Follow The Money

 So, since Sunday Morning my "Sleeping In" culminated voluntarily just after 6:00 a.m. out of Internal Clock Reset, The Son gave me Money to go out and have Brunch for myself and try to Salvage some of Memorial Day Weekend and get some Me Time while his Dad is Hospitalized.  He knew Sunday is the only Day nobody is Working in the household, so I didn't have to take anyone to Work or pick them up from Work that day.  Nothing on the Calendar.  So, I drove all the way over to the East Valley to have Brunch at "Snooze" and do some light Grocery Shopping at my favorite "Whole Foods" in the same Mall there on 20th Street & Camelback.  And wouldn't you know The Man calls right during my time of Bliss all the way across the City to tell me he can come Home, is getting sprung from Hospital, so could I come get him!?!  *Insert Resting Bitch Face since I could have gotten that Call earlier that Morning so I wouldn't be clear across the Valley!!!*

That meant cutting short the Me Time and getting the most of my Gas Expense to go clear across the Valley, I'd intended to make a Day of it, dammit!  But, him being Discharged meant I had no choice, nobody else to go get him.  I slog all the way back to the West Valley from the East Valley only to get there and he's happily now ordered and eating his Lunch!!!  Even his Male Nurse then had to wait to take the Two IV's out of his Arms until he'd finished eating, but, at least he liked the food and I don't have to Feed him now.  I had my Groceries in the Hot Vehicle, but, nothing was perishable, and Parking was full there, lots of Hospitalizations and Visitors on Memorial Day Weekend Holiday!!!  I met an Old Guy who said he had to drive there every Day from Yuma coz his Girlfriend had been Life Flighted there from Yuma several Days ago.  So it wasn't how he anticipated spending their Holiday Weekend either... and had driven much further, Bless him.

He was holding a Plant and I said, Wow, you been here so long then you grew a Plant!?  He Laughed, he'd looked so somber in the Elevator when we first met and went down from the 4th Floor to the Lobby.  He Thanked me for making him Laugh coz it had been a rough Year for them too already.  He'd had Quadruple Bypass himself... and now this with the Girlfriend.  I told him I'm getting a Free Puppy when my Hospital Punch Card is Full on my 10th Visit, coz we're up to No. Six now already in just Two Months!   He Laughed again, it was good to see him able to appreciate Gallow's Humor during what clearly was a horrible time he and his Beloved have been going thru.  To get a Life Flight from Yuma to Metro Phoenix, she must be very bad off and is on the same Ward as The Man was.  The Screamer was still there hollering his Head off every so often like a Horror Movie Scream Queen with Blood Curdling Screams.  So he and I joked about that Guy too.

The Staff were saying that Guy does it for the Attention mostly, and they do Wish his Doc would just have authorization to Sedate him coz he was working everyone's last Raw Nerve... Patients and Staff alike.  I can only Imagine how it is hearing that all Night long while trying to Sleep or being startled Awake with Blood Curdling Screams, he has some Lungs on him, you could hear it past the Ward they are on!  Even someone in excruciating Agony I've never heard carry on like that!!!  But that's almost like the Nursing Home Ward for Wander and Fall Risk Patients and the extreme Elderly, many of which have serious Health Issues, but serious Cognitive Decline as well and aren't Right in the Head.  It has Alarms on all the Beds and everyone has Colorful Bracelets on for what Risk Factors they Pose.  The Man had them all up his Arm.  *Winks*  He Bled badly again when they took the Two IV's out.

His Meds are changed AGAIN... they have put him on 3 New Ones and off 2 Old Ones.  I'll wait 'til the VA sends him the New Ones before I change everything switched.   And when they told me he should see his VA Primary Doc in a Week, I Laughed, and said, surely you jest?  You're Lucky if the VA can get you in every Six Months, Darlin', so not a Chance we can get him in there within a WEEK.  But, I will get him in to his Civilian Specialist that early if that will do?  They agreed then, since, anyone who knows the VA is aware I'm not being hyperbolic about how hard it is to get Appointments with any Docs there.  Anyway, he's Happy to be Home watching his Programs.  The previous Roommate he had, a Middle Aged Black Guy, had been discharged before him and a new Older White Guy named Willard was there now, with all his Family visiting him.  Seemed like a pleasant Old Man with a very Serious Condition.  I overheard Docs telling him and his Loved Ones that he could Live with what he had for Longer than he might Think!!!  THAT didn't sound Good or Promising for any Recovery from whatever it is?!

