Isn't she cute? ❤️
I came across this lovely lady mouse after Christmas at a local store when all the Christmas decoration was at half the price. I guess she was left over because she only had one ear, so no one wanted her... I felt immediately she has to come to my home! 🐁
And a bit later I thought I could give her a new ear. I know this ear prosthesis isn't perfect, but I think she likes it and IRL it looks even better than in this photo... 😊
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Another tale of ambivalence, dementia and serendipity:
In 1970 having just exited a two-year stint in the Peace Corps, I found myself employed in a strange land I knew nothing of. But that's another tale. Within months of starting my first job post Peace Corps, I met a woman who would become my wife. Being a child of the sixties, I was completely enmeshed in folk music. My wife would play this guitar and had a beautiful singing voice. So I was basically ensnared by her modest guitar playing and her beautiful voice.
We got married. Both worked and then came a kid, and at some point the guitar got put in the closet never to be enjoyed or exercised. Once or twice over the years I thought I would teach myself to play it. My wife tried to teach me some music, but I have a unique inability to understand music. So my love of music never got translated to an ability to make it.
So, about ten days ago, I pulled the guitar out and decided it deserved better. I did a little research to ascertain an approximate value, took some pics of it, and listed it on Craig's List.
Within hours a gentlemen contacted me requesting a bit more info, and then decided he would drive 4 and a half hours to see it and possibly purchase it. The next morning Lou arrived at my house at 8:30 A.M. having left his house in the wee hours. By his own admission he is not a great artist, and his playing has been exclusively electric guitars and heavy metal music.
It was great to watch him finger the guitar and play some chords. After about an hour of slowly growing more acquainted with the instrument, he said, "Deal." We did not haggle over price, and off he went with a piece of our lives. The wife and I felt rather sad that we had parted with it, but glad that Lou truly appreciated the history of both Martin guitars, and the Meyer family dynamic.
A day or so later Lou sent me a video of his good friend who had advised him on Martin guitars, playing the instrument.
Lou was excited to begin his transition to acoustic and non-rock music. It's kind of bittersweet for me. Transitions are always difficult.
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This derelict Skyhawk, formerly of the Sabrehawks of VT-86, was photographed at NAS Lakehurst in March 1978. The aircraft were being used as training aids as well as for catapult/arresting gear testing.
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This Skyhawk from the Saints of VC-13 was photographed at its home base, NAS Miramar, in September 1976. Not long after this photo was taken the A-4Ls were augmented by TA-4Js and later A-4Es and A-4Fs.
The squadron transitioned to the F/A-18A in September 1993 with a designation change to VFC-13. 1996 marked the year that the VFC-13 moved to NAS Fallon and added F-5Es. F-16Cs were introduced in 2022.
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