Health is the Wealth of Old Age

I was writing to a friend this morning and I penned this quote,"Health is the wealth of old age". I said to myself, "That sounds pretty good...I don't think I have ever heard that line before".  So I tried to look it up on the inter net  and I could not find it...So...you folks who have ventured to my blog can say..."I read it here".

Old Pix I found yesterday

These were taken back in January 2011 after our big snowfall...

 Maybe they will cool you off....hehe

Ron's blogging again

My friend in Vancouver likes to show flower portraits on his blog (Ray's blogging again)...So I thought I'd start blogging again with a flower portrait I took a day or so ago...What kind of flower is it?

My First Tomato Pie

This is my first Tomato Pie...If you have never eaten one I suggest you bake one for yourself...It doesn't take much to make it and when it is done and cooled down enough to slice it like this one...Don't wait ...go directly to you PC or Laptop and Google Paula Deen's Tomato Pie Recipe...You will thank me BIG TIME...Bon Appetite Y'all...

PS...I've got to thank my nephew,David and his wonderful girlfriend Lori for putting me on to this recipe...Thanks Yousguys...

Blue Sky and Hokusai...

 

Years past I read a novel by James Mitchner which had to do with the South Pacific...Since he wrote several about that area in the world , I can't remember the exact one...but...In it he talks about a famous artist (Hokusai) who wanted to advertise his artistic abilities by painting a portrait of  Budda or some other famous religious figure on a canvas that was 600 feet long...and he used brooms as brushes and when it was completed he attached logs at one end and had it hung up on the side of a very tall building...This portrait brought his artistic abilities to the local shogun...Who then asked him to enter a competition with other local artists which he won...and the way he won is by dipping a chicken's feet into some red paint and letting it run across his canvas (rice paper,etc.) which he had painted a blue line onto... He explained to the shogun that it was fallen maple leafs on a river...If you don't believe me ...look him up in Wikipedia...

Now what has that got to do with Blue Sky?  Well back in the 70's...Not many people knew of Blue's abilities...But...Blue decided to paint this wonderful mural he called Tunnelvision...And it was big...

Get the picture?

Well my complements go out to him...He is a terrific artist and has proved it time and time again...Why have I got a picture of a somewhat broken or bent fire hydrant?  Because it reminds me of one of the world's finest muralist...Blue Sky

Here is a photo of Blue's Fire Hydrant Sculpture in front of his mural "Tunnelvision"...
 Click on...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Sky_%28artist%29

Columibia's Gervais St. Bridge Early Morning

My blogger friend, Ray who lives out in Vancouver BC loves to put scenic shots of Vancouver on his blog...So I decided to do the same with an old shot I took of Columbia back in '06...The lights on the bridge are still on making it a better shot..

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Bob Bender's First Video

Here is my old friend Bob Bender...He lives in Port Royal, SC and heads up the Low Country Estuarium...I've known Bob over forty years...He and his brother Chuck once lived in Columbia...Back then, Bob was a bartender at the once famous Forum Lounge...But bartending was only a way for paying the bills...Bob's true love was those crazy little critters that live in the marshlands of our state...fiddler crabs...periwinkles...alligators...red fish ...shrimp...stone crabs...blue crabs...you name it...So... he moved to Beaufort. SC and settled there... Oh...Did I forget...Bob is and artist...I guess you can tell that by his van... 

Bob opened his first Estuarium in his home...Back then he called it an Aquarium...This was way before the State built the new aquarium in Charleston...He lived in a two story house in the old historic district of Beaufort...He lived on the second floor but the first floor was the most interesting place in Beaufort...He filled it with fish tanks...big ones...and they had to be saltwater tanks...because the critters who lived in them came from our salt marshes...Bob shared his knowledge by conducting tours for tourists and school children and anyone interested in preserving the wonderful wildlife we have on our coast...He visited schools and brought critters with him to spark interest in those children of the wonders of nature...After many years he found a building in Port Royal to house his critters...And he named it the Low Country Estuarium...You can see the first video which he has posted on You tube here...http://www.youtube.com/user/Mr1bender?feature=mhee#p/a/u/2/j8hOml_jEb4

Bob needs comments ...so please help him out...