Friday, August 15, 2014

A day at the pool

Keep it safe

Fearless
Mother Nature

22 comments:

chickelit said...

The most disturbingly funny feminist rants I've ever heard, and it relates to a pool -- (from my YouTube channel)

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Looking her up on Google surfaced a punch she received from Courtney Love sometime in 1995.

chickelit said...

Here she is in the flesh: link. She's a legend in her own mind.

chickelit said...

By my reckoning, she's just about done ovulating so the world is a better better place. She proudly aborted her chances for perpetuity.

edutcher said...

Sandals?

Michael Haz said...

Florida looks nice. And your brother seems to have quite a spacious home with a lovely swimming pool.

We didn't know you had children. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

The Dude said...

He is, however, cruel, to expect a child to make it 90 miles in that rig, just sayin'.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Cute kid.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Where in Florida are you?

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

And your brother seems to have quite a spacious home with a lovely swimming pool.

No, that's the village swimming pool. My brother and I are living in a condo.

We didn't know you had children.

I don't have children. Those kids are my sister, the one I told you guys moved down here.

She lives at another complex, about 10 miles away.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Sorry about the confusion, I should have added more information.

But as you can imagine I was wiped out... looking after 3 kids, the other two are only a few years older.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Where in Florida are you?

Boynton Beach

Michael Haz said...

I'm not buying your story, Lem. You won the lottery and moved to a fancy place in Florida. Stop denying it.

Michael Haz said...

And now you've got a posse of children, sort of like Michael Jackson.

Trooper York said...

That was mean Haz.

MamaM said...

It could be more like the Pied Piper, considering the trail that followed him here.

The Dude said...

Wait, didn't the Pied Piper lead rats? Oh my...

Chip Ahoy said...

This 13" laptop shows photos rather small. Too small. I thought the child was eating a bag of chips while floating. I still cannot make out the name. Anyway, adorable.

Unrelated:

I keep checking the forecasted weather. And they keep being wrong. This is important right now because I'm keeping a dish of flour/water slurry outside collecting airborne organisms.

Originally intended for only a few days, the forecasts promised rain so I kept it out there. I can see for myself the clouds building up at the foothills and moving east toward me. For two such mini storms passed already and the rain they delivered was minimal. But today's storm holds more promise.

The air moves more, so more organisms get shoved into my slurry. The more rain that falls into it, then the more organisms delivered directly along with increased wind. Raindrops form around a particle of some sort, and even if they don't then they'll drag organisms with them as they fall through the atmosphere. Each drop will deliver something. I figure.

The longer the slurry is out there, the more it is subjected to, then the more complex the culture, the stronger, more reliable, more interesting, more forgiving, more flavorful. All this I'm imagining.

Tony's hasn't had any heirloom tomatoes all year. My own heirloom tomatoes are coming around. But they're tiny. Bummer. They don't get enough sunlight.

But Tony's does have some regular tomatoes by the box load, and man, are they ever good.

I talk to the foodies wherever I go. Places like Tony's and Whole Foods are very interested in what people are up to. I mentioned the sourdough that is collected this way, and it blew the guy's mind. He said he never heard of such a thing.

I go, yeah, Dude, it will have the organisms that tend to cause allergies right there in it. Eating the bread shows your body they are nothing to be worried about. You can actually overcome allergies by consuming sourdough bread from culture collected in your specific area.

I'm imagining all that too.

That's the sort of shit that excites foodie types.

Once he realized what I was talking about, he battered me with sourdough-related questions. That was fun.

It's great with plain tomatoes. If the tomatoes are great too. Two great things together is nearly greatness overload. The moisture from the tomato seeps into the bread softening it a bit, and I can sit there and eat it all day. And that's why I keep going back there to get more tomatoes. And now I don't mess around. I'll buy 10 or 12 at once assured they will not go off by the time I get to them. Same thing with peaches. I buy a whole bag full and gorge on them, because right now they're fantastic. I've never known a season to last this long in this area. Usually two weeks max, then that's it for another whole year. Not so this year.

ricpic said...

"Another Slice Baked Alaska?"

Boynton, Boca and Delray,
Yentas wall to wall;
"Lem, I gotta girl for you,"
Five foot wide five tall.

MamaM said...

From sinking ship and hippo pond to the clear blue waters of the new community pool, Mr Levity's magic flute has piped a tune that's been fun and good to follow.

deborah said...

"He is, however, cruel, to expect a child to make it 90 miles in that rig, just sayin'."

lol that's bad.

Unknown said...

What a beautiful pool! Looks like even I will enjoy taking a dip in a pool with water as clear as that. Seems like it was a bit cloudy when you went, but I guess that made it even more relaxing. Anyway, that is such a great poolside view. I hope you enjoyed the trip! :)

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