They were Walking One Old Pleasant Man up and down the Hallway who looked like he could be a Centenarian... I almost called him a Centurion... Wrong Word... ha ha ha!!!  You'd of been, What?, he looked like he was in the Ancient Roman Army!?   Well, kinda, he looked THAT Old... but, the Right Word for 100 would be Centenarian not Centurion, so, that was Funny.  *Winks*  I was close tho'.  *LOL*  He was joking with the Nurses and seemed to know everyone really well, so perhaps he too has a Punch Card for being a Frequent Visitor???  *Smiles*  He was getting around pretty good for how Frail he looked, they had a Belt around his Waist they held onto tho', like they were Walking a large Dog.  *LMAOROTF*  Mebbe he's a Flight Risk and might Run Off otherwise?  And be Faster than we might Think?!  *Bwahahahahaha*  I was wearing one of my Grateful Dead Tie Dye Shirts and got a LOT of Compliments Today on both my Dreads and my Shirt... all from Younger People who walked up to me to tell me they Loved my Hair and Shirt.  That's always Flattering when they go out of their way to do that.

Two were Young Handsome Black Men with nice Dreads of their own too, but much shorter than mine.  Three were Young Cute Yuppie White Women at "Whole Foods".   To have Five Sincere Compliments from Attractive Young People was very Flattering, kinda made my Day.  *Smiles*  Let's face it, no Youngster had so approach any Senior and tell us how Good we look and give us Sincere Compliments that do not sound at all patronizing.   One of the Young White Gals told me she'd gone to see the "Grateful Dead" at a Concert in Cali... I guess she assumed I'm a Dead Head, which, I'm not, I just always Loved their Brilliant Branding and Graphics on their Clothing and Accessories.  As for the Music, not a Fan, tho' the Instrumentals could be good, it was an Acquired Taste for their Music IMO, even in their Heyday.  They developed more of a Cult Following really of Devotees who went everywhere following the Band, like a Tribe of Nomads not tethered to a Job or Career.  I wasn't that kind of Hippie.

Anyway, there are a lot of the Beautiful People Demographic, and the Affluent, in the Far East Valley, so People Watching can be Fun and different over there.   I like People Watching, and "Whole Foods" has a Wealth of Healthy Stud Muffin Guys and Fit Beautiful Young Women doing their Grocery Shopping.  *Winks and Smiles*   I have a lot of Nostalgia for that Old Mall it and "Snooze" is in, it used to have so many of the Shops I frequented when I was a Teenager, so I've been walking those Cobblestone Brick Paths at that Outdoor Mall for well over Fifty  Years now.  Just walking somewhere you Walked and left Footprints that long ago is rather Sentimental at "Town & Country Shopping Center".   I still enjoy and look forward to going there whenever I can get over to that side of the City.  It's not what it used to be in the 1970's-To the Early 2000's.  The last 20 Years have seen a lot of Closures/Vacancies.

 A lot of the Old Shops and Restaurants Closed over the Years, like "Jutenhoops", "Baby Kay's", "The Bagel Shop", various Import Stores like "Tangs Imports" and "UNICEF Import Store" for Charity, "My Sister's Closet", "Book Star","Chakra 4 Teahouse", and the International Food Court.  There was a good Mediterranean Restaurant too that Closed there.  Much of the Mall has Vacancies still.  But it has some destination Shopping and Restaurants and a Big "LA Fitness" Gym now.   And they have "Trader Joe's", "Whole Foods", "Snooze", "Banana Republic", a Popular Brick Oven Pizza Place "Bianco Pizzeria", "Nordstrom Rack", "The Container Store", a Two Story "Barnes & Noble Bookstore", a fair amount of small Spas, small Boutiques and small Yoga Studios.  

Anyway, I had a little bit of Me Time before I got the Call to come back and pick him up since he was being Discharged Today.  So, he was Home before Noon.  I went then to the Discount Grocery in Peoria since had a $15 Credit there to use from my Frequent Shopper Credits you accumulate and gets you Free Groceries.  And they had Memorial Day Sales, so I got a lot of Food for not much outlay.  I'd intended to go there anyway, so picking him up from Hospital just set me back a couple Hours from that Errand.  I never did get to go back to the Event, usually I go back another time, mostly just to see what else has been put out over the Four Days it runs.  I didn't need to Buy anything else and wouldn't expect to, but it's Fun to attend and to Socialize some... and see if it was a profitable Show for my Friends who Sell there?

