Betty's Pub 20.1
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
A glorious day as Summer starts, not a day too soon for me. Wasn’t much of a Spring, Winter definitely was loath to step offstage but I am glad to see the beginning of Summer. There will be no complaints about it being too hot. And I will continue to wear my flannel shirt if there’s a breeze.
After a very long wait for the bus I made my way into New York City and took a short walk down to the Morgan Library for their drawing exhibit, “A Dialogue with Nature: Romantic Landscapes from Britain and Germany.” This is a link to the Morgan press release discussing the exhibition with illustrations. http://www.themorgan.org/about/press/DialoguewithNaturePressRelease.pdf It was a very enjoyable show that consisted of items from the Morgan’s permanent collection and items on loan from London’s Courtauld Gallery, in about a two to one mix. These were drawings in pen and ink as well as chalk, many enhanced with watercolors. As the title instructs, these were landscapes, buildings, fields, nature scenes delicately drawn. Some highlights were two drawings by Caspar David Friedrich, “Jacobskirche in Greifswald as ruins,” a depiction of the church after a disaster, created entirely from his imagination as the church was in fine shape. This is a link to an illustration. http://romantic-ruins.blogspot.com/2012/04/ruin-which-never-was.html. Another was “Landscape on Rügen with Shepherds and Flocks,” which is illustrated here. http://www.ephemeralist.com/ Scroll down to the section discussing the exhibit. In addition to the Friedrich drawing there are also two watercolors from JMW Turner depicting Mont Blanc and Lake Lucerne, happily two of the items I wanted to point out. Lake Lucerne is very evocative of his larger paintings. Another notable piece was “View of Cathanger Near Petworth” by John Constable. This is a link to an illustration at the Morgan website. http://www.themorgan.org/collections/collections.asp?id=233 The degree of detail in drawings like this is really wonderful. My final highlight is by Gainsborough, “Landscape with Horse and Cart, Figures, and Ruins,” a truly wonderful combination of materials, black chalk, watercolor and oil on paper; varnished. Gainsborough was a portrait painter but after a hard day of painting people’s likenesses he enjoyed relaxing by creating landscapes such as this one. Here’s another link to an illustration. http://www.themorgan.org/collections/collections.asp?id=514 All of the items in the show are very nice but items from the truly great artists such as the ones I’ve mentioned above really do stand out as you wander through the gallery. Quality really does leap out at you.
And so closes our first Summer flickr.
Andy G.
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SissyInHose
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ROAD TRAVESTI MOVIE by SIR MISTER LOUIS
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sissy strips 2/6
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Cute 1
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proper sissy deportment
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Yellow with fishnets..
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Men in Drag
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This isn't from flickr but he is adorable.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
This really will be quick. Heading to the Jersey shore for a thirteenth birthday celebration for my friends daughter. I am armed with birthday cake and cookies having sent along a gift through the mail. I have been warned of construction and told to let the GPS guide me all the way rather than rely on my handwritten instructions so this will be a bit more of an adventure than usual. Hopefully I will be back in time for next week’s post. It’s a lovely day, hope everyone enjoys it.
Andy G.
[Boys baseball team dressed as sailor girls, San Francisco Mission High School]
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Hey peeps
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J2
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Ivan
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Dress Up Carter Boys Melaine
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French maid Louann
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Gender-swapped Elsa - Frozen
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Tony in drag 006
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One of my favorite dresses...
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
This past week was quite warm with everyone complaining about the heat aside from me. It was fairly warm but that’s OK. No complaints. Thursday night we had our taste of Hurricane Arthur and it was quite the event. I opened my front door and it was raining furiously, sideways. Then the lights flickered and my answering machine reset but gratefully I did not lose power. Friday stayed a little wet and damp which was also ok with me as it kept the fireworks to a minimum. Not crazy about fireworks. Years ago my friends got me to go to a Mets game and it wasn’t until we were on the way that they casually mentioned it was fireworks night. Found myself outside Shea stadium trying to hide from the descending flaming remnants of the barrage. Sparklers work for me.
Things cooled off today to the point that I had to put my long pants back on having switched to the shorts a few weeks ago. But it was a clear, dry very nice day. I went into New York City and walked up to the Metropolitan Museum for a very brief visit to see a very small show. “Tiepolo Caricatures from the Robert Lehman Collection.” It was only 14 drawings but they were wonderful images. This was done at the end of Tiepolo’s life and were created for a book he entitled “Entertainment for Children” or in Italian, “Divertimento per li regazzi.” It’s hard to say if he really meant it literally or if he was being sardonic. They depict the character Punchinello from the commedia dell'arte of the 17th century. They’re all wonderfully macabre and rather mocking of the establishment. He probably would have been a political cartoonist nowadays. This is a link to the Met website description of the show and below it is a link to the individual drawings in the exhibit.
http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/tiepolo-caricatures
http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/objects?exhibitionId={E90A0438-7725-439F-90B9-D7A1F89318D2}&pg=1&rpp=30
As I mentioned in last week’s post, I went down to the shore for my friend’s daughter’s thirteenth birthday. When my friends moved a few years ago they gave me traveling directions which suggested I ignore the GPS and get off at the subsequent exit as it was a more direct route for someone directionally challenged like me. So that’s the way I’ve gone ever since and every time I approach the first exit the GPS really wants me to get off. On that morning I saw a note from my friend saying there was construction at that exit and I might be better off getting off at the first exit and following the GPS. OK……I thought, I can do that.
Got off the exit and listened closely to the GPS. Moving along nicely, following directions like I knew where I was going. Then it said, turn right on a road I recognized as the last road I get on before I turn left to arrive at their home. There’s a light at the turn so I stopped and waited. The light changed, I turned right as it told me to, then the GPS started to say go 2.2 miles but it stops and immediately says, GO RIGHT, GO RIGHT, GO RIGHT, GO LEFT! Which I did, awkwardly to say the least, and then when I went left on that same road, it calmed down and finished by saying go 2.2 miles and make a left at your friend’s house. It sent me in the wrong direction!!! I would be the first to admit if I had screwed up but there was no doubt that it told me to go right. I guess it’s the perfect GPS for Andy G., it doesn’t know its right from its left.
Yesterday I was doing some work at home on my computer and I don’t what I pressed or clicked on but suddenly my screen turned upside down. And the mouse worked backwards right and left and top and bottom. I rebooted and it didn’t change. I finally booted up in safe mode and had to do it twice because I didn’t specify network connections and I couldn’t get on the web. Finally got on the web and Googled “my screen is upside down” and immediately found the solution. CTRL-ALT and the up arrow key. So I shut down again and when the machine came up I had to gingerly move the mouse slowly to navigate to the upside down log in box and then type in my password. The machine came up and I hit the three keys and poof, the screen was back the way it was supposed to be. Apparently this is a feature known as orientation and you can do this on purpose although why you would want to turn your screen upside down is beyond me. Maybe it’s easier than standing on your head. No idea what caused it but it really threw me for a loop.
I think we’ll stop here as if I continue I may start ranting about Bill Gates, Windows and computers in general.
So, let’s go to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Grandpa Jay & Uncle Tim dressed as a girl for Halloween
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1974 Uncle Tim Dressed up as a girl
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Tatk Of The Town Marmaris (20) www.letsbooktrips.com
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Halloween 2011
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After School Chores
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Blonde/brown hair
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Crossdresser
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Brat Girl?
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Italian Day 2014 East Vancouver
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04jun14_02
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Had a very quiet day today, went into NYC to do reconnaissance for my trip to Washington, DC tomorrow. I’m enjoying my first week of vacation and my visit tomorrow will be to see a number of exhibits at the Freer/Sackler Gallery. First up, An American in London: Whistler and the Thames. Whistler is a favorite and this will be a chance to see many paintings and prints that I’ve never seen before. The Freer/Sackler also has a large collection of Asian art, something I’ve only discovered to be enjoyable in the last few years. In addition to exploring the permanent collection there are two exhibits of Japanese wood block prints which are what initially drew me to this genre, Kiyochika: Master of the Night and Bountiful Waters and Aquatic Life in Japanese Art, a show of works by Hiroshige, another favorite. Hopefully there will be time for a side trip to the National Gallery to take in a show of paintings by Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt. I’m catching a 7AM train out and expect to get home around 9:30PM, a long day for me, not mention past my bedtime but I’m really looking forward to going despite the trepidation of going alone. On all of my previous trips I’ve traveled with my brother who is a much better traveler and knows his way around in addition to actually having a sense of direction, something I sadly lack. That’s why on my walk downtown today I stopped in at Penn Station and looked around to see where the NJ Transit connection is so as to not waste time when I only have a short period of time to get from one place to another. I’m bringing my famous GPS which I’m currently charging now. I changed the setting from driving to pedestrian and the first thing it said was recalculating which I hope is not an omen. I made sure to have actual street addresses for the two museums as well as Union Station in Washington. I’ll probably take a cab to the Freer from the station, then walk across the mall to the National Gallery. If I can find a cab in front there I’ll take it back to Union Station, otherwise I will walk. No matter what, it will be an adventure I’m sure. I’m going on Sunday as my usual Sunday consists of reading the four Sunday newspapers I buy. I figured that with a 3.5 hour train ride down and back, I can just as easily read the papers on the train as in my living room. I expect to finish them on the way down and deep six them which will make my bag considerably lighter. I have my books and puzzles to keep me entertained on the way back. I’ll be looking to be in the quiet car as I don’t have a cell phone and want to keep away from people who do. The last time my brother and I went to DC we rode in the quiet car and after a quiet conversation early on, we settled into reading our respective material. I was reading the Times when the woman behind me leaned over and remonstrated me for making noise. I was turning the pages too loudly! I did not get into a confrontation with her but my brother certainly gave me a raised eyebrow when we looked at each other. There are a lot of odd people in this world.
Anyway, with luck I will be back here next week with a report. Or I may become the Flying Dutchman and you’ll never hear from me again.
I’ll leave that to you to decide if it’s good thing or bad thing.
So, on to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
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Laranja Mecânica.
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Hash 742 Red Dress!
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MG_0219
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Brother Skirt
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Liz Lisa autumn dress ♡ #moe #cute #japanesefashion #trap #crossdresser #boy
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Sissy Garden
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Triple smile #Otokonoko
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Race queen costume(Blue)_18_End
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yorkshire cosplay con
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sissy - trying prim and proper...
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Do you like my Teddy?
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Not Flickr but cute.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
My vacation is, alas, at an end but I really had a splendid week. The weather cooperated, actually I would have liked it to be a little warmer but I managed to avoid the rain on my outings. Took a very long walk almost every day, visiting the Met, the Frick and a gallery on 81st Street where I saw some very nice Gericault drawings.
The big event was my trip to Washington, DC on Sunday.
I took the train into NYC, transferring once before I arrived at Penn Station. Then it was the Amtrak to DC. The trains all ran right on schedule to the minute except for the ride back from Washington which was three minutes late. I rode in the quiet car both ways and that was good as I didn’t have to listen to people’s pointless telephone conversations. There were a number of empty seats on the way down but the train was sold out on the ride back. The reading lights were lousy which is annoying as my eyes are pretty lousy but I was able go through the newspapers on the way down and then the Book Review, the puzzle and my book on the way back. It was very cold on the train and in the museums so the 90 degree weather in Washington was actually a relief to me for the little bit that I was outside. And it didn’t rain which was a bonus.
I took a cab out of Union Station to the Freer/Sackler museum. The cabbie didn’t know the museum but he was able to find the street. He dropped me off just past it and since I was unfamiliar with it myself I wound up walking past the Smithsonian and had to walk back once I realized where I was. Luckily my brother gave me a little map so I knew I had walked the wrong way. Not surprising with my keen sense of direction. I visited the Freer first. All told I got to see three Whistler exhibitions. First is an ongoing exhibition, Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact, this is a link to a description at the website. http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/pointsOfContact.asp There were views of the Thames from Whistler’s residence and his Nocturnes, as well as two magnificent full size portraits. You can see small illustrations on the website. Then in the basement they had a lovely exhibit of his early drawings and etchings. Off the Beaten Path: Early Works by James McNeill Whistler. This is a link to a description of the exhibit and the second link shows items from it. http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/off-the-beaten-path.asp http://www.asia.si.edu/explore/off-the-beaten-path/gallery.asp The last print, in the lower right hand corner is a Rembrandt who Whistler was emulating in his self-portrait right next to it. As I’ve always enjoyed his etchings, this show was a real treat.
I wandered through all the galleries seeing Japanese and Chinese scrolls and screens which were very beautiful. Many of the Chinese works were a little too dark for me to fully appreciate them and being behind glass, the reflection impeded enjoyment as well. But one of the exhibits I came for was Bountiful Waters: Aquatic Life in Japanese Art, 20 woodblock prints of fish by Hiroshige and it was magnificent. This is a link to a description of the show with one illustration http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/bountiful-waters.asp I’m disappointed there aren’t more illustrations on the site but this is a Pinterest link which has a number of the large fish prints posted on it. http://www.pinterest.com/freersackler/give-a-man-a-fish/
I continued on into the Sackler where they had the two main exhibits that I had come to see. The third Whistler show which was An American in London: Whistler and the Thames. It was an enormous show filled with his oils, watercolors and prints. Some of the Nocturnes were very evocative of works done by Monet. This is a description from the website http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/american-in-london/ This is a press release with images. http://www.asia.si.edu/press/downloads/american-in-london_images.pdf It showed scenes of London as the City was changing with bridges being torn down and replaced. City scenes and views of the Thames and mixed in were more wood block prints by Hiroshige to point up the Japanese influence that Whistler took note of. And in an adjacent gallery was Kiyochika: Master of the Night, wood block prints of Japan during the same period. Bridges, fireworks, fires and their aftermath and general views, all very colorful and beautiful. This is a link to a description followed by a link to illustrations. https://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/kiyochika/ https://www.asia.si.edu/press/primg/kiyochika/Kiyochika_ImageSheet.pdf
So this was a major success as far as I was concerned. I was there about three hours and would have stayed longer but I wanted to get to the National Gallery as well.
