Ruby Tuesday - Hot Rod Mustang

1969 Ford Mustang Sportsroof Coupe, chrome wheels and flame treatment.  I am guessing at the year and model and Don't know what is under the hood.  Tell me if I got it wrong.  I spotted this in our Walmart parking lot and snapped a picture.  Whoever owns this car should be proud.  It is a fine classic Mustang.

Macro Monday - Crepe Myrtle

Crepe Myrtle, variety Red Rocket.   These are planted on two sides of the deck in our back garden.

Sunday Jigsaw Puzzle - Baby Shower for Avery

Our young friends Mike and Amber are expecting their second child in about a month.  Their families and friends had a nice baby shower for them.  Since this is number 2 the theme was more humorous than sentimental.  The new baby will be a boy and they plan to name him Avery.  Number 1 son Gavin will be a big brother and have to share the spotlight with the new guy.  Gavin helped with opening the shower gifts which were mostly little outfits and lots and lots of diapers.

Mike's sister Rosie is a Registered Nurse and had a special gift for brother Mike. It was a special Hazmet Suit to be used for those really scary brown diapers. It was complete with surgical gown, gloves, cap, face mask with eye shield, and special apron with the inscription Stand Back, Professional at work! Mike was a good sport and modeled it for everyone but reminded us that since Gavin is 3 1/2 Mike has had plenty of "hands on" experience with brown diapers.

Pardon the quality of the photos but all I had with me was my old iPhone. These are just for fun snapshots, and the shower was definitely lots of fun.

Weekend Reflections in Black & White

The Williams Center in downtown Tulsa is a high rise mirror reflecting a different view from every angle.

Skywatch Friday - Blue Sky over the Bridge

Built in 1932, the 21st Street Bridge connects the east and west sides of the Arkansas River in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Theme Thursday - Equal: Equilateral Triangle

The Thursday Theme for this week is "Equal".  This suggested an equilateral triangle to me, and in turn the ancient Christian symbol of The Holy Trinity going back to at least the year 1210.  The beautiful stained glass below  was printed on the front of our church's Sunday service bulletin last Trinity Sunday.  I am the drummer for our music ministry and thought the symbol would look nice on one of the djembe drums I use.  I copied the window to the drum using indelible Sharpie pens.  It is a little crude but decorative.

The symbol is known as the Shield of the Trinity and is a traditional Christian visual symbol which expresses many aspects of the doctrine of the Trinity, summarizing the first part of the Athanasian Creed in a compact diagram. In late medieval England and France, this emblem was considered to be the heraldic arms of God (and of the Trinity).   The link is to Wikipedia and may be of interest to some of you.


Another Tulsa blogger, "Tour in a Radio Car" has posted additional historical information about the significance of "The Shield of the Trinity" that is worth reading.  


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Wordless Wednesday - Mid- Continent Elevator Doors

Elevator Doors in the lobby of the Mid-Continent Building, 401 South Boston Avenue, Tulsa.

Ruby Tuesday - QuikTrip

Tulsa is home to the QuikTrip chain of convenience stores.  Convenience stores have become common in most places and there is a lot of competition in this specialty marketplace.  In this area QuikTrip is the dominate player.  They are well located, clean, and the staff is well trained and courteous.  They seem to have a good selection of the necessities and they are open 24 hours a day.  The prices are reasonable, and locally they to set the price for gasoline.  Initially they just served Tulsa but now have spread to 9 surrounding states.  They do a good job.  When we travel out of their area we miss them.

                        

Macro Monday - Honeybee at Work

Sunday Jigsaw Puzzle -Mendenhall Glacier

Susan and I enjoyed a Prairie Home Companion Cruise up to the Canadian Maritimes in July of 2006. The cruise was hosted by Garrison Keiller and all the musicians from the weekly show on National Public Radio,  We had a wonderful time.  It has been so hot for the past month that I hope that the sight of an expanse of frozen ice might look pretty good right now.  Keiller and Company are hosting a 2 day event  September 24–26, 2010 in St.Paul, their home town.  We are thinking about attending.  It would be great if some of our readers could join us.  Information is HERE.

Weekend Reflections - Citiplex Towers

The CityPlex Towers is a complex of three triangular buildings. The central tower is 60 stories, the East tower 20 stories, the West tower 30 Stories. Built near 81st and Lewis in 1981 as the City of Faith by evangelist Oral Roberts, it operated as a medical center and school for 8 years. Since 1989 it has leased space to a number of services, primarily medical offices.  The  mirrored glass on the lower section makes for striking reflections.

Skywatch Friday - B&W Weekend

A Big Sky looks as impressive in black and white as in color, don't you think?

Theme Thursday - Brush: Where's My Squirrel?

When Smokey sees a squirrel in our back yard he tries his best to catch it but they are too quick for him.  Pit Bulls have enough speed but not enough acceleration.  By the time he gets up to speed the squirrel has disappeared into the vine covered brush that covers our fence and Smokey is left wondering where it went.

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Wordless Wednesday - Doors: Wright Elementary

The front doors to Tulsa's Wright Elementary.  The school is round like the propeller on the Wright brother's first airplane.  Our grandson Willy starts 5th grade here next week.

Ruby Tuesday - Red Daylily

Here in honor of Ruby Tuesday is a nice red daylily.  There are a zillion varieties of daylily and I have no idea which one this is, but it is striking.  I like daylilies.  They are hardy, colorful and can be depended on to bloom every summer no matter what the weather.  If allowed to leaf out completely after blooming they can be depended on to bloom again the next summer.

It is a little known fact that daylilies are edible and nutritious.  If you are adventurous, try this:

Daylily Bud Sauté

Ingredients:
2 dozen daylily buds                                   1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup olive oil                                           3 eggs
dash of nutmeg                                             salt and pepper
I clove garlic, finely minced

Cut the base off the buds. Sauté the garlic in a small amount of olive oil. Beat eggs and mix enough flour to make a thin batter. To this add the sautéed garlic, 1/8 teaspoon each of salt and pepper, and the dash of nutmeg. Add a teaspoon of milk if the batter is too thick. dip the buds in the batter and sauté until a golden brown consistency.

Macro Monday - Yellow Coneflower

One out of a large bed of Yellow Coneflowers at the Morton Arboretum in Chicago.

Weekend Reflections & Jigsaw - Arboretum Gift Shop

Gift Shop, Morton Arboretum, Chicago, Illinois

The Birthday Girls

Our granddaughter Molly and her Great-Grandmother Marjorie share a birthday. On August 12 Molly was 12 years old and Marjorie was 91. Susan prepared a nice birthday lunch and we wished the girls a Happy Birthday. We surprised Molly with the gift any 12 year old girl would be delighted to receive; her very own cell phone. Not just any cell phone but one designed for sending text messages, qwerty keyboard and all.

We handed her the package nicely gift wrapped. While she was opening it the telephone began to ring. "Hurry and open it up -- answer your phone!" She was surprised and very pleased. She showed the phone to Great-gramma who tried to answer it. "Hellooo? Hellooo?"

Skywatch Friday - And the Sky Goes On Forever

On our recent drive up to Chicago we chased a sky full of thunderheads. 

Theme Thursday - "Palm": Tamil up a Palm Tree

Tamil tribesman of southern India climbing Palm tree.  

Sculpture by Malvina Hoffman in Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois.  The theme for this Thursday is "Palm", palm tree, palm of the hand, whatever.  A link for more Theme Thursdays is below.