Well, I suspect now we know why Donnie Two Dolls was missing his Son's Wedding... he had a previously Scheduled new faked Assassination Attempt Appointment to attend at the WH!!!  He never spends Weekends there, most especially a Holiday Weekend, yet, he just HAPPENED to be there for this newest Staged "Assassination Attempt", how coincidentally and suspiciously Handy.  *Big Eye Roll*  He really wants that Ballroom BAD!  And the sympathetic Press acting like it's legit.  But the whole Staged Assassinations Thing is really getting out of Hand and getting Old and less Believable each time, and of coarse it's all being spun as if it's not really Questionable and is totally Credible. I saw a Cute Meme that said no wonder there's shots ringing out at the White House, ever since they let a Felon move in the Neighborhood's gone to shit.  *LMAO*

 The growing Back his Ear Thing was ridiculously unbelievable enuf, since that can't even happen... ask any Plastic Surgeon and just look at Evander Holyfield's bitten Ear Decades later, it's still Jacked Up, and he was a Boxer Fit and in his Prime... this is an almost 80 Year Old Man who grew back his Ear... really... uh huh.  *LOL... they must think America is beyond Stupidly Gullible!*  And the Insider Trading he's illegally doing, must be pissing Martha Stewart off big time... she was a small Player and did Time for it compared to his Crimes of Wall Street!!!  He's manipulating and Juicing the whole Market to skew in his Favor, blatantly, he's not even trying to hide it, he's bragging about it in fact.  The level of Criminal Activity is unprecedented with this Guy.  Nobody in our Nation's 250 Year History has done no Time for such a level of corruption and litany of Crimes from any Citizen, let alone a President!  Now he and his whole Family allegedly are getting IRS Immunity for past, present and future Audits!  Why would you even NEED that unless you are definitely committing Tax Fraud?  And we all know he IS.

My Solution would be to Seize all his Assets, and those of his Spawn, of ill gotten Wealth, ALL of it, and distribute it back to the American People that he and they've Stolen it from, ALL of us!  Forget about Prison, they're not sending any 80 Year Old in Poor Health to Prison anyway, but, let him and them live out Life Penniless for what they've done.  That would still be Justice Served for the Nation he's exploited and Grifted off of all his Adult Life.   As we finish out Memorial Day Weekend I think upon all of those who made the Ultimate Sacrifice for our Nation that we should be Honoring and ensuring what they Died for wasn't in vain.  For those of us who have Loved Ones who Served, we understand and know firsthand the Personal Sacrifices involved.  Not just for the Veterans Sacrifices either, but their Families who Served alongside them as well have made incredible Sacrifices, rest assured.  Having such Dishonorable Leadership is an insult to all of us.

When my Dad first Enlisted he was barely 17 Years Old, so were his Nephews and Brother who Served.  The Man didn't even get to finish High School when he was Drafted in 1969.  His Older Brother and Dad Served too.  The only reason his Younger Brother didn't get Drafted is the Vietnam War ended before he turned 18.  The same with my Younger Brother.  I am Thankful I have a Son and Grandson who haven't been Drafted and ever forced to go to War.  Especially one not Supported by the American People.  And this Iranian War has virtually no real Support of the American People and was illegally started and unnecessary, we're worse off now, from a Global perspective, for what's been done, than before it began.  There's a lot to unpack right there.

 The replacement Regime is worse and Younger, and the Strait of Hormuz is Closed and Controlled by Iran, when it wasn't before.  We haven't done a damned thing for the Iranian People, so that can't be used as a Humanitarian excuse.  And their Nuclear capacity... well... the speculation was always all over the place on that... not consistent at all between what Intelligence claimed and what this Regime is claiming.  I'd be inclined to rely more on National and International Intelligence about it all coz even the Word "Intelligence" and this Regime being used in the same Sentence would be an ironic Joke.  But, I must say, one 'Success' of said War is it's made SOME a whole lotta Money... and I always Follow The Money when I wanna know Why something corrupt was Done or some Problem has never been Solved.  Take that to Where and Who it Leads you TO... the Trail of $$$ will Reveal the Truth.  Who and What Benefits MOST???

I really NEED to go to The Desert Botanical Gardens since I haven't been this Spring at all yet and it's damned near Summer already.  I usually use my Membership more but I haven't had either the Time or the Resources to drive all over the place now.  Princess T doesn't Work Today so she might be Home all day, she got pretty Sunburned at The Lake with her Gay Boy Posse's Outing.  They had a Big Time but it was a lot of unshaded exposure and she hasn't spent a lot of Time Outside.   So, since she's also not with Mister Wonderful anymore, she'll likely be Home to watch Grandpa for me.  The Son Works Today but I usually just drop him off in the Mornings, he has been Walking Home from Work, it's not far.  I didn't get much Me Time on Sunday due to The Man's early Discharge from the Hospital.  And I Need some Me Time to remain Centered and Recharged enuf to Carry On.  Being out in Nature is the Best Recharge and Reset I can get.