I managed to find my way from the Freer to the National Gallery and after a brief bite to eat, fried chicken and French fries which didn’t set so well, I stopped in at the Degas/Cassatt exhibit. This was fun but it was comprised for the most part of items from the National Gallery’s collection, supplemented by loans from the Metropolitan Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago, all of which I was familiar with. But there were a few from other museums which made it worthwhile. Adjacent to this show was an Andrew Wyeth show that I enjoyed it immensely. He’s someone else who I’ve only come to appreciate of late and I really like his houses and the austerity of his art. I found it Hopper like in its isolation, so much of the art is without people, although you don’t get the sense that the people missing from Wyeth’s art came to a bad end like with Hopper. This is a link to the website description of the show and if you click on the thumbnail illustrations it brings up a slide show of larger versions. http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2014/andrew-wyeth.html
With the limited time I had left I wandered through the permanent collections and got to see a number of things that I like, including a Hopper, as well as the Hudson river painters. And they currently have a small room devoted to their Van Gogh’s which is highlighted by a loan from the Netherlands, a portrait of Joseph Roulin, his postman friend. This is a press release that discusses it with an illustration. http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/press/exh/3959.html And an added treat were two new acquisitions, bequests from the Mellons now that his wife Rachel has passed away. Oranges and Lemons with Blue Gloves and Green Wheat Fields in Auvers. It’s a wonderful room filled with examples of Van Gogh’s greatness. This is a link to a press release about the latest Mellon bequest and there is an illustration of Oranges and Lemons. http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/press/2014/mellon-bequest.html
And on my way out I bumped into Titian’s Danae on loan from the Capodimonte Museum which my brother says is one of the most beautiful paintings in the world. Can’t disagree. This is a link to the museum brochure with many illustrations. http://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/exhibitions/pdfs/2014/titians-danae-brochure.pdf
I didn’t get a chance to visit with the Dutch as I forgot the time of my train was 5:20PM and not 5:05PM but I was pretty tired by this point anyway. I walked back to Union Station from the Gallery and didn’t get lost which was surprising. It’s fairly straightforward but the streets in Washington are like the streets in lower Manhattan in that you will be following one and suddenly it turns into something else if you’re not paying close attention. Treated myself to a Ben and Jerry’s ice cream cone and waited for the train. Made my connection to NJ Transit and got home at 9:45 PM. A late night for Andy G. but a really splendid day from top to bottom. I will definitely go again.
On to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Anime Midwest 2014
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<3 my gold dress :)
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Me back in the day lol.
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Pink, Prissy and Sissy
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Oh youth...
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Gender Switch- Boys In Dresses
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Me and my baby #Otokonoko
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Is this a suggestive pose?
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Well, my week back at work wasn’t too bad, certainly took longer to go from Monday to Friday than the week off which flew by. But things were fairly calm, business definitely slows down in the Summer. I was the only one in my office on Friday and the phone only rang three times, startling me each time. Hope things remain calm.
Today was a fairly nice day, rain threatened on my way home but never arrived and I made it to my door dry. Went into NYC and took another walk uptown to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There are no special exhibitions so I just visited areas I hadn’t been in before. One of which was their sculpture court which has wonderful marble statues from different artists and eras. As I’ve mentioned previously it’s only since I saw the Jean Baptiste Carpeaux exhibit that I’ve come to appreciate this type of art. There are also sculptures seeded throughout the art galleries which I now make a point of viewing whereas before I would just pass them by. My brother was telling me about a few paintings I should look out for and mentioned the Rodins in the corridor outside the European Gallery. I visited the gallery and saw a Manet that he recommended, The Brioche. It’s a long term loan from an unidentified donor and goes on view periodically for a brief period. The hope is that eventually the Met will acquire actual ownership. It’s a lovely painting that any museum would covet. Afterwards I looked for the Rodins and it took me a little while to realize where they were which is in the corridor leading to the galleries. A space I have gone through probably hundreds of times never stopping to look at the statues. So this time I did a complete tour and was very pleased with what I saw. When I left the sculpture court I found myself in rooms I had never previously visited and this pointed out again that I can visit the Met for the rest of my life and still see only a small portion of what they have on display. And they have so much art that only a small portion can actually be on display so there are always new things turning up. I look forward to many visits in the future.
Andy G.
he's a lady- russia
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sissy
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Cover picture
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Triumph TNC 106 (1967). Drag Trade by Schlock Meister Ed Wood
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"Ballet Dancers" from Sentinel, Shrewsbury
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My son likes to wear dresses
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Pink Sissy On Prowl
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FRILLY SISSY
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Pink Bunny Girl
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sissy maid on parade..showing her sissy drawers..
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I walked up to the Metropolitan Museum of Art again this morning. I was concerned about the rain as the forecast on the Internet was that it would start at 3AM and continue until Noon, my preferred window of going out. And it was raining when I went out to the Shop-Rite at 7AM but by the time I went to catch the bus at 8:45 AM it had more or less stopped. But it was cooler than I expected. A clock thermometer on Sixth Avenue said 67 degrees but there was a breeze and it felt distinctly cooler than that. I should have worn my long pants. I’m not happy that we are well past the midpoint of the summer as I don’t want to contemplate what comes after.
In yesterday’s New York Times, as in every Saturday edition, was Carol Vogel’s column, Inside Art. Among the topics she discussed was the Met’s habit of displaying items that aren’t always on display and reuniting works which have been traveling. She had my immediate attention with the headline stating that all 17 of the Met’s Van Goghs were on display and would be for six months. He’s a favorite and it was nice to see the entire collection. Two of them, “The Flowering Orchard” and “Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace” are works that I don’t believe I’ve ever seen. Nearby was a Paul Gaugin self-portrait and in an adjacent room, two portraits by Cezanne, “Victor Choquet” a friend of his who supported him by buying and touting his early works and one of his wife, “Marie-Hortense.”
I mentioned seeing Manet’s “The Brioche” last week which I revisited and on the other side of the doorway were two flower paintings by Eugene Boudin. In another gallery, devoted to Gustave Courbet, there was a painting of a brown and white dog that also appears in a much larger painting which was considered ground breaking, “A Burial at Ornans” which unfortunately lives at the Musee d’Orsay. Another place I would like to visit someday. The Met had a very large exhibition of Courbet some time ago and I recognized some of the works as being in that show but not all of them.
It was a short but very pleasant visit.
Andy G.
Strutting
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girly asians 03
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cherie 01
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0o1_500
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trikchiks4u/14607328401
Black n Pink 7
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8670524@N05/14569504076
gorgbou11152005bevma3
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69985415@N00/14608396514
Raven 20 #2 6.28.2014
https://www.flickr.com/photos/marie_sunshine/14583378616
Is that a smile ?!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125361336@N05/14619553933
Summer Goth
https://www.flickr.com/photos/laurenclose/14614169942
Kathy Leigh: I wish I could make an entrance like this at work
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26985513@N03/14409518467
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It’s a beautiful day here in Northern New Jersey and I have not done anything of note. In the newspaper I read that this is the mildest summer we’ve ever had, cool weather with no heat waves and only just a few 90 degree days. I don’t mind the heat when it comes so this of no event to me but I’m glad that we haven’t had a lot of rain. My second week of vacation starts next Saturday and I really don’t know what I’m going to do to amuse myself, there are literally no exhibitions for me to attend. I’ll continue my visits to the Met and explore areas I’m unfamiliar with and I may even go to a movie, something I haven’t done in a very long time. I was finally able to set a date to have dinner with my oldest friends, the husband and I went to college together, and I’m looking forward to that. I’ll make dinner and dessert and we’ll spend the day catching up.
I went into New York City today and walked downtown, really just for the exercise. I visited the Kmart in search of a new pair of shorts but as is usually the case when I shop, I went home empty handed. I have very simple tastes and inevitably the store doesn’t have what I like. Or it’s not available in my size, or the color I prefer. This time I wanted plain denim jean shorts such as you would note I’m wearing were we on Skype. The shorts they had were distressed which I wasn’t interested in as I’m looking for a new pair due to the current ones looking a little distressed. Didn’t like the cut which went down past my knees, nor the color which was washed out. I’m thinking I’ll try the Gap next but I’m not confident I’ll find what I want. May have to wait until next Spring when I imagine summer wear is heavily in stock.
That’s pretty much it for today.
On to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Cecil Beaton in drag
https://www.flickr.com/photos/32798089%40N00/14806888055
Pink PVC and lace
https://www.flickr.com/photos/isobelthefetishslut/256178219
WendiTeenageDream
https://www.flickr.com/photos/123752869%40N03/14623175483
Sunday Afternoon - Mimi Chen
https://www.flickr.com/photos/93817564%40N06/14480460718
irresistable
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ginaazzurro/14662313022
3476580
https://www.flickr.com/photos/104258138%40N03/14611315739
Edinburgh Fringe: Ladyboys of Bangkok
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26605296%40N06/2747045923
Dressing in Santa Clara
https://www.flickr.com/photos/31637412%40N00/3258770592
Candy Fantasy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tylerbreton/14651530722
Picture from my film "Red Ridding Hoods" reating. www.alena-mnsk.info/video/red.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/66903073%40N00/14567183315
Maid in blissful repose
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69985415%40N00/14509815430
A proper sissy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/64419249%40N06/14510415839
impossible-decision
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lisa-crossdressing/14533437087
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Today is the first day of my second week of vacation and I found it a little cool. It was 56 degrees when I awoke and was supposed to get to 80 but I was home before that happened. I’ve been looking for things to do and there’s really not a lot out there, the Summer is really a quiet time for art exhibits. This will change in September as the Fall starts the museum season.
I walked up to the Metropolitan Museum again this morning and visited the Greco/Roman galleries which I can’t remember being in before. I know that when I come up the steps from the basement where I enter those galleries are on the left and I never turn left. But this time I did and saw some very beautiful marble sculptures, busts and statues from the end of BC to early AD. Aside from walking into several of the benches and bumping my shin it was very enjoyable. I wandered back to the Modern wing and saw a few things that I had somehow missed the last time although it still didn’t seem to be the way I remembered it. I’m beginning to think I have it confused with the way the Museum of Modern Art is laid out.
MOMA is a place I will visit this week. I’ve been avoiding it as modern art per se is not my favorite but mostly because it’s so crowded that it’s not an enjoyable experience. The last time I went was for a Mondrian exhibit, someone I like, his art is abstract but geometric and I can the see the beauty in it. But it was mobbed. I stood on a line to get into the museum. Then a line to buy a ticket. And then when I got to the gallery there was a line waiting to access it. By the time I got inside the gallery it was so difficult to walk around and admire the art that I wound up leaving after a very short visit. I’m hoping that as my visit will be a weekday rather than Saturday it will be slightly less crowded. The exhibit is of Toulouse Lautrec, art that I definitely want to see.
I’m going to visit the New York Hall of Fame in the Bronx. It’s not far from where I grew up and I remember walking past it as a child but I’ve never been inside. I remember you could see the busts of the famous people from the street if you look up. My memory is that it was in a rotunda so I will be interested to see if that’s a true or a false memory.
There was an article in yesterday’s NY Times about an exhibit of William Glackens at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton that looks to be very nice. I went to the website and their permanent collection has things it that I would enjoy as well. Unfortunately it’s a long ride on the Long Island Railroad. 2 hours and 20 minutes out and 2 hours and 46 minutes back. Must be a head wind as my friend said when I mentioned it. In addition to that, I would plan on catching a 3:30PM train home and if for any reason I should miss it, the next one isn’t until 11:30 PM! That’s a little daunting. Don’t think I’ll make up my mind until the day before.
I’m still looking for other venues for the rest of the time.
I just finished a wonderful book. It’s the second book of a trilogy but it’s standalone. The author is Noah Gordon and the first book in the series is “The Physician.” It takes place during the Iron Age and concerns a boy who is orphaned at age nine and becomes apprenticed to a barber surgeon. As he grows to adulthood he realizes that he wants to be a true doctor. He meets a Jewish physician and asks him how he can train to be a doctor. The physician tells him that there is a school in Persia that he attended but that a Christian would never be accepted. He decides to disguise himself as a Jew and travel to Persia to enroll. It’s a very long book, just over 700 pages in the paperback I read, but the pages just fly by. He discusses Jewish, Persian and Islamic cultures in great detail and it’s fascinating. The second book, the one I just finished, is “The Shaman” and concerns two of his descendants, a father and son, both doctors in the mid Nineteenth Century. Once again his research was tremendous, with facts about medicine during this period as well as about the political era and our relationship with the Indians who were here before we arrived. Both books were page turners but I think I may have enjoyed “The Shaman” a little more because it was more of a novel, telling a story of a man and his family while the first book was more episodic taking the character through the different stages he goes through to become the doctor.
I bring this up because of what happened at the end of the book. To me, it had nothing to do with the plot. I buy my books used. This book is 570 pages. When I got to page 564 I noticed that the next page was 567. I was stunned thinking that I had read the entire book and there were two pages missing from the end! Then I noticed that page 565/566 hadn’t been torn out completely but was missing the top section. When I reached the bottom of 564 it certainly seemed to be the end. And what I saw on page 565 was clearly acknowledgments but I wanted to be sure. I went to Amazon for Look Inside but it didn’t allow a search. Googled around without success until finally I got to Google E books and I was able to go to page 565 and see that it was, in fact, the first page of acknowledgments. Can you imagine my face if it had turned out that the last page of the book was missing. By the time I had acquired another copy I probably would have forgotten the plot.
Well, let’s head over to Flickrland.
Andy G.
