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Visiting My Parents: The Hunt and wishful thinking

by wpmorse on July 8, 2016 at 8:09 am
Posted In: Rhapsodies

Well as I mostly expected I mostly woke up tired with a mild headache from a night without my CPAP working. I suppose it could have been the remains of jet lag or the psychosomatic symptoms caused by assuming the worst. I figure that  would probably be wishful thinking.

Visiting My Parents: The Hunt and wishful thinking, Clarks Cove Maine

Clarks Cove at Low Tide

After breakfast my Mom took me down one of the forest trails she maintains during the summer to retrieve a piece of wood, she had left at the bottom of the trail by the cove. The idea was to cut it in half and then use the pieces to cover a particularly marshy spot. The cove was at low tide slightly obscured by a bank of fog.

Visiting My Parents: The Hunt and wishful thinking, Black-throated Blue Warbler

My nemesis… or so she thinks

On the way back we were harangued by a small bird, that turned out to be a female Black-Throated Blue Warbler. She was easy to identify since when she was getting on our case she was close enough for me to take a picture. Though at the time my identification consisted of “some sort of Warbler, not an Ovenbird.”

After that it was another trip to Portland in one more desperate attempt to replace my CPAP chord. Still luck. One couldn’t in good conscience sell me the general router he had. The other needed a prescription from the local health provider, but recommended a webpage that sells them.

From there we went to my cousin’s house where I tried to call the company for the item number so I knew what I had to order. Unfortunately my cousin was tinkering with his house’s system so I had zero bars. In order to call the company I had to walk a quarter mile away from the house. I finally made contact and got the number. So with any luck the item will come and I’ll be able to sleep properly soon.

└ Tags: Family, Maine, Vacation
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Visiting My Parents: Travel Day

by wpmorse on July 7, 2016 at 8:54 am
Posted In: Rhapsodies

Well after a long wait my long awaited vacation visiting my folks in Maine.

I woke up on schedule and I got to the airport, with time to spare. All was going all and well I called Mom to tell her everything was all right. Then I had a niggling feeling which I conformed when I checked my CPAP case.  I had forgotten the power cord. To anyone who doesn’t know I’ve been on sleep therapy for about six months now. It’s going really well. The fact that the device that keeps me a functional human being was going to be a paper weight for two weeks was not a good thing. I had enough time to call Resmed, the company that makes the device, for dealers in Portland, and call my mother with the information. Still, I was nearly the last person on the plane.

The flight started out okay , nothing like an emergency to distract you from your usual pre flight phobias. So far the flight’s been going fairly well other than my legs screaming how cramped they are. On the plus side, I got quite a bit of writing done..

I got to Washington-Dulles a little later than expected (there was quite a bit of turbulence along the way) And I started heading towards the gate that my ticket said I had to go to. On the way I called Mom. Everything was on schedule but the two numbers I had been given by Resmed were no good. While I may have a few ideas, it looks like I won’t be sleeping very well for the next two weeks

From there things got interesting. It was a long way to Gate A including many escalators, tunnels and a subway. To make matters worse, looking at my ticket I found that I only had ten minutes to get there. This became worse when I got to my gate and found it was going to Rochester and when I asked the attendant it turned out my flight was leaving Gate C18… four doors away from where I’d come from. So I was racing back as fast as I could, through the corridors, escalators and subways (and mad enough that I was arguing with recorded messages) now worried that I might be two late to board at all.

Happily I just made it, with an emphasis on the just. A few minutes latter a couple sitting next to me turned out to have had a similar adventure. I’m so glad I’m not the only idiot.

Landed okay , and got to baggage okay. From there it was a brief game of phone tag with my mom. She told me that she was the white car to the left of baggage, that narrowed it down to three cars.

Finally we spent the ride home checking to see if there were other ways to get a new power cord through non medical outlets like Best Buy and Radio Shack. In both cases it was a case of not having anything big enough or with enough voltage but at the end it didn’t seem impossible. Regrettably the only other option that had been recommended was closed for the day. (Hilarity ensued when I misread the businesses’ webpage that said they were open 24/7) 

So finally and we got home where I got to have a nice talk with my father. I ended the day going  out to take a brief look at a proper night sky.

└ Tags: Family, Maine, Travel, Vacation
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Happy Independence Day

by wpmorse on July 4, 2016 at 8:16 am
Posted In: Test

Hope everyone has a wonderful Independence Day on this Fourth of July. Enjoy your barbecue and fireworks while remembering what it’s all about.

As a reminder here’s a sample of one my newest passion, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda Hamilton with their Tony performance consisting of “History has it’s Eyes on You” and the “Battle of Yorktown.”

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Character Designs

by wpmorse on July 1, 2016 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Art

I thought I’d share some character designs I’ve been playing around with inspired by the sketch challenge.

These guys (and the dog) are inspired by day 59. They were featured riding a balloon to the moon. I think I was going for clowns/holy fools. and while there wasn’t much to them at the time there were enough details in it that I wanted to know more about them.

Character Designs

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Sketch Challenge Day 61 – Tally Ho!

by wpmorse on June 30, 2016 at 8:31 am
Posted In: Art, Test

And we finish off the Nursery Rhyme challenge with “Tally Ho! Tally Ho!” Well this feels good. I was beginning to have second, third and fourth thoughts about doing a two month challenge. Somehow it worked out, and it feels good!

Sketch Challenge Day 61 - Tally Ho!

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Sketch Challenge Day 60 – A Kitten May Look at a King

by wpmorse on June 29, 2016 at 12:41 pm
Posted In: Art, Test

My second to last rhyme is the famous saying, “A Cat May Look at a King.”  Made even better with a fluffy kitten would be better. For the king I went with Mark Addy as Robert Baratheon. I really am beginning to regret missing this season of Game of Thrones.

Besides…you can’t go with Joffrey. We all know about “the nonsense over the cat”.

Sketch Challenge Day 60 - A Kitten May Look at a King, starring Robert Baratheon

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