 

I might also get some more good Blog Fodder too.   I got an enormous ornate Silver Punch Bowl for $7 from SAVERS the other day. {See Below}   I use them for Displaying things rather than for Entertaining.  I have one For Sale that's Plain but has all it's Silver Cups, in the Showroom right now too, that I also got from SAVERS.  I was talking to some random Senior who saw me getting this one and she began a conversation with me about how the Younger Generations don't even appreciate or value such things anymore, which is why we find them On The Cheap at Chazzas, she's not Wrong.   She said she'd considered it, but she looked quite a bit Older than me and I think her Entertaining Days are probably drawing to a Close too, so she Passed on it.  I told her I'm not using it for that, just for Displaying things in it, we both Laughed.  The Camaraderie of our Season of Life needs no Words really, we relate to what's Unsaid as much as what's Said, with a Quiet Understanding.

I was Delighted to Score this for only Seven Bucks tho', at the Antique Mall they still usually go for over $100 easily, tho' I didn't Keep the Plain one with it's 12 Silver Cups and am Selling it for slightly under that, should be a relatively Quick Turn and I wasn't into it for much either.  At the Chazzas, some Silverplate is overpriced tho', especially the Trays now or Tea Set Pieces.  The Trays are an easy Resell, but the Tea Set Pieces, unless you do something novel with them, who even uses Formal Tea Sets anymore?  Or even Displays them like my Parent's Generation did?  My Mom had a weighted European Silver Tea Set that she always Displayed and was very Proud of.  My Brother kept it coz I had no use for it and it was so Beloved by her I didn't wanna Resell it, she'd likely Haunt me if I had.  *LOL*  He got all her Beloved Jasper Wedgwood too, she Collected that all her Adult Life. 

 And she J'Adored Fine China and Crystal... I gave it all to my Brother when the disposition of her possessions became necessary.  She'd given me the Special Sentimental Objects herself she wanted me to have over the Years.   He and his Lady are more Old School Hollywood in Aesthetic, so it suits their Decor and Style Sensibilities better than mine.  I'm Quirky and Eccentric with my Aesthetic and Style, my Brother knows that about me, as do my Friends.  So if they've got something Weird and Wonderful or an Oddity, or Ritualistic and/or Exotic, they think of me first and usually Gift it to me.  *Winks*   I'm fortunate that my Spawn are Chips Off the Ole Block and will like Inheriting all this Cargo I have an abundance of.  The Son is a Minimalist to his Core, but the rest of them lean towards Maximalism and Quirky Attractions to the same stuff I always have.  They have an Inheritance laid up for them that is still vast in spite of the ongoing never ending Great Edit & Purge.  *Winks*

And you know what?  I don't even Care if I don't get rid of most of it anymore, I'm not particularly Stressing about it still being a lot of Muchness.  I'm thinking if things get more dire in America, you better have something laid up to be able to hawk or Trade, coz that's looking very likely.   The chasm between the Haves and the Haves Not is widening into a bottomless Abyss we're on the precipice of.  And I really can't say what will happen when Anarchy could set off when the Haves Not just have Had Enuf of watching the Haves rip them off for what little they had left?  Coz the Greed of the Haves is insatiable, once you're into Billions and Trillions, do you really NEED MORE... I seriously Doubt it... you can't spend that much in several Lifetimes, so it's ridiculous and obscene Hoarded Wealth.  Especially when the 99% are more and more not Having Enuf to even Exist or Survive.   I do feel like a Marie Antoinette Moment is looming in America's Future.  And it will be about Time it did.

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Spring is speeding past us... Dawn... The Bohemian

I Refuse To Waste Good Eye Candy Imagery

 

Since we have no Clue what Word or Words caused Censorship of The Forbidden Post, I'm not bothered to try to rehash any of the Written Content... it was banal... and a Nothing Burger.  I have had requests tho' about what Imagery content was in it?  And, since I refuse to Waste Good Eye Candy Imagery from attending a really good Event, and my Retail Therapy Scores, I'm just dumping them in this Post, which, shouldn't have a problem being Censored {All Body Parts Crossed}.  Coz I want no more Blog Drama and Headaches from the Blogger Censors having the Vapors and messing with me or my Dear Readers.  Not about Access to any Post they wanna Visit, or me to Write, since, we have a Right to and Freedom to Share and Connect with one another as we want to as Grown Ass Adults.  And the Visuals I feel are worth rehashing and resharing so you can at least behold those without Restricted Access.

