A few evenings later, BBBH and I went to the local cinema. Our single-screen theatre operates seven days a week and we joined the proprietors in celebration of ninety consecutive years in business. The current patriarch of the family is 86 years of age and has literally worked in this establishment for eighty years.
What was showing? There is the bill at the bottom left of the page. Once again Disney has managed to irreparably screw up a fine set of literary characters. In their defense, though, they only "borrowed" the Dodgson characters. None of the nearly nonexistent story line had anything whatsoever to do with the original story. Further defense: special fx. Otherwise, nothing.
The comedic jeweler's establishment abuts the movie house. Below is his latest offering. I'm a little conflicted, or confused, or something because I don't want to set off Her fireworks. Or perhaps he is thinking along a different line.
The fox? As we left the showing and drove past the courthouse a block away BBBH saw a fox run across the court parking lot. When she tells me she saw a fox I fully believe it and certainly would not argue with her. Especially since an on-going argument I once had with her when she told me she saw a "herd of elk" on the roadside. I missed the sighting then, too, but several weeks later when we passed that spot she said, "See, there are the elk." And she was right.
The sleek little G6 in front of the Studebaker is ours. We bought it from the local dealer ten years ago next month. It has now been driven 25,700 miles.
8 comments:
The Hawk is a '59 and looks sweet. But truth be told, I've always really liked the G6 coupes and am feeling mild envy that you've got one and have put so few miles on it. If the day comes you want to sell......
Jim, I will keep that in mind, but don't hold your breath. Yet one never knows what the morrow brings.
Small towns are always interesting - and it's easy to get around and go places. Big cities - not so much.
A friend had a Studebaker like that. It was a very fine handling car for its time. Think how much better it would be with steel-belted radial tires. Wow!
I lovey the fox! And the Studebaker. I had to look up 'G6' - turns out it is a Pontiac. My father always had Pontiacs and I loved the hood ornament. I just looked up Pontiac hood ornament and there have been many different models - all fabulous.
Vee, you are correct. There may not be many places to go, but they are easy to get to!
Chuck, there were some sweet rides built in the '50s and this is one of them.
Grace, cars used to have lovely and distinctive hood ornaments, works of art, one might say. But because some careless pedestrian got a hole torn in his arm, or perhaps it was an inattentive driver at fault, the gummint basically banned hood ornaments. Like, why not just ban cars and save lots of trouble?
I like the fox story. And the elk. One must never doubt the missus. :)
Lovely Studebaker. That is beautiful!
Lin, one does not doubt either the veracity or the visual acuity of the BBBH!
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