Princess TGirl - Frogs and Fairies
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hello_monique/14725500733
polka dot dress #1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45111478@N08/14488156790
IMG_3183
https://www.flickr.com/photos/88981140@N00/14759134786
3 boys in drag
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eugenemartin/14789151925
it s a sign
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125361336@N05/14497327818
★ Modern Girl: Summer Styles ★
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125053962@N05/14529834597
Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, c. 1912
https://www.flickr.com/photos/123916455@N02/14498840220
Kyle is a pretty boy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/89010585@N04/14645947069
Parks Department employees, 1965
https://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/3441568827
femboy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55584437@N03/14796080233
Crossdress Princess and the Non-Crossdressed Frog (I think). Who reads these titles anyway?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hello_monique/14780653654
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Well my second vacation week is at an end I’m sorry to say. As I said to my brother, it’s rather pleasant spending your time doing not much of anything. Being retired he readily agreed.
That’s not to say I stayed home, I made a point of going out to do something every day aside from Tuesday when I had some old friends over for dinner. I always think of Hannibal Lecter when I say that. We spent the day catching up and I made a nice meal and dessert. It was good to see them.
Not much in the way of exhibitions as I’ve mentioned. I did get to see two separate exhibits of artwork from Toulouse Lautrec, lithographs and posters for the most part. One show was at the Rennert Gallery on 17th Street in NYC and the other was at the Museum of Modern Art. Both were very enjoyable, Toulouse painted actors, actresses, dancers and denizens of the night and it was all considered rather disposable at the time but it’s wonderful that so much of it was preserved.
I was surprised at a couple of things when I went to MOMA. They let us inside before the museum opened which they generally haven’t done before. They moved the ticket counter to the other side of the building. When I went up to where the counter used to be it seemed odd that there was no line or stanchions but the woman behind the counter sold me a ticket. She repeated several times that she was doing it as a courtesy and the next time I should go to the actual ticket sellers. I imagine the old area is now for members.
I’ve avoided MOMA because of the crowds but on the day I went it was only very crowded on the 5th Floor where the really famous art is. A real crowd around Van Gogh’s Starry Night. From the snatches of conversation I heard as I walked around it seemed to be mostly tourists. But I was able to see the enormous Monet lilies and a number of other things I like. They only had one Edward Hopper up, House by the Sea. I asked at the information desk if The Esso Station was on loan and she said she didn’t know but that it wasn’t on view. She informed me that they can’t keep everything displayed and that I can go to the Whitney which has a large Hopper collection. As this wasn’t news to me I just thanked her and walked away. It seems hard to believe they can’t keep the Esso Station up as well, there was room on the wall where the other Hopper was, along with Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World and a Charles Sheeler house. A nice wall for me.
I said I planned on visiting the Hall of Fame and I did. I didn’t know it was part of Bronx Community College so I wound up walking past it before turning around and finding the entrance to the college. It turned out to be the way I remembered it, that is, the way I remember walking below it and seeing the busts at the top in a rotunda. There’s no access from that view but I could look over the wall and see Sedgewick Avenue. It was fun to walk through it and stop at each bust. It really needs a lot of tender loving care, almost all of the plaques are worn and difficult to read. The busts seemed to be in relatively good shape albeit with the birds droppings on them. I notice that many of the busts had their sculptor noted on the side but many didn’t. I picked up that Daniel Chester French had done Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Phillips Brooks. I went to Wikipedia and saw that he had also done Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous creation is the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. My brother had pointed out a bust by Houdon of Robert Fulton that’s in the Met which I saw last week and by coincidence, there’s a bust of Fulton by Houdon in the Hall as well. He also did Washington who I almost missed because there was a parks vehicle of some kind parked by it. Being outdoors it was a little hard for me to see some of the busts because of the bright sunshine and I was surprised that the whole hall is outdoors, for some reason I assumed that there were busts inside as well. That may be because of the University Library which is behind it and has the dome that I always assumed topped the Hall. The Hall is rather an orphan with no funding. There haven’t been any elections in many years. The last individuals to receive busts were added in 1973, George Washington Carver, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Phillip Sousa. Louis D. Brandeis was elected but there were no funds for his bust. Three years later in 1976 they had their final election and added Clara Barton, Luther Burbank and Andrew Carnegie, all of whom like Brandeis have yet to be installed. It’s really too bad, it’s a worthwhile venture. I must have been there an hour before I walked back to Jerome Avenue and took the trains back to the Port Authority. Very glad that I went.
Let’s see who’s been Flickring of late.
Andy G.
Even Solomon 1979
https://www.flickr.com/photos/katieboon/10839621144/in/photostream/
She-Man: A Story of Fixation (1967)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/katieboon/14956802522
My cute video ;) please look for me in YouTube for more ;) #crossdress #cute #moe #princess #trap
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125297767@N03/14772380222/
chris c
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ginaazzurro/14757491586
Adorable Sebastian Simon
https://www.flickr.com/photos/124114562@N08/14772344694
Officer Penny on patrol...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shinypenny77/14734541162
DSCF4513.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidgold/14757245717/
CIMG8119
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dressrei/14538379918
1950s Dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/110386909@N08/14534596328
[Boy's Gen] 02
https://www.flickr.com/photos/athensis/14655013257
Tatianna
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jennmeinel/14624728116
Boy in Skirt (7)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/82002688@N07/10081870136
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Well my first week back at work wasn’t too painful. I had an annoying Internet outage to start my first day back; I was one of the millions of people affected by Time-Warner’s massive screw up. It’s frustrating, we had DSL at the office and had problems so we switched to Time Warner as cable ostensibly was never down but that proved to be a canard. And FIOS hasn’t made it to our office building yet so there’s really no place to go. In this day and age when the Internet goes out our business effectively stops. All my work is done on the Internet not to mention that without email there’s very little communication. Not like when I started working for my manufacturing Company almost 40 years ago and my tools were my inventory cards, my pencil, my adding machine and my telephone. At least it was touch tone not a rotary. I remember the first time I called a business and was sent into voice mail and told at the end to press buttons for further options. I did so and one of the options was to listen to the message I had just recorded to decide if I wanted to send it. I did so and was very surprised to hear my voice. It sounded nothing like the last time I had heard my voice which was a surreptitious reel to reel tape recording of my family I did when I was 12 years old. That’s a good thing I guess.
I had a pleasant morning today. I walked up to the Frick museum and saw the current two painting exhibit, “Men in Armor.” It’s the 400th anniversary of the death of El Greco and this is one of many exhibits that will open in the Northeast this fall to celebrate El Greco. Although why we celebrate the anniversary of his death is open to question. You would think it would be his birth as cause for celebration. This is a link to the NY Times article that discusses the exhibit. It also has illustrations of the two paintings, one by El Greco, the other by Scipione Pulzone, a Roman peer of his. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/arts/design/men-in-armor-el-greco-and-pulzone-at-the-frick-collection.html?_r=0 They are both strikingly beautiful paintings of men in armor, hence the title of the exhibit. This El Greco is one of only two full length portraits that he painted. The Pulzone is shown seated. I confess that even though I read the article in the Times about the exhibit I had forgotten that the painting that was on loan wasn’t by El Greco and was surprised when I approached it. Wonderful details in both portraits. El Greco is not one of my favorites, I find his religious paintings a little austere but the “Vincenzo Anastagi” is full of life and vibrant.
The Met is planning a show as well in the next few weeks and I will definitely visit. I was only at the Frick about 15 minutes; after I saw the two paintings, I said hello to the Vermeer painting of the woman with a maid which I believe to be the most beautiful painting in the world and the Ingres painting of the “Comtesse d'Haussonville”, another favorite, before breezing through the different rooms. Then I walked up to the Metropolitan museum because I wanted to see a painting by Jan Steen from a private collection which isn’t always on display, “Bathsheba Receiving David s Letter.” My brother pointed it out to me in an email and I tried to find it once before but he had made a mistake in telling me the location so I couldn’t find it the last time. I was successful this time and glad as it’s a stunner as you will see if you click on this link. http://www.wikiart.org/ru/Tag/bathsheba#supersized-search-251698 Afterwards I visited the rest of the Dutch whom I love, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Hals, Ter Borch and others and then made my way home to have my coffee. Very enjoyable.
And so, on to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Nice dress, bro.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/izik/14584523539
Liam asked to dress like Elsa
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thekarpiuks/14689966519
Cute Brolita!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bluezhift/5748966800
Boys in dresses- Gruver High School, Iowa, 1954
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ronigreen/10992053625
Guys in dresses
https://www.flickr.com/photos/snarkel/3822727665
Pink Princess
https://www.flickr.com/photos/petticoat_brenda/10045776226
Lolita Boy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sleepykisser/126460692
495378816HGWYXr_ph
https://www.flickr.com/photos/genexion3/421149089
Fairy Boy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/33767836@N07/4866855996
Brendan and Michelle
https://www.flickr.com/photos/63856428@N00/487716538
Adorable
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ginaazzurro/14787710656
Bonded Crepe 2
https://www.flickr.com/photos/amberjolake/14827409984
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Maybe I can explain why the celebration is the anniversary of his death, not his birth.
In some cultures you commemorate a person's death as an honor to their life. When we are born, we are a blank slate. But when we die, we have all the accomplishments in our lives that we want others to remember.
This has roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition too. In Ecclesiastes Chapter 7 Verse 1 says "A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth."
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Thanks Alison.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It’s been fairly warm here of late, something I find amusing as it’s now the end of the season and we did not have a particularly hot summer. But it goes along with my theory that we are entering a 2 season year, Winter and not winter. It’s not winter I vote for if there is an election.
I had a little adventure on my walk up to the Metropolitan museum this morning. It was warm and sticky and I was sweating as I walked uptown. I got to Fifth Avenue at 57th Street and saw there were stanchions up and lots of cops. I wondered what was going on but didn’t pay close attention. I thought I might ask a cop as I walked up but I never found one who wasn’t preoccupied. Then I got to 62nd Street and they wouldn’t let me proceed. I told them I was going to the Met and they told me I had to walk back to 61st and cross the avenue. I did and when I got to 62nd St on the East side of Fifth the cop wouldn’t let me go any further. It was a “frozen zone.” I said I wanted to go to the Met and he paused a moment and then said it was okay to cross the street and continue uptown but when I explained that they had sent me to him he told me I had to go around. I verified that he meant walking to Madison Avenue. So I did but I wasn’t happy, Madison Avenue is uphill and I was already hot and sticky. I kept looking left as I walked uptown and once we got into the 70’s I noticed they weren’t blocking off the side streets anymore and my access to the Met was not impeded when I walked down 79th street. I asked the cop if it was a parade and he said yes, and I asked for what and he said Labor. I walked away thinking to myself, the Labor Day parade today? And you’re not allowing people to watch it from the side? Then I realized there were no stands and the only person I had seen on the way up was an older man sitting on a chair and he was probably just tired. When I thought about it I realized that when he said Labor he meant the unions or a group like that and this wasn’t going to be a parade so much as a demonstration. I Googled it and could find absolutely nothing about it. At any rate I’m glad it didn’t keep me out of the Met nor prevent me from catching the crosstown bus to get to the West side and go home
What brought me to the Met this morning was a one room exhibition of some of the Met’s miniature paintings. It’s not really a special exhibit and the Met’s not playing it up as such, they have no description of it on the website and only mention it as “In Miniature” on the little flyer that lists all current events. It’s all items from the permanent collection but brought together in one area and it’s only a small portion of what they have in the collection. But it’s a wonderful collection with work from Hans Holbein among others. They were very beautiful, what I could see of them that is. I saw them all before I realized there were magnifiers so I picked one up and went around again. They help but they’re not very magnified and unfortunately they were useless for a sampling of the little objects in a glass case like this snuff box which has really ornate art on them. http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/193855?=&imgNo=0&tabName=related-objects When you see the picture you have to realize that the snuff box is 2 ¾” by 2” with pictures on all sides. Because of the glass case the magnifier only obscured them. A very nice little exhibit though. And once again my keen sense of direction sent me into the gallery from the wrong end and I wound up walking completely around to come to the exhibit only to find that it was one gallery away from the other entrance. This is a link to the museum website with several of the items that are in the exhibit. Look for the items in gallery 624, there are 7. Just use CTRL F to find each of them. http://www.metmuseum.org/search-results?y=0&x=0&ft=miniatures&rpp=100&pg=1
Well, let’s move on to the pix. The first clip is actually girls but I love the dresses and the long hair. When I was in my late teens I grew my hair out past my shoulders. I'd never liked getting it cut and I kept it long until I finally joined the business world. Even after that I worked at a very casual Company and was able to grow it out long again. After getting the job I didn't get it cut for a year. From that point on less time started to elapse between haircuts to finally end up at around 2 months or so. When I retire I wouldn't mind growing it long again but my long hair days are clearly behind me, I can go three or four months now between haircuts and it only gets a little shaggy on the sides much to my chagrin. Hoping that it doesn't continue to recede on top but I wouldn't bet against that happening. I've had a beard since I was able to grow one, it was never a very good beard but I've always had it. I shaved it off when I cut my hair to get that first job. I had to laugh when I arrived for the interview. I opened up the front door of the office and saw a man behind a desk smoking a cigarette, he had a beard. And so did every male employee except for the man who became my immediate boss, including the owner of the Company who I became such good friends with that we're still in touch almost 20 years after the Company was sold. When I told him I shaved my beard for the interview he laughed and asked me why I had done it.
On to the Flickrs.
