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Yesterday was a very pleasant day. After San Geraldo and I enjoyed the museum together, had lunch and then coffee and cheese cake, he headed home and I spent the rest of the afternoon wandering the city. Of course, I have plenty of photos to share. The new exhibit didn’t excite either of us and I want to know what you think. But today I thought I’d take you around our neighborhood.
The top photo is the birthday card I received from my cousins Carol and Paul. She is one of those people who doesn’t miss a holiday or special occasion. I’m so grateful to her for always thinking of The Kid Brother, too. Below is a photo of Carol and Dale taken I think on the beach in Rockaway in summer 1955. Isabel has already been and gone and we’ve had second breakfast at Mesón Salvador which may actually double as lunch today. I need a good long walk in the sunshine this afternoon and a good workout. What do you need?
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Ayer fue un día muy agradable. Después de que San Geraldo y yo disfrutamos juntos del museo, almorzamos y luego tomamos café y pastel de queso, él se dirigió a su casa y yo pasé el resto de la tarde deambulando por la ciudad. Por supuesto, tengo muchas fotos para compartir. La nueva exhibición no nos entusiasmó a ninguno de los dos y quiero saber qué piensas. Pero hoy pensé en llevarte por nuestro vecindario.
La foto superior es la tarjeta de cumpleaños que recibí de mis primos Carol y Paul. Ella es una de esas personas que no se pierde un día festivo o una ocasión especial. También le estoy muy agradecida por pensar siempre en The Kid Brother. A continuación se muestra una foto de Carol y Dale tomada, creo, en la playa de Rockaway en el verano de 1955. Isabel ya se fue y ya tuvimos el segundo desayuno en Mesón Salvador, que en realidad podría servir como almuerzo hoy. Necesito un buen paseo bajo el sol esta tarde y un buen ejercicio. ¿Qué necesitas tu?
• Ese podría ser yo — tapándome la nariz justo antes de tocar el agua.
• Este es un nuevo mural al costado de un cobertizo de almacenamiento a lo largo de la playa. Tengo una foto de la antigua. En algún lugar. Era una ballena. Creo. El mural es del artista malagueño Not Japi. Él está en Facebook.
• Decorar una pared en lo que solía ser un parque de karts.
• Me pregunto si las palomas y las gaviotas tienen miedo de los halcones muertos.
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A few things …
I am that many fingers old, too.
I love that mural.
I never get why people hold their noses when they jump in the water. Are they really taking on that much liquid through their noses???
Bobulah, in my younger swimming years, I always had to hold my nose when jumping into a body of water feet first. If not, I would suffer such agony when the liquid would shoot up my nose, bruise my sinuses and puncture my brain! At least that’s what it felt like. Other than that, I used to be a big ol’ water baby!
Deedles:
Thank you! I was exactly the same. See? We ARE related!
Bob:
Yes, I really did take on that much liquid through my nose. It didn’t matter how I held my breath, how I snorted through my nose as >I went down. I filled with water.
I don’t recall ever flooding my sinuses with water and we spent all summer long in pools and lakes and rivers when I was a kid.
I swear, Scoot, Carol looks exactly like my father’s sister and her kids at that age! Gave me a shock.
I thought that mural was a salamander with a thyroid condition. I haven’t been well 🙂
Deedles:
You’ve mentioned before familial resemblances. We should do our DNA. I bet we’re related… although I wouldn’t wish my entire family on anyone. You mean the mural is NOT a salamander with a thyroid condition?!?
Good action shots! I love the mural too. I am terrible about sending/giving cards. (Or, more accurately, not sending them.)
Steve:
I don’t even bother trying to send cards anymore. No one expects it of me.
Who doesn’t want to see a cow with a gay flag wrapped around it’s neck! I love how they change that cow every season, or every month really.
Mistress Borghese:
I love that Ale-Hop cow. I tried to buy rainbow socks but they didn’t have my size.
Wonderful colourful photos! Summer is here to stay! Great action shots of those jumpers!
Jim:
I’m going to enjoy the beach and the weather again today.
A gay cow! Yay! Jx
Jon:
I saw a couple of bulls yesterday I think were gay.
Who could be Not Happy with your colourful post today? Thanks for the murals, beach umbrellas, Ale-Hop cow and fun-in-the-water action shots — they’re just what I needed this morning!
And I’m with Miss Deedles on holding my nose when jumping from a great height feet first into water. No need to do it when diving head first though, LOL!
Tundra Bunny:
I’m exactly like you and Deedles. I can easily dive without holding my nose. But no matter how hard I tried, I could never go chin nostrils-first into the water without holding my nose.
I love the mural. It goes perfectly with a wonderful novel I read recently. (Remarkably Bright Creatures) The inflatable looks fun, though I’m not keen on swimming in the ocean.
Kelly:
I grew up swimming in the ocean. Lakes and rivers give me the creeps.
I love good street art!
dinahmow:
Not Japi is talented.
Nice to see the Ale-Hop Cow being loud and proud!
Debra:
I passed two Ale-Hops in Málaga and both their cows wore their Pride, as well.
Do you ever get SG out on the beach? Such and fun a pretty place.
David:
It’s very rare. It took him a year and a half living here on the beach before he set foot on the sand.
By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea!
Walt the Fourth:
I love to be beside your side, beside the sea, beside the seaside, by the beautiful sea.
I like the octopus
Urspo:
I do, too.