See, we all were fully Clothed... no Girls Gone Wild shenanigans.  *Winks*  We weren't at some Rally stirring and ginning things up... it was a Decor Event for Spring... Good Day Sunshine, all about Peace, Love and Harmony.  I don't find any of that the least bit controversial, do you?  *Bwahahahaha and Winks*  It wasn't even Good Trouble.  Just a Good Time had by all.   I did accidentally put my Arm up my Friend Michelle's Sleeve of her Kimono when I put my Arm around her for the pix... so we were laughing about THAT!  In a way that Older Ladies will.  *Winks and Smiles*  You can speculate about how that Conversation went about Senior "Action".  *Bwahahahahahaha*  We were told to throw up our Peace Signs by the Young Female Photographer who was Covering the Event for the Event's FB Page.  We were on a Video too and some of these are Stills from that Video.  I don't know how to Share the whole Video.

Nobody even Noticed, until afterwards, not even the Photographer, that us throwing up the Peace Sign mirrored my new Top's Graphics of Lennon doing the same!!!  Pure Serendipity, as well as the Fact that the Video Soundtrack AND the Theme of the Event was "Good Day Sunshine", a Song BY The Beatles!!!  Just Wow... that wasn't Planned by me to wear or even to recently Buy the PERFECT Outfit for that Song and Theme that would end up in the Video and Pixs taken for the Event's FB Page!!!  Sometimes things just Work Out like that in Mysterious ways!  The Video Stills are the Two Pixs Above... and the Old School Camera Pixs are Below that the poor Youngster, who'd never used an Old School Camera before, really tried to take, Bless her.  Giving a Young Person an Archaic Device like an ACTUAL Camera rather than using one's Cellphone, is a Tall Order, they have no idea how to use one!  *LOL*

So, with my Hand up Michelle's Sleeve accidentally... and the Youngster trying to figure out how to use my Camera, we were in Hysterics during the Photo Shoot, being totally inappropriate.  *LOL*  Our Talented Designer Friend Giesel is Young enuf to be our Kid, or Michelle's Kid, so she was getting a kick out of us Seniors being such a Riot... we can be a lot of Fun.  *Winks*   And the Event WAS a lot of Fun.  I had a really good time and did a fair amount of Retail Therapy.  I bought an Antique French Religious Reliquary Meerschaum made into a Necklace by my Talented Artisan Friend Cyndie.  It has an Angel and Child, quite Lovely.  I have a growing Collection of Cyndie's Work and the Reliquary Antique Necklaces from Europe in particular.  Sourcing them, due to Tariffs, is becoming more difficult and expensive tho', so I'm glad I could get some she'd previously Sourced from her Supplier in France.

 

I got the Appaloosa Horse Trophy Topper seen Below... Cyndie and I put it on top of a Candlestick to see how that would look, we Liked it.  I had intended to put it on top of an Antique Bottle as a Stopper, but now may attach it instead to an Antique Victorian Architectural Carved and chippy Painted Dowel.  I did like the Appaloosa Trophy below that but the price was not great for a Plastic Modern Trophy, so it was a Hard Pass.  But the Toppers were very reasonable, enuf so that Cyndie bought one just like mine to use in a similar way we both now will.  I got a pair of lovely Grey Dress Pants that were supposed to be One Size Fits All, but, sadly they didn't fit me well, too tight and uncomfortable until I lose more Weight, so I shall probably give them to The Daughter to wear until or unless I can get more of a slender Hip and Belly going on???  I'm losing Weight slowly, but I've got a long way to go to reach a desired Goal Weight.

I got the Bach Bros. of Chicago Clothing Brush that's carved Logo is on the Wood.  And I got another Santos Crown to put on my Bobcat Mount, since I couldn't find the one it used to have.  Even if I eventually find that one, this one is really nice, different, and was a good Price.  Anyway, so now you know what was talked about mostly in the Forbidden Post that was totally a Nothing Burger to Censor, so I doubt that Triggered the Warning the Post got.  I briefly touched on some Politics, won't do that with this Post so that it just keeps under the Radar and you can easily view it without needless restrictions imposed this time.  Second Guessing now what will be Flagged is annoying, but, how everything is being Influenced by AI and Bot use now is a great Unknown.   The big Data Centers are what none of us wants built in our Communities and draining valuable resources like big Leeches.  Here in the Desert we can't afford the Water used or enormous Raw Power Energy needed to run them.  Too much isn't known yet.