1962 Children's Fashion Ad, Girls' Party Dresses, with Magician & Black Cat, "Magic in the Air" (2 pages)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29069717%40N02/15138653862
Transexual Crossdressing
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandstormmelody/8153723082
Felicia
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mknt367/sets/72157646911186106
kazumi.takahasi
https://www.flickr.com/photos/27401732%40N05/14640709617/
Transvestite
https://www.flickr.com/photos/111227158%40N03/14608200967
BEFORE THE PARADE
https://www.flickr.com/photos/41557568%40N04/14655567019
Tyra
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94761878%40N04/14662663309
Boy_Lolita_by_Carnet_atelier
https://www.flickr.com/photos/111842254%40N05/14650531737/
Sissy Chastity
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissy_chastity/14828555876
In my gymslip and knee high socks
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emilykneesocks/12206347223/
Romantic White Lace #crossdresser #crossdress #trap #男の娘
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125297767%40N03/14904164035/
CIMG8242
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dressrei/14709710430
Back in PINK!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/knessia/14704329669
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Well, it may still be Summer on the calendar but it’s a very cool morning. Our so called heat wave is a thing of the past and I for one am pining for it. It’s also going to be a rainy day which doesn’t please me as I am heading down to the Jersey shore to visit with friends. I didn’t plan on swimming, I just don’t like driving in the rain.
Anyway, it’s early and I don’t have much to say so I won’t say much aside from wishing everyone a good weekend.
Our first link isn’t from Flickr but I thought it was cute and if you scroll down you’ll see other interesting things, old and new, real and photoshopped.
Andy G.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/108508672245528110/
P-PercyAtTheGates
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8072809%40N05/496619524
ConnorreadyforProm509jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mjjk28/8567138466
Scavenger hunt required a girl dressed as a boy, and vice versa
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24018528%40N04/14998378997
goth-loli crossplay
https://www.flickr.com/photos/faetea/526996462
The dress felt gorgeous
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tranniefun/14844684424
Nancy Blow Looking for mr right.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maideasy/2150393286
School Girl Sissy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125780076%40N05/14890330393
140814s001
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissy_chastity/14962307025
B o y B r i d e (10,000+ views, 50+ favs)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beccakiss/6002174913
Teddy was a free thinker
https://www.flickr.com/photos/60741642%40N06/14971969821
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Well it stayed fairly cool this week as we approach the beginning of Fall. Today started out cool but made it into the 70’s, with tomorrow expected to be warmer but the trend is definitely heading in the opposite direction. As we age time starts to lose its grip, or rather I should say we start to lose our grip on time. I was filling out my monthly comic book order, something that has dwindled over the years to about 7 or 8 issues, when I realized I had ordered issue one of a new title and then forgot to order issue two. So I ordered issue three and emailed my representative to see if it was still possible to order the second issue. Then as a fall back I went online to see when issue two was scheduled to ship so I could pick it up at a comics shop if I couldn’t get it through my service. The ship date was November 5th which I then entered into my calendar as a reminder. And I thought to myself, November 5th? That’s months away. Then I rethought it and realized, no, it was only 6 weeks away. A chilling thought if you don’t mind the pun. I search the auction site for bound volumes of newspapers and magazines and occasionally I will buy individual copies of the old New York dailies if they are old enough, take place during baseball season and inexpensive. As I search I see lots of newspapers for sale with headlines of significant events from the last 30 years or so and I am constantly amazed when I see a celebrity passing or a tragedy or something similar and realize how much time has passed since it happened. Things that didn’t really make an impression on me when they occurred other than noting them still make me shake my head and say, it was how long ago? There’s a theory about time and aging which my employer, who is now my friend, told me many years ago when I was much younger. Our perception of time does pass more quickly as we age because of our experience. When we turn five years old, a year takes forever because a year is 20% of our existence. When we turn 50 years old, not so much, as one year is only 2% of our existence. It seems so often that the days are long but the years pass very quickly.
Anyway, I had a splendid time visiting with my friends last week. They have two lovely children who add to my sense of time passing. In speaking about their son I generally start off by saying, the little boy, but as he will celebrating his 16th birthday in November I always stop myself as that doesn’t really apply anymore. I’ve known his cousin since he was born and I still think of him as the little boy and he will be 34 this year. I had an interesting time with the GPS again. I was charging it the night before and usually it beeps and when I check it’s searching for satellites and will ask me if it should continue or turn on for indoor use. This time it never asked the question. And at one point, I heard it beep and when I checked it said detour. Detour? I hadn’t noticed a roadblock in going from the kitchen to the living room. I’d never seen that on the GPS before. Having no sense of direction, if there is a blockage I can’t do what most drivers do which is get off and navigate a new route. I would only get hopelessly lost. I have a feeling that with the GPS if I tried to navigate a new route it would spend it’s time determined to send me back to the blockage rather than charting me a new way of proceeding. I mentioned the last time I traveled down that the GPS had told me to turn right when it should have said left which was a real surprise. It did it again this time, how reassuring that someone like me who is a complete creature of habit, has a GPS that feels the same way. This time though, I realized that I had to listen to it because it’s a highway and there is no left turn. What I found out when I arrived and spoke to my friend was that if I had gone straight I would have come to a jug handle where I could have turned around and then gone the right way. I find it interesting that there are no signs before the turn that would tell me that.
When it was time to go home I got into the car and turned on the GPS and waited. And waited. And waited some more as it searched for satellites. To the point where I wondered if I was going to spend the night in their driveway. Actually it was long enough that I was contemplating going back inside and saying, so, after right, left, right, then what do I do? Finally it found a satellite and off we went. It was a miserable night, the whole day had been rainy, intermittent on the way down, stopping not far into the trip but it poured the whole way home. And the combination of the rain, the dark, opposing headlights and my vision do not make for a pleasure cruise for me. But it’s worth the aggravation as they’re a lovely family and always make me feel very much at home.
No art this week, all I did was head into the City and visit Valentino and get my hair cut. Almost four months since my last haircut but it certainly wasn’t especially long. It seems to grow out on the sides now as opposed to growing down. Doesn’t seem to do much growing on the top at all. But he did a beautiful job and made me look very respectable.
I haven’t decided yet but I may actually break my routine and go into New York City tomorrow as there is an auction of prints at Swann’s. I wouldn’t bid but from the illustrations I’ve seen it looks to be a very nice exhibit. Usually my Sundays are spent reading the newspapers and just hanging out but I do want to see this exhibition and didn’t want to hang around in the City today until it opened at Noon. If I go I’ll bring the papers with me and read them on the way out and back. This all depends on if my plumber calls as I was rather hoping to get my boiler cleaned and fired up for the season this weekend.
Well, that was a lot of ink about not much. Hope no one fell asleep reading it.
Andy G.
Hairdressers
https://www.flickr.com/photos/64419249%40N06/14768005840
Best days are when child dresses himself.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeyjedi/14944154466/
Halloween West Hollywood 2012 Snow White Drag Princess
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8167243%40N06/8146047382
Delight
https://www.flickr.com/photos/60741642%40N06/15260831555
Red party outfit
https://www.flickr.com/photos/georgieukcd/14796353738
copper dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125724517%40N06/14936338212
CHERYL SISSY 81
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126474938%40N07/15023037766/
Another black outfit.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sabine57/14869602900
Party5
https://www.flickr.com/photos/93817564%40N06/14859028189
星織ユメミライ 鳴沢律佳 1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fukapon/14835450207
transvestite
https://www.flickr.com/photos/111227158%40N03/14991878822
Red Sissy Maid
https://www.flickr.com/photos/msemilytv/10818097293
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
I’m guessing we are experiencing the last gasp of Summer here in the Northeast with temperatures just over 80 degrees. I’m enjoying every minute of it.
Last week I wanted to visit Swann’s auction house to see a preview of an auction of American prints. I didn’t go on Saturday as the auction house opens at 12PM and I like to be home drinking my coffee around that time. I lead a very structured life and people who know me know that I seldom break my routine. To the point that one Saturday morning I went to the cleaners to pick up my pants arriving five minutes later than usual as I wanted to give my fish man a chance to get more goods in the case and when I arrived the cleaner looked at me and said, you’re late. Well. But occasionally something will prod me to break my routine and this auction was something I really wanted to see. I decided to go on Sunday figuring that since all I do on Sunday’s, for the most part, is read the Sunday newspapers. I could get most of that done prior to leaving and then read the balance on the ride in and out of the City. So at 10:30 AM I had finished the papers and went online to check my email and thought it would be a good idea to check the Swann’s site again to be certain I hadn’t misinterpreted things. Good thing I did as I had clearly misinterpreted things. Like their being open on Sunday which, as it turns out, they are not. I was particularly abashed as I had actually checked their hours over the weekend and when I saw 12 to 6PM I just assumed it was Saturday and Sunday as both Sotheby’s and Christies, the other two auction houses I visit, were both open both days. So I didn’t have to break my routine after all but I wasn’t pleased. The only good thing is that if I hadn’t gone back to look I would have found myself in New York City outside their building cursing up a storm and spewing invective, mostly aimed at myself. I will consider it a teaching lesson for my next visit there.
I was more successful this morning as I walked up to Sotheby’s and saw a nice preview for an auction of American art. It’s a fairly long walk and I confess to being tired out from the trip. I just finished reading the newspapers and closed my eyes and sat in the chair for a little while. Years ago I would have taken a nap but for the longest time I haven’t done that as my sleep at night can be spotty. I get up at least once if not twice and going back to sleep is hit or miss. Of course if I didn’t get up my sheets might be a little spotty. Anyway, here I am.
This was not a blockbuster auction with superstar artists and million dollar paintings but there were some nice things in it. The first thing I encountered was an Augustus Saint-Gaudens bronze sculpture of Pan with his two pipes raised to this lips. This is something I would have given short shrift to not that long ago but this time I paid attention and was gratified by its beauty. And its surprisingly reasonable auction estimate of $5-$7,000. Of course I won’t be bidding but it’s nice to dream. This was followed up by some watercolors by Andrew Wyeth which were much more pricy with estimates ranging from $30K to $60K. There were quite a few pieces by Fairfield Porter, anyone who actually pays attention to this weekly epistle might remember that he was prominently on exhibit at the Parrish Art Museum which I wound up not visiting for a number of reasons. His art is pleasant but not something I really will go out of my way to see and even with a lot of money I don’t think I would be bidding for his work. Moving along I came to two Norman Rockwell paintings, the first a design for a Holiday Plate, Xmas 1974, Scotty gets his tree which depicts a little boy with an axe holding his newly chopped down tree. I imagine Stephen King might be able to do something with that image. The other was a head and shoulders portrait of an elderly man. There were several paintings by Grandma Moses. Her real name was Anna Mary Robertson Moses and she lived to the advanced age of 101. She started her career late in life, in her late seventies, and became renowned and appreciated for her primitive style portraying rural scenes from an earlier time. There was one of Charles Demuth’s wonderful watercolors of fruit, this one peaches and a fig. I’ve spoken about Demuth before, his fruit and vegetable watercolors are some of the most beautiful depictions I’ve seen. His atelier overlooked a garden which his mother tended and from which he drew his inspiration for the watercolors. Very soft muted colors and very realistic. At his page on Wikipedia it says that he was friends with Georgia O’Keeffe and left her many of his paintings in his will. This watercolor was estimated to go for between $12 and $18K. Close by was a Georgia O’Keeffe watercolor of flowers which had a similar estimate. Then I came across two paintings by Jasper Francis Cropsey, one of the Hudson river painters I so admire. Two very beautiful landscapes, Shepherd’s Flock which was estimated at $15-$20K and a much larger painting of Greenwood Lake in New Jersey which was estimated at between $80-$120K. I like to visit the New York Historical Society because they have such a large collection of Hudson River painters with a number of Cropsey’s and I’ve seen him in many other museums and galleries, always beautiful depictions of nature. And I will end the tour with Francis Xavier Leyendecker, an illustrator from the turn of the 20th Century who appeared in magazines and books, interior and cover illustrations and advertisements. We have an oil painting of The Burgave’s Farewell which must have appeared in Collier’s magazine as an illustration to a short story. It depicts a nobleman of probably the 18th or 19th Century, in fancy dress, at a table with a decanter and a glass in his hand and his eyes closed, presumably having just drank some poisoned wine. I will go out on a limb and assume he was the villain in the piece.
So, as I said, not a blockbuster but certainly a pleasant way to while away a morning. I love art but I don’t have any hanging on my walls for the reason that I am also a voracious reader and wall space is reserved for bookcases. If I should ever win the lottery I would hope to acquire a home that was big enough for both. And then it would be a pleasure to go to these auctions and find gems to fill those walls.
On that dreamlike note, let’s walk down to Flickr and see who stopped by this week.
Andy G.
A Mock Wedding with a Hairy Bride 1930s
https://www.flickr.com/photos/striderv/2359231785/in/photostream/
Cute blue dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53516713@N06/15322240292
That's a guy. Forced to be dressed as a girl cosplay.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/yanavenged/15069903195
PICT0005
https://www.flickr.com/photos/104312886@N07/14938665598
Dressed-like-a-sissy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/radicalfeministrule/14939743457
White sissy dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53516713@N06/15061950976
Blue Velvet12
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ogutnik/14920248177
11012
https://www.flickr.com/photos/104258138@N03/14880624590
hearts and soles
https://www.flickr.com/photos/knessia/15100622905
Photo 3
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127205951@N05/15111180176
N o m i R u i z: singer and nicola formichetti's transgender muse (50,000 views)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beccakiss/7309278022
1371
https://www.flickr.com/photos/104258138@N03/15128653087
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I really like your weekly or even daily blog.When i open up my computer,i always go straight into this site to see what is new with your blogs.Keep it up.
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Thanks Samantha, glad you enjoy it.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
When I woke up yesterday morning and turned on the weather report it said that it would rain today, heavily, more than an inch. As Saturday mornings are my time to go to museums I was not pleased. Then when I got to work I went to the weather link and it had rain in the forecast all day. Let me correct that by saying it had rain and then showers listed during it’s hourly forecasts. I confess the difference between rain and showers is a subtlety lost on me. Whatever you call it I will still be wet. Weather terminology can be a little obscure. I equally wonder at the difference between partly cloudy and partly sunny. Is that like the age old question of whether the glass is half empty or half full? My answer to that is that the glass is not only half empty but dirty and cracked. But I digress. Based on this rather soggy forecast I thought I would have to stay home today and forego my trip to the Metropolitan Museum. I wasn’t overly upset as I knew of no exhibits that I was anxious to see but I do like the exercise of the very long walk up to 81st Street and I don’t want to turn into someone who never goes out. Plenty of time for that later.
