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view from the crack office

it's probably your carburator

they were working on the theory that it was the carburator, but it was my linkage.
WOW - i have no idea why this photo uploaded with such strange colors. do the cows look blue to anybody else?
i've only had one cup of coffee. are they blue? somebody tell me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they were normal looking cows when
they were helping me with the car problem.

wedding in a castle

jude

castle pantry

castle kitchen

Where has the Whippet Been????

Oh, I've been such a bad puppy, scampering around this island and neglecting my posting duties! The next time I get exiled, I'll remember to hire a secretary. The whippet is on FIRE this month with a load of great photo work, and I couldn't be happier! I have a pile of photos for the blog & I'll start with one from a little trip that Helen and I took. I will send a prize to the first person who can guess the country in which it was taken!!!! love p

dream car

the sun didn't come out for 5 days in a row last week. i'm pretty obsessed with the sun because i grew up in one of the cloudiest cities on earth and only escaped it to move to SF where i became accustomed to colors and shapes and their motivating qualities. i don't know if the gloom influenced the following dream, but i thought i would share it with you:
i'm on a metal gurney in a cafeteria being prepped for surgery. i ask my surgeon what they're going to do and she says, "we're going to operate on your brain". well, what part of my head are you going to cut into?” i ask. "oh, we'll go from the top of the head all along the side of your face and through your jaw." will it affect my speech?" i ask. i get the feeling it's really putting her out to be asked any questions at all, but as it is my brain, i press ahead. well, we just don't know." she says. she goes away and has a snack which involves tea. i can hear the clinking of cafeteria dishes. "let's do a test." she says when she returns. i see her coming at my head with the scalpel. won't i need anesthesia for this i ask?" "oh, no, the brain has no nerves in it." i don't seem to have the power to stop her as she carves a perfect puzzle piece shape out of the top left side of my head. she shows me the puzzle piece. as time passes i can tell that my brain is swelling a bit and poking through the puzzle piece hole in my head. she gives me the puzzle piece of my skull back so that i can hold it over my brain. i start screaming - "hey, something’s wrong here!
my brain seems to be coming out! should i be holding my own brain in like this?" and then i wake up as i'm yelling.
believe it or not i don't think i was too disturbed by the dream, i just had a lingering feeling of injustice when i awoke.
any interpretations are welcome!
rest assured, the sun did come out yesterday, and it was even warm enough to have a restorative post-op picnic in the park!
x x p

weekend

i couldn't let us all depart for another frivolous weekend without us bowing our heads to contemplate death.
rest in peace lucky rabbit.
slow the hell down!
we all drive too fast.
no, i didn't murder this rabbit.
i came upon the creature on a walk near a castle at a baby naming party i attended last weekend.
castle party still lifes to come......

pink lane hostage situation

Hello from Middlesbrough, England

bunnies bunnies everywhere
but this one sang
into my ear
i'm stretching my hind quarters out for all the bunny fans in san francisco!

hello from the lit&phil

long summer days spent at the newcastle literature and philosophical society. natural light. f1.8.

Hello from the Dorman Natural History Museum, Middlesbrough, England.

close your eyes

go to your happy place go to your happy place go to your happy place

all aboard the whippet express

toot toot. who wants to climb aboard the whippet express? hey, what's that?

all aboard the whippet express

is that the view from little phyllis' house? no, silly that's one of the sites on the mighty A1 motorway that Mr. Bubbles and little phyllis took………

all aboard the whippet express

……… to the breathtakingly beautiful town of Cambride.


hooray, more bikes than cars!!!!

all aboard the whippet express

King Henry the 8th's dress at the entrance to Trinity College.

all aboard the whippet express

and then the next day.......oh, look a music festival! finally the whippet knows what woodstock was like without the good music, drugs & sex or running WATER.

all aboard the whippet express

can a hairless bunny spend an entire day in a tent. oh, yes she can.

all aboard the whippet express

all aboard the whippet express

all aboard the whippet express

let's wait in line for 45 minutes to brush our teeth with 20,000 new friends and no WATER.

all aboard the whippet express

and I also know what Mortville would have been like....pies for sale!!!!

good times.

all aboard the whippet express

Last Chance Texaco sounds tremendously great in England, especially when you're the oldest whippet in the coral. Rickie was having a hard day, but her voice is definately still there!

bleckedy bleck

yes, the whippet took a trip to cambridge, and spent the weekend at a music festival....and the pink ladies had
their photo show!!!!!!........blah blah blah. pictures to come, but here's what really matters today. thanks, patrick -
( i don't know why you can't just click on this, but cut and paste if you're a stangers with candy fan. high maintenance blog)- p

http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/even_amy_sedariss_press_releases_are_hil

little phyllis & mr. bubbles are fighting again! oh, no they're not, they're just jacked up on Mavis' Famous Dirt Cake!
that's right, after 15 years of wishing and dreaming i finally made shar's mom's delicious practical joke chocolate dessert that you'd leave an opium den for. once you have everybody convinced that there's a plant sitting on the table, dig in with a spoon and watch as your guest's eyes pop out. oh, how we laughed. yes we did. helen's acting abilities brought her mother to the brink of collapse. you can get the recipe for this from shar & mavis' cookbook: http://www.downhomedessertsbook.com. and yes you want it. yes you do.

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Hooray, a photo request from Marcy! This could be a fun game. If anybody has other
photo assignments, I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, Marcy wanted to see a photo
of Newcastle, so I'll start with a view from our house. Chilling and beautiful. sunset at around 10:30pm,
summer solstice, last week...I'll see if I can come up with a grisly city centre shot. - p

mini blog 1

in an attempt to communicate from my island i thought i would
start a mini blog, but it's not a blog at all just a sentence and a
photo, maybe every week or so. my first intention was to send this
out as a simple email, but i was pushed over the edge by a friend saying
that he would enjoy chatting with everybody on the list, and i thought that would be
a lovely way for friends to stay in touch.
it's been raining here in newcastle all day, but helen took me to italy last week. it was hot
and sunny and the hills around florence looked just like the california wine country.
venice is the most beautiful city i've seen so far in my long life. no cars. no planes! view from
our apartment in venice above....
love
p