April 3, 2015
As a follow-up to yesterday's blog post about seeing the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum, I was so struck by Leonardo's penchant for writing backwards in his sketchbooks. At first I thought I must be looking at the writing wrong but then one of the captions explained he did this from his youth and although there is a theory that he did it to hide his findings from competitors, that is kind of silly since all they would have to do is put it up to a mirror. Anyway. I became inspired and decided to see what my sketchbook would look like if I did everything backwards:
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Bob da Kingman's Daily Whipouts Done In Reverse (or, rather, done by hitting a setting in Photoshop)
Sometimes you can tell when a kid is going to grow up to be a hell-raising hot rodder. Some say it's in the reckless way he holds the steering wheel. Others say it's the devil-may-care attitude about not being able to see over the steering wheel.
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Weston Allen Bortscheller Puts The Pedal to The Metal (even though he can't reach the pedal)
Of course, he gets his middle name from this guy:
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The 66 Kid points at the real 66 Kid
But, any way you look at it, he comes from a long line of hot rodders.
Meanwhile, last night, while out for a stroll, I spied this:
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A Winged Cloud Chases The Moon Over Ratcliff Ridge
Yes, our grandson is in town and we are babysitting and it feels like Christmas. They came in last night at 1:30 and I woke up feeling like Santa just came in. Gee, I wonder what Ray had to say about this phenom?
"Every day is Christmas Day to a dog."
—Ray Bradbury
There you go. You made my day with Weston. So glad to see some pics again of that cute little guy. Also nice picture with the cloud.
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