But when I awoke this morning it wasn’t really raining although it clearly had overnight. This time the weatherman told me that it would rain on and off and end in the afternoon. The end didn’t really affect me as I’m usually home by Noon or 12:30PM but I decided to chance it and go into New York City. On the way up it rained lightly and about ten blocks from the museum it came down a little harder but I made it inside without being soaked. When I left the museum it was raining much harder but I was lucky and I got to 79th Street just as the crosstown bus arrived. Got off and went down into the subway to go to the Port Authority and head home. Which I did in a rather roundabout way. When my Aunt passed away, and my biweekly trips to Queens ended, I thought I was free of the subway nightmares that had plagued me for so many years, what with the E train running on the F tracks or running local or not running at all. For the museums all I needed was the C train which seldom had problems. Until now that is. When I got downstairs the sign said no downtown trains at this station. At all. To go downtown you had to take the uptown train and then cross over and take the downtown train. And you had to take the uptown train to 125th Street because it ran express downtown. The museum is at 81st Street so I passed through 86th St, 96th St, 103rd St, 110th St ( you old timers may remember a very bad movie entitled “Across 110th Street” which took place in Harlem, 116th St, and finally 125th St. Then the downtown train skips those stops, in addition to 72nd and finally stops at 59th. I continue on past 50th St to 42nd St where I get off to go the bus terminal. Of course if I wanted to go to any of the stations between 81st St and 59th St, I would have had to do what I did and then get out at 59th St and take an uptown local. It brings to mind the quaint old plaint, is this any way to run a railroad? It’s also why visitors from overseas, or from other states, for that matter can often be seen standing on a platform looking bewildered.
Well it seems it look me as long to get to the actual visit as it did to travel home but here we are. When I arrived I looked at the list of exhibits and was pleased to see that the new Japanese exhibit has opened,
“Kimono: A Modern History.” It consisted of kimonos, screens, wall hangings, small objects, large and small carved and gilded Bodhisattva statues and the wood block prints I enjoy. It was a wonderful exhibit. I’m not a big fan of clothing exhibitions but the intricacy of the work done to decorate the kimonos is extraordinary. While in some cases things were sewn onto the kimono, mostly the designs you see are actually made by sewing the threads of the design into the kimono. It’s amazing that this could be done, especially before the sewing machine when this was all done by hand. Truly these seamstresses were craftsmen or craftswomen. This is a link to the museum description of the exhibition. http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2014/kimono This is a link to an outside review with two nice images of wood block prints. http://fashionpluslifestyle.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/kimono-a-modern-history-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art/ And this is another link to the museum website that shows all the images in the exhibit. http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/objects?exhibitionId=%7b93F2A73E-D2AE-46A2-823B-A47219E55980%7d&rpp=90&pg=1 There are two pages of images. I’m glad I didn’t let the foul weather deter me from my visit.
And so, on to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Sailor Boy Scouts
https://www.flickr.com/photos/no_onions/181333962
Stefan
https://www.flickr.com/photos/houseofsecrets/15204950759
School girls
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53516713@N06/14934318847
IMG_20140830_023948
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22813843@N06/15055199716
moshimoshi6
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53899402@N04/15125685955
CIEEUSAHS
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127261364@N06/15050788325
Gay wedding pic
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126050897@N04/15055850752
Sissy Art-043
https://www.flickr.com/photos/114508153@N07/15193214687
Yasumasa Morimura
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beccakiss/4876996492
Barbie Girl (20)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126461197@N06/14982877747
Pink Satin Bondage 7
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69985415@N00/14941850330
IMG_9655
https://www.flickr.com/photos/97251337@N05/14995040649
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Thanks once again for the great photo's and wonderful commentary of your trip to the galleries. I am sure I would get lost all the time in N.Y.city. The last time I was there we travelled by taxi and Limo or walked along Broadway and Times Square. We also walked to Central park and took a carriage ride through it and then went into the Plaza for a drink or two. It has been a few years since but the group I was with were not interested in the galleries. I made the arrangements for the trip as a perk for my business with my two partners and wives but
my business has since dissolved and my partners have gone their separate ways since I retired. I sure liked my short visit and would love to plan another trip though to see the galleries this time for sure.
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Hi Angela,
A trip to the Metropolitan museum is certainly worthwhile. Don't feel too bad, I spent the summer of 1972 in Europe with two friends and none of us were interested in going to museums. I could kick myself now of course for missing the Louvre and all the wonderful art museums in Amsterdam. I don't know if I'll get another chance but I certainly hope so.
Andy G.
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Hey Andy, when we are young and in Europe, museums and art galleries are not the first thing on our minds. I went to England in 1970 with two friends and visited the British Museum in London on my own while the other two were drunk. Went to Windsor Castle, Oxford and Eton colleges and Stonehenge with my cousin and his friend as my friends were MIA. Then off to Scotland again by myself and visited Edinburgh Castle and Falkland Palace, home of Henry the 8th. and after a short visit with family, back to London. Finally met my friends at the airport, both drunk and one spent a week in jail for vagrancy. Was sleeping on the beach with no money. I did go back in 1977 and visited more galleries and museums this time and more of the countryside. Also saw some amazing Kinky Sex shops in London but lost my nerve to buy anything for fear of having Customs empty my bags in public. Oh well maybe next visit as now I am at an age where I don't care.
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Hi,
I was in Flickr this morning and came across a new poster who had 7 or 8 pages of interesting clips, lots of which we're familiar with but plenty of new ones as well. Imagine my surprise when I went to post it here and discovered that he had made it private. Wish I knew what it was that made him do this. I should add that these were not his personal pictures, I know the origin of some and many of them have been on the web for some time. On a separate topic, the search can be remarkably tedious as there are many individuals who post multiple pictures but keep reposting them over and over. I search by date and go back a week every week and many of the same pictures just keep showing up, relentlessly. Not sure what's up with that either. And I really don't understand the point of posting hundreds of pictures of yourself in the same outfit. Are there really that many narcissists out there?
I am perplexed.
Andy G.
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I often wonder the same thing Andy. Two or three different poses In the same outfit would be sufficient.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It was grim, gray, cool, rainy and windy today, much like last week and I definitely should have worn my hat and scarf. I just wore my flannel shirt because my mind hasn’t really converted itself to cooler weather yet, something I’ll have to program myself for. It’s supposed to be freezing tonight. I’ve mentioned that I’m a real creature of habit and follow my routines, I won’t say religiously but with great regularity. This was brought to my attention the other night when I realized just how programmed I am. I finished riding my bicycle and got off and thought to myself, instead of taking off my shorts and walking into the bathroom to put down my book before going into my bedroom, then walking back into the bathroom to get the book, why not just bring the book with me into the bedroom. I then immediately walked right into the bathroom. I’m so programmed that my body doesn’t always listen to what my brain is telling it. Of course sometimes the programming, like most computers, fails. In my morning preparation to leave the house for work the last thing I do is put my lunch in my bag. One morning I left the house and when I got to the bus stop I put down my bag and went to put the newspaper in it and immediately realized I hadn’t taken my lunch. I leave early enough that I was able to go back and get it but I wasn’t sure I could get to the second bus stop that I walk down to for the exercise so I stayed at the first one. When the bus came I allowed a passenger off then climbed on and said good morning to the bus driver. Who returned the greeting and said, I wondered where you were. Everyone knows Andy’s routine.
Despite the inclement weather I walked up to the Metropolitan museum again this morning and saw a show of Chinese Art. “The Art of the Chinese Album.” This is a link to the website discussion of it. http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/art-of-the-chinese-album This is a link to all of the objects in the exhibit. http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/objects?exhibitionId=%7bB224EEE2-E640-40DB-BBB4-CB8F759671C6%7d&rpp=60&pg=1 It was very good, the albums were very beautiful. I’m a comic collector and these paintings could easily be illustrations appearing in a comic book. They really could easily be referred to as early examples of graphic novels. The details are special, the ability to draw these tiny people inside a tiny structure that you really have to look at closely to see is remarkable. When I arrived and looked at the first one I checked to see if they had magnifiers but unfortunately they didn’t. Although through the glass they probably wouldn’t work that well. I played a two minute video devoted to the first book in the exhibit and it blew up one of the sheets to show that the artist had put a dab of color on the face of the tiny man in a boat, something that completely eluded me when I viewed it in the case.
My brother who turned me on to Asian art and has seen the exhibit commented, “what always impresses me when I look at Chinese or Japanese works is how they are willing to leave immense spaces bare; it’s the opposite impulse from, say, Islamic art, where every square centimeter is decorated.” There were also albums on display from the permanent collection and I thought a sheet by Wang Hui, “Landscapes after Ancient Masters”, done in color was extraordinarily beautiful. This is a link to that painting. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1989.141.4 Please click on it to enlarge it.
In viewing the sheets it also struck me how difficult it must be to learn the Chinese language. The letters appear as just symbols to someone who doesn’t know the language and learning the differences and then forming them into words is beyond my capability or comprehension. All of the paintings are ink on silk, some with color like the Wang Hui that I mentioned above. I wondered why they were referred to as paintings rather than drawings, something you probably did as well. It’s because they were created with a brush rather than a stylus. The paintings are even more impressive having been done by brush as a stylus gives you more control over the line. Excellent show.
If you can remember back to last week I ranted about the subway system. That apparently was just a prelude as I had even more fun this week. The MTA apparently decided that no train today should run completely untampered with. I decided to take the Six train to 51st Street and change to the E train rather than take the crosstown bus and go uptown to go downtown like last week. This was an error. I walked to 77th Street and went down to the platform. They were making all sorts of announcements but the one that caught my attention was that the E train was running on the F line. I was not pleased. I got off at 51st to walk to the E train expecting that it would arrive and drop me off at 42nd St and 6th. When I walked up the steps to the tunnel there was a transit agent standing there saying there were no E trains at the station. It’s only as I started typing this that I realized that the announcement I heard was telling me not to get off at 51st. So I wound up going back to the Six train to go downtown to Grand Central Station at 42nd Street where I took the shuttle to the West Side. When I got off the shuttle, which I think I’ve only ever been on once, I walked along looking for signs for the Port Authority of which there were none. I followed the signs for 8th Avenue but somehow lost them and found myself at the 7th Avenue exit at which point I decided to just take it. And walked back to the Port Authority in the rain. Mumbling.
I see this as something I have to look forward to every week.
On to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Boy Ballerina Dance Something new from Britney. Hi Britney, you’re looking very pretty.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/britney_smith/15245315840
Birgit017809
https://www.flickr.com/photos/birgittv/15407122716
Bimbo Pinup
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zarakane/15167277525
readheads have more fun
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nastjona/15167850246
carad
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54308594@N05/14950795797
Thank you, Jenny
https://www.flickr.com/photos/53516713@N06/15015055438
sail away
https://www.flickr.com/photos/59762335@N03/15250027922/in/photostream/
10622862_1533054553592904_1807995972982480335_n
https://www.flickr.com/photos/23788525@N06/15062225097
Chilling with sissy friends
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissy_mhari/15199839522
Crossdresser Summer- Camp
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trannilicious2011/15223122948
Red Classic Lolita Dress 1
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrissie_lolita/15236209746
Triangles 9.13.14
https://www.flickr.com/photos/marie_sunshine/15065121138
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LOL. I couldn't leave the house forgetting a lunch bag or an bag of food on the counter. The cats would devour it within 10 minutes after I was gone. Even if it was something they don't like, by leaving anything edible unattended for just a few minutes, it suddenly becomes a gourmet treat for them. They know they're not suppose to go on tables or the counter, because they never try to if I'm looking... Or should I say, they know I don't want them on the counter or tables, so in a cat's mind it would be OK to go up there if I'm not looking.
And since they were babies they learned not to step on keyboards. They won't even step on the laptop one when it's opened. But why can't I get them to stop stepping on or sitting on the remotes, or the laptop when it's closed? Thank goodness I have a sturdy metal laptop. Some of those flimsy plastic modern laptops & tablets probably wouldn't hold up well to 2 large cats sitting on them at the same time a lot.
It's always a surprise living alone when the cats get on the remote, & the TV suddenly turns on, starts changing channels, or the volume suddenly gets turned up all the way... especially while I was sleeping. At this point I think it's deliberate. They probably figured out by now that something will usually happen if they step or sit on the remote when they're bored. It's like when they sit on the laptop when it's closed, they stare right at me as if to say, "See where I am? I'm sitting on your stuff."
Suzie hasn't grasped the concept of getting yelled at either. When I yell at her she meows back, runs to me purring & wanting to cuddle. When I yell at her brother, he runs & hides. They were both raised the same way together, but have opposite reactions.
I think more people would use public transportation if they made it just a little more convenient & bearable. I quickly found out after I sold my truck, that I could walk up to almost 4.5 miles almost as fast or faster than the bus or train can get me there. You have to get at the stop at least 10 minutes before it's due in case it's early, wait forever in all sorts of weather because it might be up to 20 minutes late, or was cancelled so you have to wait up to an hour for the next one. On weekends some lines only run every couple hours. Some that go to the city line only run a couple times a day on weekends & holidays. So having a job or places to go on weekends is almost impossible with public transportation. Then because it has to stop at every stop along the way (sometimes every 2 blocks), It takes forever just to go a few miles.
You can take a cab charging close to $10 a mile... if you don't mind waiting 45-180 minutes for them to arrive after you called them.