None of the Kids has to Work Tomorrow, haven't seen The Daughter for Days as she's staying where she's Working more than she's staying here now, which, is Fine.  They provide her Transportation and are Feeding her, so it's more beneficial and economical for her to be there than here.  And so long as everything is working out for everyone involved, it's a good thing.  She doesn't know about her Dad being Hospitalized again but no sense Stressing her out and distracting her, he's been stabilized enuf that I don't currently have any Worries things are adequately under control while he's inpatient in a Trauma Center equipped Hospital.  I notified Friends and Family on The Book of Faces, which is where I can do a Blanket Feed to all who are on our List to access that Page.  Some have responded and most of the time I know they are the ones who always will.  Most are my Family and Friends... but I can still then tell The Man all his side have been notified, nobody can say they haven't been, so how they receive it or respond then {or not}, is up to and on them.

This is my New Necklace.  I can't recall ever seeing one like this with an Angel.  Almost any of the Reliquaries are Gorgeous and worth Collecting and Wearing when made into Jewelry, but I like to try to find the ones I haven't seen as often, if ever.   And how Cyndie utilizes them I am particularly fond of and she knows I Display all of mine even when I'm not Wearing them myself.  My Antique Dress Forms and Mannequins Wear and Showcase/Model a lot of my Pieces when not in use.  I don't like hiding Beautiful Pieces away in Jewelry Boxes or Safety Deposit Boxes where they aren't enjoyed all of the time.   I am fortunate to have been Investing in and Collecting Beautiful Pieces for a very long time and never had Buyer's Remorse about any of it.  It's all something that my Heirs don't mind Inheriting and Love too.  We have similar Aesthetic and Tastes, or sense of Style, as a Family.  And I'm trying to Teach them all what is a Wise Investment and should gain in Value over Time.  So much can change over Time.  Some things being more Stable than others.

I was so Tempted to Buy this tiny little Cast Iron Boxer Antique Dog Figure which matches some Antique Boxer Doorstops I already own.  But, he was rather spendy for what he was, so I do Need to research Value for such small pieces, I'm only familiar with the Old Doorstop Dog Values.  But what keeps coming up are just the Doorstops, so I don't know if the tiny Figures are Rare or just not many up For Sale or desired?   I think it was a Hubley Piece, I just don't know if he was worth what they were asking for him?   And his Condition was only Fair, he's clearly been played with a lot it looks like, he's dinged up a lot and so his Paint is missing, especially on his Face.  And Condition is everything, I don't mind Patina and Use, nothing has to be Perfect, but, Price has to match Condition too.   In this case I wasn't sure it did reflect the barely Fair Condition.  So, it was a Pass on this lil Guy.  *Pouting*

Further down in the Post will be a Pix I didn't know I had taken of my Mannequin back before she got so busted up she was put up For Sale for the good Deal I got her for.   I knew she'd been previously a NFS Display Piece at that Event, but didn't realize I had that Pix of her before she got such extensive Facial damage.  I only Wish they'd kept the missing Pieces so we could have done a Restoration Project on her.  Sometimes the Seller/Owner doesn't think to Save the Pieces and offer them up as a Fixer Upper Piece that someone would try to do Repairs on.  Anyway, still glad I Scored her even with the considerable amount of damage she suffered long after that Old Pix of her was taken.  She wasn't Perfect even then and was showing her Age by her Condition... but, she wasn't AS Busted.  And part of the reason I don't use my Oldest and Best Vintage and Antique Mannequins is they do get damaged by Customers and Shoppers who just aren't Careful.  You can see her 1950's Hairstyle more in that Old Pix.

My Stats lately here on the Blog have been unusual, a lot of Archived Post Readership all of a sudden.  That didn't used to happen as much, which is why now I don't purge the Older Posts as harshly, since, they are being Read still in significant amounts.   And I'm often getting around 1,600 Views Daily overall, between current Posts and Archives ones, which is up, but not unnaturally so like that one time it spiked to levels that were suspicious.   I'm a Stats Person by Nature, so I like to delve into the Statistics that Blogger provides to us, it's interesting.  Top Referrers was a huge Surprise, didn't know which Bloggers were Referring me the most, Surprised at which ones were the most, wouldn't have thought it.   Browsers was Interesting too, Chrome is the most Popular Browser by far, followed by Safari and Firefox.   Systems was predictable, Windows, Macintosh, Android, Linux, and iPhone dominating, with the top Two being Windows and Macintosh by a landslide.  

