...in other news.

It has been 5 months and I have not killed my
 birthday cactus yet. When I was younger I used to have
somewhat of a green thumb for growing cactus in pots. But
the older I have become, the less green my thumb is. So
this is kind of a big deal for me because you KNOW
I love my cactus, especially this one, the one I

bought for my last birthday.

I think everything is going to be a-okay.

This is something that I thought I had lost a while back.

I just ran across it the other day. Annette Funicello sings

Pineapple Princess and Luau Cha Cha Cha! I have had

this 45 RPM record since was I was too young to

remember. I have no way to play this record but the
songs can be heard via a search of the Internet.

Back in the day I never thought that I would
have no way to play a record.

Here is the back of the sleeve. Wow! A personal note

from Annette and everything! Dang it! Life IS good.

And just look at those prices for additional offers.

Thanks Annette!

~ Memorial Day 2023 ~

The More You Know.

I came across what appears to be an ancient fountain
of some kind while out and about on El Rancho.

Three generations have lived on this land. How
could this have gone undiscovered for so long?

A not really huge waterfall at a
campground round these parts.

The Scourge of the Sea

over at Boomers miniature golf.

The assignment was to take a picture of something that

you have had since you were very young. I chose this

little (what I have always thought of) as a monkey. When

I was about ten years old my mom and I were staying at

my aunt's house in New Jersey. They had gone out for the

day leaving me at home to watch old "Bowery Boys"
movies on TV all afternoon (still love those guys).

They had gone thrifting, flea marketing, garage sale-ing, etc.

My mom bought this little figure for me that day and I have
had it ever since. I'm not sure what it is made of. I always
thought it was soapstone, but it actually seems more
durable than that.

Anyway, that's what I chose for the assignment.



And just to balance things out, here is
a hamburger and fries from Tommy's.

It's another Lethal Weapon House Sighting!

That's the home of Roger Murtaugh and his family from the Lethal Weapon

movie series. Today's sighting comes to us courtesy of a movie called

"Village of the Giants". It's a ridiculously fun movie about delinquent

teenagers who ingest a secret formula turning them into THIRTY FOOT

TALL delinquent teenagers. They take ever a town filled

with grown-ups and all hell breaks loose.

That's the actor Tommy Kirk driving his Mustang past Roger's

home, although the year is 1963 and the home is more likely

that of the Baxter family from the television series "Hazel"

(1961-1966). Boo. That's okay. When the Baxter's move out,

Russell and Gidget Lawrence will move in. When they

move out the Murtaughs will move in and we will meet them

and Martin Riggs and Leo Getz and the whole gang!

Huzzah!

Stay tuned for more sightings!

(P.S. In sad news, word has come down that the home/facade has
now been demolished as have all the facades around it. They
apparently will be replaced with new sound stages.
So much history is now... gone.)

Star Tours, Disneyland, California, U.S.A.

~ Circa 2003 ~

My son took this picture.

Back on June 1st of 2019 I had made an entry about a recording

that I made using one of those "cheap little key-chain recorders, the

kind that you might use to remember where you parked, etc....

Ancient tech." Well I just ran across that little recorder while cleaning

out my closet. It is made by Direct To Retail. It is called Memo Mate

and get this: the device can record up to TWENTY SECONDS.

Holy cow!

It runs on 4 L1154 batteries. It ain't running now though. The batteries

are dead. This recorder is at least 30 years old and I am betting that my last

recording is still on it. That being the audio of shooting my .45 Long Colt

Ruger Vaquero in a canyon on El Rancho De La Tex, in 1993, the
audio that can be heard on my entry of June 1st, 2019. I might get
some batteries for it to see if I am right. Anyway....

Click here to read about and hear the "Shooting my Vaquero
in the Canyon" post of June 1st, 2019 if you are interested.

How'd you get out here?!

I've been looking all OVER for you!

A little diorama at one of our favorite
places to visit: The Indian Store.

I bought the "A Goofy Movie" DVD over at Walmart. I think

this is going to be a fun movie. I love the way Goofy screams

when he is in trouble, like when he is flying off the end
of a looong and high ski jump or something.

Sorry Goofy, but it's funny.

~ Star Wars Day 2023 ~

 May The 4th Be With You!