So I would bicycle or walk almost everywhere I went, even in freezing snow storms. I figured I could go over 10 miles on a bicycle as fast or faster than the bus or train can get me there. Of course these days, after the heart attack & COPD, the bicycle hardly gets used. I'd get out of breath just carrying it up & down the stairs. Walks take a lot longer because I have to stop & rest every block. So my trips are a lot shorter.
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Hi Betty,
I had two large dogs many years ago and they destroyed the house. That was my fault of course, not theirs, I didn't know the first thing about training them and they were just being dogs. I was 40 when the second one reached a very old age and his body just broke down to the point where I had no choice but to have him put down. I decided no more pets. Then a few years later my Company was sold. We had two cats and I wound up taking one home with me. I wasn't thrilled but I thought it would work out. Of course, as you say, the first time I baked a cake and left it out to cool I came back in and didn't see it. Then I found some of it. And I knew I couldn't do that any more. We had an uneasy truce for some time but then the cat developed a tumor and one morning I found him under the television stand. Stiff. That was definitely the end of pets for me. I have a friend that's always after me to get a cat but I keep saying no and tell her not to dare get me one. It's not a gift that you can give someone, only you can decide if you want a pet. As for my cat, I always say he was a good co-worker but a lousy roommate. When I say I like living alone I mean it to include any species.
Andy G.
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Pets are great entertainment value, & if you spend some time with them, they'll return lots of affection & companionship. But if you don't have the time for them, they'll get used to that, & prefer to ignore you most of the time, do what they want, or turn a little bit to their wild side. Ones they are used to or want a lot of attention can get emotional problems if they don't get it.
After my dog that I had since 5 died, I was too busy with work & other things so thought I didn't have the time for another pet. Back then, I was too occupied with other stuff to even bother with TV anymore either. With so much wonderful music around at the time, why bother with TV anyway? It got to be that I donated my TV to the Mattachine Society's lounge room because I never used it anymore, & lived without any TV for a few years. It wasn't until front & rear projection TV became common, & VCRs came around that I noticed TV again... loved cool movies.
In my college years, & shortly after, I had roommates with cats. They were fun to watch, & would play a little, but weren't very affectionate. They preferred to be left alone most of the time.
Later in life I had a roommate move in with a cat. But he was never home. Odd, because he only worked 12-15 hours a week, but wouldn't spend much time at home with a pet he claimed he loved. When he was home he'd spend time with the cat, but he was never around. Kitty got lonely & instantly warmed up to me cuddling, purring, & rubbing against me. He was only there a month when he would sleep on me or my arm every night.
The cat eventually wouldn't go near my roommate anymore. He told me not to go near the cat anymore because the cat was ignoring him. That didn't work, because the cat would run to my side or my lap every chance he got, & he was never home.
When he moved out, I refused to let him take the cat because he never took care of it or spent any time with it. He was welcome to visit the cat anytime. A couple years later he calmed down some & stopped being a bum, so I let him take the cat.
I adopted a mean-ass old cat that nobody else wanted... the cat from hell. But after a year with me she was a cuddly sweetie pie too. I always had a knack for animals. Even the birds I had, loved to cuddle & play with me.
With cats the more you try to cuddle them, & get them to stay by you, the more they'll hate it & try to avoid it. The trick is lots of playtime with them & toys will develop a companionship. They want to hang with you when they think you're fun, & do things they like with them. Then they get attached & want to cuddle. Don't play rough though, otherwise they'll get used to rough play & rough affection. You'll be stuck with an animal that likes to bite & scratch a lot for fun, or be too wild. Once playtime gets a little rough. Just stop until the animal calms down a little. They'll figure it out & learn to play nice.
The previous cats I had didn't care what food was around unless it had meat in it. These current cats will eat anything. Past cats would eat some of their food in their bowl, them come back & nibble on some more through the day. These cats will eat everything in the bowl in a minute. I can't leave extra for when I'm not home because they'll try to eat it all at once, & get so bloated they'll throw it back up. At 6 weeks old, their second day in the house, they ate a half a loaf of homemade bread I had cooling on the counter.
I still make homemade bread, but as long as I let it cool somewhere in sight, they won't go near it. They won't go up on anything when I'm watching or nearby.
I have to put the toilet paper in a cabinet when I'm done with it or they'll tear an entire roll to shreds in a couple minutes, but I've grown used to that. They won't touch the paper towels in the kitchen anymore though.
I felt so cozy & comfy with 2 soft furry cats curled up against me sleeping last night. I've gotten so used to it, if I wake up & they're not there, I toss & turn & can't fall asleep right away. Besides, if they're not on the bed when I'm sleeping, there a good chance they're up to mischief. Sometimes they heard something outside & are sitting in a window, or fell asleep in the dirty laundry basket (yuck, then they smell like my old socks). but other times I discover my pens, brush, or the bath & dish towels on the floor. Of course if a bug or mouse got in the house, it will not survive long. Anywho, if they're not in the bed when I'm sleeping, there's usually something wrong, or they're doing something or in something they shouldn't be.
They're great alarm systems too, because they can hear & smell better than people. they can also see better in the dark. If they're acting unusual, or staring in a direction or pointing their ears somewhere where you don't hear or see anything, they're alerting you to something long before you notice it. They can even hear an ant walking inside the walls, or a mouse rummaging in the yard next door in the middle of the night. If a cat stares at a wall or ceiling but you don't see anything, there's a good chance they heard something inside it.
In the over 2 years these new cats been here they've killed 2 mice, helped me catch 2 others, killed countless flies, a few ants, a dozen spiders, a beetle, 2 wasps, & 3 centipedes. Almost every home has had mice come in & out & you never knew it. Most of the time they wander in, & if they don't find anything interesting, or they perceive a threat, they leave. They do not consider people a threat. You only notice them if they decide to move in, get into your food, or furniture, or they decide to make your house a regular stop. A cat or dog know when they get in or are around your house. They'll kill, or injure it, or scare the crap out of it chasing it so it will never want to come back.
That's how they became people's pets in the first place. They keep away a lot of vermin we don't like, & they can hear, see, & smell stuff or threats we can't. About once a week I read about another dog or cat that saved people from danger, a threat, or fire, or alerted them to a problem before it was too late.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw9AwaJaVGU
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It was a mild day today with temperatures in the sixties. There was a threat of a spot shower so I brought my umbrella but it never developed and the E train was running normally so I had an uneventful ride home. All I needed was my flannel shirt which brings to mind the old Soupy Sales joke who told a friend, I’ll be there with bells on and if it’s cold I’ll wear a hat. Ba dum bum! The days of mild temperature are drawing to a close and I fear I will be wearing the winter coat before long but I’ll try not to think of that.
After a very slow summer for art there’s a lot going on currently that I wish to see. Next week I’m taking a friend to the Bruce museum for a Dutch exhibit which I am looking forward to with great anticipation. Both to see the exhibit and to spend the day with my friend whom I haven’t seen in some time.
Today though I walked up to the Metropolitan museum again and saw an exhibit of Thomas Hart Benton’s murals, “America Today”. Benton was an American painter of the 20th Century who stayed with his figurative art, never branching out into the abstract like so many of his contemporaries. I’m with him all the way on that decision. One of his students was Jackson Pollock who modeled for several of the male figures in the murals but who broke with him completely when he started painting in the abstract style. The exhibit was ten literally wall size paintings that he created in 1930-1931 for the board room of the New School for Social Research. In 1982 the New School was going to put them up for auction to fund their foundation but Mayor Koch and others feared that the murals would be sold separately so they were sold to Axa Equitable, the Insurance Company in 1984 with the promise to keep them together. They hung in their lobby until the landlord wanted to renovate it and were then put in storage. Subsequently Axa decided to donate them to the Met which is how this exhibit came about.
Benton declared himself an enemy of modernism and painted in a naturalistic and realistic style which came to be known as regionalism. The mural was a tribute to American industry and life, described as “ a panoply of pre-Depression American types, from flappers to farmers, steel workers to stock market tycoons.” The Met has recreated the boardroom dimensions for the exhibit so you view it the way visitors to the boardroom did. It’s a very powerful depiction, each image painted in bold, vivid colors with multiple scenes of industry and daily life in each panel. It was done in the depths of the early depression and painted with a socialist influence, showing the good and the bad of what was happening in America. Very striking and beautiful. When I say ten wall size murals that’s not really accurate as the tenth is a smaller panel that was over the entrance and just showed hands. It was symbolic of the depression with hands holding a coffee pot with bread in the background and other hands reaching out to depict the breadline while a different set of hands is clutching money next to a top hat to signify the bankers. The rest of the exhibit consisted of studies he did for the mural, both in ink and oil, as well as photographs by Walker Evans, Berenice Abbott and Lewis Hine, famous photographers of depression America. Also paintings by Pollock and Reginald Marsh who was a contemporary and also modeled for the mural. It was a most enjoyable exhibit.
This is a link to the press release issued by the Met for the exhibition. http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2014/thomas-hart-benton-america-today And this is an article in the New York Times about it. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/arts/design/thomas-hart-bentons-america-today-mural-goes-to-met.html?_r=0 At the bottom of the press release is a 45 second silent video which shows the murals in place in the room at the Met. There’s also a slide show that you can view here that shows all ten of them. http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/from-the-director/2012/benton/slideshow
Andy G.
I and the girls at christmas.....
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Snow White..
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Transgenders-transexuals (43)
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CIMG8342
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enero5 2008 (27)
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Video Stills
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DSCN1825
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DSC_0037
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parade 09
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Maid_Mistress04
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IMG_3536
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TV Boots
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George Montgomery in drag
https://www.flickr.com/photos/harald-haefker/15134053219
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Well I had a very annoying Friday night but an equally pleasant Saturday.
I do my laundry every two weeks. I have a washer and dryer in my basement. Years ago, when I bought my first home, I bought a portable washing machine that I hooked up to the kitchen sink. Then I would hang the wet clothes on a clothes dryer. This was enormously better than having to go to the Laundromat. Then when I bought my next house it came with a washer and a dryer and I’ve had one ever since. I kept the hanging dryer until I moved to my current home and now I could kick myself for letting it go. And that would be because Friday night I did my laundry and when I went downstairs to take the clothes out of the dryer they were still wet. I tried it again but it was clear that this dryer has ceased functioning. So I went online to find a new one. I’m constrained by the size as the door into the house is narrow which really limited my selection. But, best of all, when I was looking at the specs they said 240 Volt and I thought, that’s not what my current machine is. What I actually thought was, isn’t that for Europe? I spoke to Home Depot and was surprised when he told me that 240 volt was now the norm for electric dryers. As every machine on the site was 240V I could hardly argue with him. So before I can even order the machine I have to have an electrician come in and run a new line. Luckily I have an honest electrician and I called him last night. He called back this morning while I was out and he will come on Monday morning to run the wire. A very inconvenient and expensive occurrence.
But today was much better. I met a young friend of mine at Grand Central Station and we caught the 10:07 to Greenwich, Ct. It was very odd, we went to the track and while we were on the platform, attendants came and told us all to go to a different track upstairs. No announcements on the speaker. We found the new track and the train was there but also having issues. As I said to my friend, If it was a plane I’m not sure I would have wanted to make the trip. It left about 20 minutes late. But we got to the Bruce Museum and the show was wonderful. It was an exhibit of 64 Dutch paintings, “Northern Baroque Splendor. The HOHENBUCHAU COLLECTION from: LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vienna.” Two outstanding Gerrit Dou’s, a Titian that I don’t really think is of the first class, Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Bruegel, both Van Ruisdaels, father and son, Frans Van Miers, Michael Sweerts, Jan van Goyen, Aelbert Cuyp and a number of artists I was unfamiliar with. This was really a once in a lifetime chance to see the great Old Masters as this is not a collection that travels much. This is a link to a museum press release https://brucemuseum.org/images/news/Press_Release_Northern_Baroque_Splendor.pdf This is a link to illustrations of some of the paintings. https://brucemuseum.org/images/news/Image_Sheet_NBS.pdf If you’re anywhere in the tri-state area and love Dutch art you should definitely go.
Afterwards we walked into Greenwich and had lunch, well my friend had lunch and I had a really delicious Belgian brownie. I don’t lunch on the weekends and generally don’t have dessert so this was a treat. When we arrived back in Grand Central Station my friend agreed to accompany me to the Main Public library on 42nd Street. We walked over and saw a lovely show of etchings and engravings, “The New York Public Library Presents Sublime: the Prints of J. M. W. Turner and Thomas Moran.” Turner was an 19th Century English Romantic landscape painter, water-colourist, and printmaker. Thomas Moran was a 19th Century American painter and printmaker and the purpose of the exhibition was to show Turner’s influence on Moran. This is a link to a press release. http://www.nypl.org/press/press-release/october-6-2014/new-york-public-library-presents-sublime-prints-j-m-w-turner-and and this is a link to the website with a slide show of some of the images. You can’t begin to appreciate the beauty of this from these small reproductions, again, if you’re close by go and see them for yourself. http://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/sublime-prints-j-m-w-turner-and-thomas-moran-1 The main reading room where I spent a lot of time years ago utilizing their computers before I went online was closed but the there’s a smaller reading room across the hall with art on the four walls. So afterwards we took a walk around the reading room and looked at all the of paintings which were by American and English painters of the 18th and 19th Century. Many portraits of the Astor and the Lenox families who created the libraries in New York and endowed them with funds. I even looked at the busts, something I used to ignore. It was a very long day for me, I only got back home at 5:25 PM. But I really had a great time and so did my friend. I’m pleased as she said that she clearly wants to see more art so there will be future outings.
Several weeks ago I commented on a Flickr poster who had made the photos private several hours after I had found them. They were back up on Thursday but when I went to post them here they were private again. As I said the last time, very odd. This is a link in case it comes back.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127712480@N08/
An so until next week, on to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Tutu funny!