  

Global Views is also Telling.  More than half my Dear Readers are not Americans in America.  I've always had a large International following tho', which is why The Young Prince put in a Translation Feature when he was Nine and set up my Blog, seeing that International Readers were interested and putting it in their Languages was therefore Helpful.  I've lived in several of the Countries of various International Readers, and I do Read a lot of International Blogs too.  Some of the Nordic Bloggers were particular favs since I just J'Adore Nordic Style of Decorating.  Would be difficult to replicate it here, doubt it would catch on, but I happen to be drawn to it.  Brocante French Style I J'Adore as well, it is perhaps the Style Sensibility I could Live with most easily and effortlessly.  One of my fav International Magazines was "Loving Brocante", it used to be carried at "Barnes & Noble" but they quit carrying it.  Tariffs make it too expensive to Import privately now.  I found a U.S. Seller on Etsy with Dutch Issues, I don't mind they're not in English.

So, Above is my Clothing Brush I bought and Below is the Santos Crown I bought, with my Bobcat Mount looking Lovely in it.  *Smiles*  Princess T just left to go to the Lake with her Gay Boy Posse.  She was bringing all the Fresh Fruit, don't know what each of the Boys was bringing coz both of them are excellent Cooks and Timmy especially is a Culinary Jedi.  He might be bringing a whole damned Buffet?!  *LOL*  That's why she said he's gonna make someone an Excellent Housewife some day.  *Winks*  He likes Cleaning, Cooking, Decorating a Space.  It's also why he knew Princess T wasn't gonna be able to "Train" her Boyfriend to be like that if he just isn't like that Naturally or inclined to improve doing things he just has never done with consistency.  You can never fall in Love with someone's POTENTIAL, they may never attain it.  If he's a Project when you meet him, he's likely gonna always Be one no matter how long you're together.  Rusty is a helluva nice Guy, but her complaint would mirror my own in any relationship, it's just a Deal Breaker if you don't take Care of yourself or your surroundings for me too.  Everyone's Standards have to be respected and gel with each other to make it work.

Below is my Vintage 1950's Mannequin when she wasn't so Busted Up.  You can see her Cracks in the Face, which eventually just broke away with Handling, or Manhandling of her.  Displays get a lot of use so it's not so unusual that they look Hammered over time and this Old Gal is around 70 now I'd Guess... so she held up pretty well for a Composite Mannequin Form.   Her outer Skin is like a Chalkware Painted and then applied to a Foam Type Form, like Taxidermy, she's an Illusion of being Real.   I'm gonna try to Save her Chin, which is hanging on but needs some E-6000 or something to shore it up and make it stick better.  I thought I'd Slept In Today since nobody has to go to Work and have Uber Me provide Transport.  I ended up "Sleeping In" to barely past 6:00 A.M.!!!  *Bwahahahahaha*  The Old Internal Clock has been reset now for early Mornings and there's no altering it now I guess.  *Winks*  I don't mind, I get so much done now being an Early Riser Morning Person for the 1st time Ever!!!

Below is the Food Porn Imagery that almost got Wasted in The Forbidden Censored Post... had to resurrect that for you to Enjoy.  Only 17 of you ran the Gauntlet Successfully to get into that Post.  For the rest of you Dear Readers, if you're up to the Challenge I'm leaving that Post Up even tho' I did a recent major Archived Post Purge, just so I can see how many more really try hard to Get In???  There's a part of me that wants to Thwart Bloggers attempts to Restrict all of you from seeing or dissuading you from Visiting a Post that was not worth all the hoopla and Drama that they attached and assigned to it erroneously.   To those that thought perhaps it was due to Sharing my BFF's Laid In Rest Pixs, Nope, that Post went thru with Zero Restrictions.  And I could understand why Post-Mortem Death Imagery, however Tasteful and paying Tribute to our Dearly Departed, would be hard for some Viewers.  That COULD be legitimately deemed Sensitive Content to some Viewers and would have made more Sense.  But... it wasn't deemed that at all.      

