderson strikes again!