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Femme'd to taste
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R-2298
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P1050383
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Hot day and cool water in City Park
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Which Minidress......
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Gay164/ VOTE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
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September BNO...
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sweet nothing
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steff sissy maid
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ALICE SISSY SOUBRETTE
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Playing dress up tehe I love being a sissy <3
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Poor Andy, I wish I lived closer to you. I kept an old dryer alive for many years as there are few parts to replace and yours may only need a sensor/limit switch or heater to revive again. If the drum is not turning it may be as simple as a belt around the drum that has broken. There is a dead man switch that the belt runs around to operate and when the belt brakes the power is cut. If you take the bottom panel off you can see the belt and pulley switch and the belt would be lying at the bottom. If you reach in and bend the dead man pulley up the motor will start again so that means the motor is OK and just the belt is the only problem. Alas if you are not mechanically inclined, doing this is not easy and replacing the belt is a bit hard also. You need to remove the front of the machine and slip the belt around the drum first without dropping the drum totally on the floor, then feed it around the dead man switch and onto the motor pulley. This would cost a couple of hundred dollars for a service man to fix I think so if the machine is old a replacement is a better investment. Good luck and don't forget to check if the service cord comes with a new machine as some do not and you need to buy it at Loews/Home Depot store and have it installed.
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Hi Angela,
Thanks for the sympathy and the tips. I am probably the least mechanically inclined person I know, there is no problem I can't make worse by attempting to repair it. The drum turns, and it's probably a motor or a switch but the machine came with the house which I've owned for 8 years and I think it must be far older than that, especially given the fact that it's running on lower voltage. I thought of bringing in a repairman but I didn't think it would make sense. And I did notice that the line cord and venting isn't supplied. To my mind not supplying a line cord with a clothes dryer would be equivalent to making the battery in a car an extra charge, no pun intended. Neither will run without them.
On the whole I'm lucky as the previous owners kept the house well maintained so my problems have not been major.
Andy G.
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Hey Andy, I know what you mean, I too think it is crazy not to supply a power cord with an appliance but when I was in England and bought a new toaster for my aunt there was no plug on the cord with any small appliance there. I was baffled until the sales rep told me in the UK each plug is fused and the outlets in the home are direct line 240 volt. There is no central fuse box. It has been awhile since I was home but it may still be like that. With the labour charges today I think any appliance more than five years old will be cheaper to replace than repair and also there is the efficiency factor as things are getting more energy efficient these days. I am about to replace an eight year old dishwasher that would cost $400.00 to repair so even though I am looking at a model that is $1400.00 to $2000.00 it uses much less water and energy than the one I have and is much quieter also. With energy prices always on the rise it may be the smarter move. In your dryer if the drum turns but there is no heat, it is either the limit safety switch or the heater but as you say it is quite old so replacement may be the best solution. Thanks again for the gallery tour in your post, Turner is one of my favourite painters and I have two of his prints that I purchased at the British Museum in 1977. A few years back I saw a BBC special about his life and I have been trying to find it on DVD ever since. Keep up the good work and I look forward to your posts each week.
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To get things straight, every appliance in the uk now has to be supplied with a cord with a plug fitted and the correct size fuse in the plug. You are right in what you say about the wiring in a way. A circuit of outlets (ring main) is normally protected in the fuse box by a 32 amp breaker so the plugs are fused at either 3,5 or 13amp depending on the load of the appliance. To comply with modern regulations not only are circuits protected by overload breakers but also by RCDs (Residual current device) which will cut the supply if more than 30mA goes to earth.
The image shows a UK Plug with a 3Amp fuse fitted.
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In the unending catalogue of what Andy doesn't know can now be added the answer to the question, does he have an electric dryer or a gas dryer? Much to my chagrin when my electrician arrived this morning, he pulled the machine out and told me I had a gas model which is still made in standard 110 volt. I was lucky in that I asked how much I owed him for the fool's errand I had sent him on and he told me it was no charge as I was a regular customer. That was a bonus. The bad news was that when I looked at the hookup I realized that Home Depot wouldn't install it unless I had a cut off valve directly behind the machine. So I traded in my electrician for a plumber whom I'm expecting in a few hours. Knowing what I know now I was able to order the machine. But just to make things more interesting, after I placed the order the acknowledgment arrived saying my credit card Company had declined the charge. My credit is impeccable so I was a tad surprised. I called them and it turns out that because I seldom buy big ticket items this purchase set off an alarm where I had to tell them that it actually was me that had ordered it. This is a good thing although as I recall, a number of years ago I bought a computer and they called me to verify that it was a legitimate purchase rather than refusing the card. On the other hand they did call me once to ask me about my motel stay in South Carolina, something that was totally news to me. I'm hoping that the matter proceeds smoothly from this point on.
Andy G.
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Yes. Almost all driers with natural gas heaters in them run on 110-130 volts in N. America, because they only need power for the motor, some small relays & electronics. They're also cheaper to run than all-electric driers. You need 220-240 volts for the all electric ones because they have an electric heating element that draws a lot of electricity. All the 220 volt ones I've seen do plug directly into an outlet on the wall... a 220 volt 3-4 wire outlet. The gas-fired ones will plug into any grounded standard outlet, but the heat part of it won't work without a gas supply.
We have a coin operated laundry facility right in the basement of my building. At $1.00 per load, it's about half the cost of a laundromat. But with only 2 washers & 2 driers down there, the machine are always "occupied". Or the machines have completed their cycle, but nobody's watching them, so I'm stuck waiting all day (with everybody else) for someone to get their laundry out of the machines. Also the hot humid air down there is almost impossible for me to breathe with COPD.
So I unpacked my old mini-washer, & started clothes washing right in the apartment. The little thing only can do 2 heavy jeans at a time, but several shirts, or lots of socks & underwear in a single load. It's barely is big enough to do bedding or a pillow. Some of the biggest heaviest ones won't fit. so I've switched to using more lighter blankets & pillows rather than just a couple heavy ones.
That machine was hand-crank. It took about 5-10 minutes to do a single load but got the stuff cleaner than a regular machine did. I've used it since the fire, but a couple years ago the crank handle broke. I guess I got my $45 worth out of it. They still make them, & are a great deal to wash at home in an apartment with no washer plumbing hookups. I would set up mine right in the bathtub for easy filling & draining. I found it remarkably easy to just get on my knees beside the tub to crank it.
http://www.laundry-alternative.com/product/The-Wonderwash
For drying. I use a centrifugal spin dryer. It spins at a high RPM with no heat to dry the clothes, & draws only around 80 watts. It will never dry them completely but after only 5 minutes of spinning, they will be only slightly damp... more than dry enough not to drip. So then I can just hang them anywhere, on a hanger, or over the shower rod to dry the rest of the way. Hanging them overnight or through a day usually dries even the heaviest stuff. If I'm in a hurry I can hang them near a breezy window, the AC, or a fan to dry them faster. But my plan is usually to just let them hang overnight to dry the rest of the way. The dryer holds slightly less than the washer. So I have to hang pillows & heavy blankets in the shower to drip dry. But the sheets, & heaviest jeans do fit in it fine. I've went through 2 of these dryers in 16 years, but they're so cheap I don't mind. After years of use, I've had the lid sensor switch break, but it was easily fixed.
http://www.laundry-alternative.com/product/Mini-Countertop-Spin-Dryer (currently out of stock but they'll get more). Other model: http://www.amazon.com/Centrifugal-Clothes-Portable-Spin-Dryer/dp/B002GEDBIG
After the crank broke on the washer, & my COPD got so much worse that some days, even turning the crank would put me out of breath, I got this portable electric washer. It holds about as much as the old one, & washes in about 10-15 minutes.
http://www.amazon.com/Package-Panda-Portable-Compact-Capacity/dp/B005GM942C
I know a lot of people who have full laundry facilities at home who use these tiny machines to save on their energy bills, or just to wash a couple items.
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Hey Andy, my bad too as I should have known when you said 115 volt that it was probably a gas dryer. The hydro is only needed for the motor to drive the drum and the blower fan. I have never had a gas dryer as I thought it was a waste of energy to use gas and hydro at the same time but I don't know if it is cheaper or more money to operate one or the other. In your case it came with the house so it doesn't owe you anything for sure by now. I am always happy to know when my credit card company is looking out for me when a purchase that is out of my normal range shows up. They call or text me right away to check my safe guards as I once had a very large purchase clear in spite of the limit I had set for notification. It was several thousand dollars and above my safe limit but they never flagged it or called and when I saw it online I ripped a strip of management and logged a complaint as well. They said they were very sorry and it should not have happened and the charge disappeared right away but I didn't use the card for six months after that. They finally sent me an incentive to start again but I am still not using it like before as it was my business charge card and I sold the business some time ago. They still send me emails every week to encourage me.
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Wow Betty, I have never seen those little machines before they look wonderful and seem ideal for singles or seniors on limited budgets.
Yes sissybaby those are the types of plugs I remember in the UK. The house my aunt lived in was built in the 1900's and I was born there in 1949 and even on later visits in the 70's and 80's it had not change much so that is the type of plug I had to buy with the toaster. I also would add shillings or later 10 pence pieces to the stack on the fireplace for the gas meter when the were not in the room. The would never let me pay for room and board when I was there so I had to find ways to pay them back for my stay. Only one dear old aunt left now and she was 93 this year but still going strong and living alone. My mothers family rented that house since the thirties until my aunt who lived there died in the early eighties. Same family with thirteen children all those years until only one remains and she has her own house.
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... I don't know if it is cheaper or more money to operate one or the other.
...I am always happy to know when my credit card company is looking out for me when a purchase that is out of my normal range shows up. They call or text me right away to check my safe guards as I once had a very large purchase clear in spite of the limit I had set for notification.
More BTUs per dollar with gas. So although it is inefficient because a lot of heat goes up the exhaust pipe with the exhaust fumes, it is cheaper to run.
Yeah the tiniest purchase on my credit or debt card, & they would call me. But ironically, when someone in Atlanta purchased over $500 of airline tickets to Nigeria (under my Polish name?) a couple years ago, they were totally silent. I stumbled on the charges during a routine weekend checkup of my accounts.
I have a clearly long Polish name, my accounts & bank are in Buffalo, so why didn't red flags go up at HSBC & Master Card when airline tickets to Nigeria were purchased in Atlanta with my account? It turns out a place I used to buy parts from, ANTonline (an Amazon seller!), had a warehouse worker from Nigeria, who thought he was gonna get rich cleaning out some customers accounts, & run to Nigeria. LOL, they caught the guy too because I caught the charges just before he boarded the plane... No thanks to the bank or credit card company though. I had to catch it, & make a lot of phone calls for them to get the guy.
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I never seen apartment washers for under $300 until internet stores turned up. They were really popular in Asia. After my Mom & Dad broke up, Dad got a sit in the bathtub type orange K-mart washer. It didn't do a good job, & broke down a lot, so he did his laundry at my Mom's house instead.
Out on my own it was always either the laundromat, or like many of us did, hand wash & wring in the bathtub between trips to the boring coin laundry. All Buffalo coin laundries were the most depressing & boring places in the world. There was usually 1 color TV with poor reception high in the corner that only got a green or blue picture, with low or poor sound, that you couldn't change the channel on. 90% of everybody in there looked like they just got out of jail or were homeless. So you had to constantly watch your stuff & yourself. Check the machines often too, because if they broke down, they could destroy your clothes. The change/coin machine never works so you have to bring tons of coins with you.
The driers were so weak, you'd have to spend a half a day there pumping coins in the machine to get a single load dry. Or you'd have to wait for a machine to be available, because half the machines are done but the clothing owners aren't anywhere around to get their stuff out of them.
It got to be that once they were dry enough to not drip, I'd take them home & hang them all over the place to dry the rest of the way.
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At some colleges today, they have dryers that will send you an email or a SMS text message when your load is done. Perhaps as these things become cheaper, and the next generation's impatience and need for instant information becomes more commonplace, these things might start to end up in apartment buildings as well. It doesn't mean that people will come and get their stuff from the dryer, but they won't have the excuse that they lost track of time or didn't know the dryer had finished.
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We all have clocks. Even if we never timed those particular machines, we all know approximately how long a load takes. If a load is setting in there, done a half an hour or more, they know it's done.
They're off somewhere doing something else, in the corner pub, or watching TV, & just don't care if there's a line of other people waiting for a machine. If you've seen these people, you wouldn't dare pull their finished items out of the machine either or they'd shoot you. It's because of these people, that you can't wander off & do something else rather than sit there watching your stuff because they'll steal it.
Some of them may be sitting in a car in the lot waiting for somebody to leave so they can go through your stuff.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
Two men from Home Depot came a little while ago and installed my new dryer and took away the old one. They were pleasant, competent and efficient and the whole thing didn’t take long at all. They had to remove the door to the house and they did it without complaining unlike the deliverymen from Lowes who brought my washing machine some years ago. They were so unpleasant that I didn’t tip them, unlike these two men who I did. Now let’s hope it’s a good machine and doesn’t cause me any aggravation, at least for some years.
Today was a chilly, windy, wet day but I was stalwart and went into New York City for an auction preview. I walked up to 72nd Street and York Avenue and once again visited Sotheby’s. I saw a lot of really wonderful art. It was a number of auctions on different floors, there are ten. I’ll list them and provide links to Sotheby’s site where you can view the paintings up for auction. What’s really enjoyable about viewing the catalog is that you can enlarge the paintings and also see their provenance which can be fascinating.
Impressionist and Modern Art - http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2014/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-n09219.html The absolute star of this show is number 17, Poppies by Vincent Van Gogh. It was exhibited at the Albright-Knox museum in Buffalo for 30 years before the owner, heir to the Goodyear fortune, asked the museum to sell it as he needed the money. The museum, he and two other museums shared in the profits. And now it is expected to bring between $30 and $50 million dollars. And will probably wind up in some private collection in Japan so I’m grateful I got to see it. All of the usual artists were included, Pierre Renoir, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Camille Pisarro, Alfred Sisley and Gustave Caillebotte to name a few. Lots to discover on this page.