Eliminating various Words from said Post didn't lift any Ban either.  I tried eliminating any potential Trigger Word just to experiment, didn't make any difference whatsoever.  Convert the Post to Draft and redo it, to be more palatable and "Basic", you can't push it thru either.  I did have some Fun with Testing to see if I could bypass any of the Restrictions being Clever, well, you can't it seems.  Once they put any Post under Restriction, apparently it's Forever so.  Whatever.  So, that's when I decided, well, it couldn't have been the Imagery, so I'll just reuse it then in this Post and see what happens?  Mebbe it was an Offensive Crepe?  *Bwahahahaha*  Mebbe me and my Friends just being Happy and having a Good Time is Offensive these Days of Doom and Gloom?  *Winks and Giggles*   Mebbe my Dear newest Lil Prim Doll was too hideous looking for them?  *Smiles*

Mebbe the Mixing of Dark Coffee with Light Cream?   Can't have that Mixing of Colors!!!  *Eye Roll and Laughs*   Was there an Offending Team on the Pennant Circle Below???  There was a Native American Touching Richmond and another Native American Touching Washington, D.C.!!!  Gasp, the Horror!!!  *Smiles and LMAOROTF*

Mebbe it was a "Witchy Looking" Circle of Palms... Palm Henge perhaps? *LOL*   I still recall some Teens putting up a Humorous Sign near Pretentious Affluent Subdivision Hell when they were razing some more Farmland and Desert to cram in more Subdivision Hells, near some Irrigation Pipes saying "Save Pipe Henge".  I Photographed that and it made me Smile every time I drove by it, until one day the Bulldozers came and Pipe Henge and it's Call to be Saved and Preserved, was no more!!!   Now all the Raw Desert and Green Farmland around there is GONE and replaced with a Sea of more Subdivision Hells banking right up to the State Trust Lands that flank a huge Public County Park in the White Tank Mountains.   And this Regime is Selling Off our State and Public Trusts Properties and Natural Treasures like it's E-Bay.  You can bet The Public ain't getting a Dime off those Sales tho'!!!  Ooops, did I get too Sensitive THERE with those Statements being Too Much now?  Shrugs. 

Below is the Variegated Elephant's Ear Plant I bought at the Event, I forgot to mention I bought a Plant, I've never bought a Plant from there, but the Vendor had such good Prices on very nice ones.   I already have an all Green Elephant's Ear Plant on a Pedestal by the Front Door that is hanging almost down to the Ground now.  They do very well in Arizona, even in Full Sun or Partial Sun, and are drought tolerant.

As you can see I still have faux Pumpkins out on the Front Porch... and I've got some Valentine's stuff still up in the House.  *Le Sigh*  I just can't be bothered right now putting Holidays away with all the Medical Crisis that's unfolded since the Holidays began really and bled into 2026 from 2025.  It's been nonstop and no Breaks Caught.   Plus, The Daughter hasn't been Home at all, she's been consumed with Helping folks who can and will Pay her to do all the things she was doing for us here at Home and she Needs the Money and the Encouragement.  It was clear to me I couldn't convince her to run The Gauntlet that is Social Services.  She is too Paranoid about our Government now to Trust any of them and she's convinced they're out to Get her, perhaps all of us, for any Minor Infraction or to do some Soylent Green Thing with us Peons and sell off our Organs on the Black Market or something.  Since she knows they're already Trafficking Humans, especially Children.

 She isn't certain Elon is even a Human Being, she saw that one Video where his Face seemed to Glitch and that's all it took, she thinks he's a Cyborg Robot now.  *LOL*  I think he just took too much Ketamine... but, she could be Right and I could be Wrong... and he is severely Autistic and has Aspergers Syndrome or something... but, who knows for sure what's going on with ole Elon?   I thought Pence looked and acted like a Cyborg...  Some of them seem devoid of Emotion completely.  Mebbe that Putty on the Neck and Hands of Donnie Two Dolls is just a Bad Match to what they made him out of, when they keep trying to do Restoration Work to make him seem Real, I dunno anymore?  *LOL*  Keep the inappropriate Gallow's Humor coming Dawn and they'll Flag this Post too and then you'll have to rehash all this Photos AGAIN GF!!!???!!!  *Smiles* 

I had a couple of Scandalous Fashions made of Old Lace Tablecloths... and Doilies... DOILIES!!!   *Gasp, Clutches at her Pearls!!!*   And even MORE Offending Crepes with Butchered Berries!!!!  Oh No!!!  Not the Berries!!!

Well, now we shall see if this makes it thru Censorship Scrutiny... or not...

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May this Memorial Day remind you all of the ultimate Sacrifice some made for our Freedoms... and to even Blog about any of this... well, for now anyway... Dawn... The Bohemian