19th Century European Art - http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2014/19th-century-european-art-n09218.html This consisted of many artists I’m unfamiliar with and a number from the second tier but there were still a bunch of recognizable names and quality works from Gustave Courbet, William Bouguereau, Jean-Leon Gerome, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, a Spanish artist who I believe is seldom seen up for auction. I had the pleasure of seeing his work at the Hispanic Society of America in the Bronx where they also have an outstanding painting by Goya, The Duchess of Alba which you can see here http://newyorkcitymuseum-a-thon.blogspot.com/2011/06/hipanic-society-of-america.html
19th Century Russian art - Masterpieces of Russian Art: The Bekkerman Collection – http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2014/masterpieces-russian-art-bekkerman-collection-n09184.html These were artists I was completely unfamiliar with but still a number of very nice things. I was particularly taken by a landscape, Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin - At the edge of a birch grove (bridge to a lumbering site) http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/masterpieces-russian-art-bekkerman-collection-n09184/lot.3.html and a portrait, Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky - Portrait of Sergei Savvich Yakovlev which I found evocative of Ingres and Jacques Louis David. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/masterpieces-russian-art-bekkerman-collection-n09184/lot.1.html
Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Masterworks - http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2014/masterworks-mellon-n09245.html - Bunny Mellon was the widow of Paul Mellon and daughter in law of Andrew Mellon who as Wikipedia notes was a banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Secretary of the Treasury. Paul endowed and created the National Gallery in Washington, DC and he and Bunny filled it with treasures from their collection. They had a very good eye for fine art and the money with which to acquire it and they did so their entire lives. Paul passed away some time ago and Bunny died in March of this year at the age of 104. They gave away much of their collections during their lifetimes but Bunny still left an enormous amount of art in her estate which Sotheby’s is auctioning. You should read this article from the New York Times which talks about her and has a slide show of her home which is not to be missed. The first slide is of her living room in which she has a Winslow Homer, Camille Pisarro, Paul Klee and a Diego Giacometti sculpture among other items. When I asked my brother if he had seen it he wrote back to say he wanted to live there, something I can readily agree with. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/arts/design/bunny-mellon-good-taste-is-a-boon-to-sothebys.html
There will be more than one auction for Mrs. Mellon’s collection and In this part they had up for bid some modern art, 2 works by Marc Rothko and a number of Richard Diebenkorn’s, artists I’m not overly fond of. Abstract art leaves me cold. But they also showed a John Peto, Gwen John, a number of Georgie O’Keeffe’s, the Pisarro and the Winslow Homer that are in the slide, Theodore Robinson and Eugene Boudin. I really like Boudin a lot, his seascapes are charming and I thought this was a particularly nice one. This is arguably one of the last great collections of Impressionist art that will go up for auction.
Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale - http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2014/old-master-british-paintings-evening-l14036.html - This was a smattering of art from the auction that will take place in London but it was stunning. JMW Turner, two Canalettos, another favorite of mine and Peter Brueghel the younger among others. The full catalog isn’t shown unfortunately but these are wonderful items.
I had a most enjoyable visit, as I’ve said numerous times, seeing these auctions is a treat because for the most part this art will disappear into private collections and you never know if it will be let out on loan for exhibits. And as I also mentioned, some of the big items like the Van Gogh and the Rothko’s will more than likely wind up overseas.
And now back to the reason that you all actually came to this site, the Flickrs.
Andy G.
Princess Boy & Video - Hi Britney!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/britney_smith/15624315955
Boys who want to be girls
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127876512@N03/15667325705
Pretty Sissy Dress
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125780076@N05/15356860656
Here I Am
https://www.flickr.com/photos/57172609@N04/15392346031
White Lace Dress with Black Tights
https://www.flickr.com/photos/melissacd/15195638097
From nerd to bird...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shinypenny77/15156652768
Tracey is a flouncy, frilly, pink sissy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/frillyknicks/15359052471
Ladyboy Dance
https://www.flickr.com/photos/svadee/15157730077
Sweetheart
https://www.flickr.com/photos/57172609@N04/15136284460
P1010712
https://www.flickr.com/photos/89611075@N02/15451683246
White sleeveless shirt and Floral tight miniskirt_4_End
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trans_kyoko/15283234339
Kathy Leigh:I love this satin blouse with this skirt. What do you think?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26985513@N03/15241332078
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Hopefully this one will last longer
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
It was a brisk but beautiful morning, not windy and with no rain. The next best thing to warm weather for me. I took a shorter walk than usual today as I visited the Museum of Biblical Art on Broadway at 61st Street. If you’re wondering at the chosen venue let me say that I have not seen the light or been born again, gosh once was enough. No, I went, as I always do, for the art. The museum opens at 10 AM and I arrived early and was sitting in the lobby reading my magazine a few minutes before the museum opened when a man came into the lobby and identified himself to the guard who queried him as to whether he was from the group. He said yes and went back outside. Then people starting coming through the door. Actually flowing through the door would better express it. Lots of people and while I’m not an official estimator I wouldn’t be surprised if there were forty people once all of them were inside. As I sat there engulfed in this throng I was already contemplating if I was going to go to the Metropolitan Museum or just go home if all of these people were heading upstairs to the exhibit. Finally they all left the lobby to go to a conference room. I stood up and asked the guard if they were going to the exhibit and he said yes but first they were having a lecture. I asked how long a lecture and he said until 1PM. I breathed a sigh of relief and was ready to go up when the guard told me the museum was going to open up a little late, they had misplaced the key. Don’t you just hate when that happens? I wondered how long that would take but it was just a few minutes and I finally was allowed upstairs. I mentioned the large group of people to the person at the desk and he told me they were part of the family that organized the exhibition and when they were done, another 60 people would be showing up at 3PM. I’m pleased to say I was there a little over an hour and there were very few visitors aside from myself.
The exhibition was Works from the Grand Rapids Art Museum’s Jansma Print Collection, Five Centures Of Printmaking From Dürer To Pechstein.
The exhibit consisted of sixteen engravings comprising The Passion of Christ by Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528), Christ Preaching (La Petit Tombe), The Three Crosses and several others by Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669, 24 engravings representing The Flight into Egypt by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, 1727–1804), the rare Dead Christ with Angels by Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883), 21 Illustrations of the Book of Job by William Blake (1757-1827), and the exquisitely preserved The Lord’s Prayer by Max Pechstein (German, 1881–1955), 12 prints.
It was a wonderful show. The Durer’s were very small and hung, as the entire exhibition was, in two parallel rows. With my poor eyesight it was difficult to really see the details, especially the ones in the higher row but what saved me was they had a viewer with a slide show that offered enlargements. That helped immensely although I confess to having some trouble navigating it. I used it when I arrived and then I went back and did it again after having walked around the room. It was all Biblical, not surprisingly, except for one wonderful self portrait of Rembrandt at 23 years of age. They had one of Durer’s actual wood blocks which has miraculously survived all these years. The Manet depicts the same image as his large painting which is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There were Bibles in between each of the exhibits that also displayed a page from each topic. I’m familiar with all of these artists aside from Max Pechstein who I’ve never encountered before. It was a revelation to me some time ago that Blake was an artist in addition to being a poet, his book of Job was splendid. I’ve seen a number of exhibits by Tiepolo as well as those of his father Giovanni Battista Tiepolo who was also a great artist. And Rembrandt, what can one say aside from the fact that he was brilliant at everything he did aside from his personal life which he didn’t manage so well, finding himself in bankruptcy at the end of it. As I have mentioned numerous times I am not overly fond of religious art but this was most enjoyable.
This is a link to the MOBIA press release announcing the exhibit. http://mobia.org/assets/FINAL_Durer_Release_8_7_14.pdf This is a link to the MOBIA website description of the show with illustrations. Pay particular attention to Rembrandt’s engraving of Abraham and Isaac, very beautiful. http://mobia.org/exhibitions/durer-rembrandt-tiepolo#slideshow7 This is a link to the Jansma website where you can view the same slide show that I did at the museum. It’s not an easy site to navigate, at least it wasn’t for me. Click on Explore the Collection and look to the right side of the screen for a series of white dots running down the page, each one represents a different period and a different artist. Lots to see here. http://thejansmacollection.artmuseumgr.org/#!/landing
On a separate note I could just kick myself for an error in judgment on EBAY. I’m a collector of bound volumes of old New York newspapers and last night I saw a bound volume of the New York Times for the first two weeks of October 1927. It looked to be in good condition and it had the World Series, not to mention Babe Ruth’s 60th home run within. And it was a buy it now for $99 which is very inexpensive. I’m always concerned that the Sunday papers are complete so I wrote to the seller. He wrote back to say he’d to check on Monday as the book was at his place of business. I wrote back to express my interest and tell him I would exercise the buy it now if he would be willing to cancel the transaction if the papers were incomplete. I didn’t hear back and went to bed. When I awoke and went online he had replied positively but the book was already gone by that point. I should have known it would not last at that price and I realized I should have positively told him I was buying it and asked for the cancel option gambling that it was complete. As I said in my response to him this morning, I didn’t follow the old adage, you snooze, you lose.
And now, on to the Flickrs.
Andy G.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/machu_picchu/15498408967
Brolita at the beach
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emilysakura/15082522674
Trek friends off to the con.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beckys_box/15470850772
London Comic Con sun 26 oct 14
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kriskproductions/15514940429/
Funky Skunk
https://www.flickr.com/photos/14858522@N00/15667623431
10700
https://www.flickr.com/photos/104258138@N03/15266472049
Mambo (1)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jinky_dabon/15535981675
Oktoberfest.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sabine57/15226974338
steve... strangely has a girlish figure
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127731499@N06/15450010046
remeber the first time you got dressed by your own self
https://www.flickr.com/photos/46789241@N00/15289808119
All white! I
https://www.flickr.com/photos/59132217@N03/15354820357
sofa time....
https://www.flickr.com/photos/susansmith/15509947461
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You should strike whilst the iron is hot
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Hi Samantha,
I agree, hindsight is always the clearest. But I'll let this be a learning lesson for the future.
Thanks
Andy G.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to My Weekly Flickr.
For those who did not see my previous email “Problem”, please note you will have to copy and paste into a browser the links with the “at” as part of the link. Just do paste and not paste and search. When it's in the browser take out the "(at)" section and replace with the symbol.
This will be quick. I’m heading to Jersey shore to celebrate the 16th birthday of my friend’s son. Armed with the birthday cake and cookies, not to mention my full winter regalia as it’s pretty cold here in Northern New Jersey, I expect to have a splendid day. Hope all have the same.
Andy G.
Our first guest at the Flickrs is, I believe, our own Sissy Samantha. Hello Samantha.
unikaren swan dress at the fashion show
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissysamantharebecca/15761017795
This takes some balls.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/deepstoat/15769474161
Transvestite
http://flic.kr/p/pZ73LQ
Super Girl
https://www.flickr.com/photos/amberjolake/15560478797
1114A344A
https://www.flickr.com/photos/charlene32/15750008421
Halloween 2014
http://flic.kr/p/pWPYGb
sweet dress
http://flic.kr/p/pDUCtT
I think most Swiss girls wear longer dresses!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cd_erica_f/15321995190
Kent's crush
http://flic.kr/p/pDs3W9
DSC_0145.JPG
http://flic.kr/p/po4SkV
Shopping Sissies
https://www.flickr.com/photos/msemilytv/5021285888
Babydoll Girl (49)
http://flic.kr/p/ptbYxw
R-2344
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tgirlrachel/15548018386
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hi Andy
i had to add this new user name to the group.
yes the first one is of me. :)
thank you for using my pictures here. I just love been shown off.
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Betty I must be real dunce, but I can't get any of the addresses with an (at) in them to open from past entries from Andy up even when I use the @ symbol. I just keep getting that Page Not Found Oops! Looks like you followed a bad link. message.
Alison M
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It's working fine for me. Beware that Yahoo & Flickr use Akamai Technologies servers too. They may also have problems & generating error messages like we did. Out of 4 tries, it gave me & error message once, so I tried again, & it went through fine.
See below:
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OK. After clicking on a lot of them trying to get a problem, I was able to replicate the error. It appears if a lot of people keep hitting the site with the wrong URL with "(at)" in it, it blocks you even when you correct it. I didn't have it happen to me at first because I only clicked on them a few times for testing just to check it, rather than clicking on a lot of them.
I suspect they may think it's some kind of bot or hack attack after they're hit with the wrong URL many times & then blocks you.
I followed your advice, & used the %40 as the anti-spam bot substitute for the "at" sign instead. It seems to work.
Perhaps in the future though we should avoid using URLs with an "at" sign in the URLs & use their URL shortening service for addresses like that. The "at" sign attracts thousands of spam bots to a site looking for e-mail addresses to spam.
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I wonder what email will do if someone posts it:
betty%40buffalobetties.com
Well that wasn't good. Oh well, for about 20 years, it's been common knowledge that you don't post your e-mail publicly on the web. You're supposed to type it in a non-clickable form that spammers can't click on or easily read, like, "betty at buffalobetties.com"
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Thanks a bunch Betty. The %40 certainly works. I enjoy this site for obvious reasons but I also appreciate Andy's work, his weekly Flicker and sharing his travels and art adventures with us. You have also shared a wealth of computer and server knowledge with us also. You are a very intelligent person, I do so wish you could find a way to work from your apartment. I am working an another donation for you but took a big income hit in Aug. and we are struggling to keep the house payments up. We are going to have to sell in the Spring but I sure don't want to move. I'm 68 now and nobody wants to pay an old man to work. Hugs and kisses.
Alison M