Bird Lives

I took my daughter with me to attend the annual graveside memorial for Charlie Parker today.





(I "liberated" the above pic from Plastic Sax's blog as penance for him not attending today)





It was a small service.







Two sax players, one singer and maybe a dozen observants.



I'm not a jazz aficionado. I used to be. I was used to go to Milton's back in the late 70's, I'd go to The Pointe and I've been to Jardine's a few times. But I eventually realized that the guttural, emotional draw of the blues spoke to me more than the sophisticated complexity of jazz.



So although I am very aware of who Charlie Parker was and how much he influenced modern jazz and his importance to Kansas City, I had no idea who all these people were. They all seemed to know each other.





I know this guy is Sonny Gibson because he tried to sell me a calendar and when I told him I didn't bring any cash he gave me his card so I could buy one later.





This guy got up and read some stuff that he had written about jazz and Charlie Parker going back 50 years. Seemed to be an important, intellectual guy.





This guy seemed to be the driving force, vowing that the Last Sunday in August at 1pm would forever be the time and date for this tribute.





Finally the scant musicians assembled gave their rendition of "Now's The Time", proclaimed "Bird lives!" and began to disperse.



GTO and I got in the jeep and prepared to leave. But every time I touched the keys to start the jeep, the other sax player started playing again. It was like I had a super power. Touch the keys, make the sax player perform! I felt it would be extremely rude to start my jeep while he was playing. It became quite comedic, really.



But he finally put the sax in the case and we were able to take our leave.



Someday, years from now, Charlie Parker will come up in a casual conversation and my daughter will be able to tell this story. That's why I took her.



I spent the next 4 hours driving GTO and her friend around to various area restaurants to apply for jobs.



Good day.

More Cooley Lake Photos

This is rapidly becoming one of my "go to" locations. I won't be happy until I get some pics of the skiddish herons that frequent the wetlands.



But in the meantime, here is what I captured.







Apparently, Dragonflies really like dry humping corn stalks.















Here's some kind of flower. Might be a thistle. No idea.







Some corn.







An old, abandoned car.







A railroad trestle in color.







The same railroad trestle in B&W.







Oh, and here are some more motherfucking frogs.

Chest Tattoos

Chest Tattoos

Finding Chest Tattoos on the internet can be a very difficult chore to accomplish. There are so many designs to choose from and you have to end up settling on one. The fact that there is such a gigantic amount of generic, cookie-cutter images out there makes it even harder, because those really need to be avoided. Here is how to do that, as well as a secret to help you pin point the great tattoo galleries out there.

Here is just a courteous tip about a lot of the artwork you will find when using a search-engine…
A search-engine might be a brilliant tool for finding tons of Chest Tattoos, but when you realize that 90% of them won’t be worth your time, then it becomes a problem.

Most people don’t even realize that most of the websites you will locate through a search-engine will be packed with generic images that were not even meant to be used as a real tattoo! These websites tend to throw any kind of designs on their pages, as long as it looks half way decen.

Ankle Tattoo Designs For Girls

Ankle Tattoo Designs For Girls

Girls can look really nice with just the right Ankle Tattoo design on their ankle. Your Ankle Tattoo design will permanently be a part of you, day and night, so you don’t want to rush into it and wish you’d done things differently later. Ankle Tattoo  can be flirty and feminine, or tough and enticing. With the right design and placement, an Ankle Tattoo design can change your whole look to make you appear more exotic and beautiful.Getting an Ankle Tattoos on the angle is fantastic for women and girls, because a pair of strappy sandals shows them off like nothing else. They are like the perfect glam accessory. Having a sexy Ankle Tattoo designon the ankle can get loads of attention. You’re sure to get compliments from both the guys and the girls in the room.

Ankle Tattoo Designs For Girls

There are a handful of typical Ankle Tattoo design. These include faeries, dragons, floral designs, stars, religious art, Kanji, butterflies, or astrological signs. But don’t let that list limit your choice. You can do a word or a picture of anything or anyone you want. There is no limit but your creativity when you’re choosing an Ankle Tattoo design.
If you want to get Ankle Tattoo, understand a few Ankle Tattoo art basics. For starters, most locations across Canada and the United States ask that you be 18 in order to get an Ankle Tattoo design without parental permission. Over 16 you can still get an Tattoo designs, but you’ll need a parent to sign off on it. But not just any Ankle Tattoo designs are a good choice. Before you step into the Ankle Tattoo design studio, here is some advice on nice Ankle Tattoo design for girls.

Ankle Tattoo Designs For Girls

Ankle Tattoo design are obviously popular and thus a large number of such Ankle Tattoo design are available. However, while such designs are a dime a dozen, this just means that a person must be extra careful and keep some things in mind. The first thing to consider while choosing an Ankle Tattoo designs is to select one with a symbolic significance.Secondly, make sure to do your research on the Ankle Tats studio you’ll be visiting before you get you. Ankle Tattoo design laws aren’t that great, so basically anyone with the money can buy equipment and start up an Ankle Tattoo design studio.

Ankle Tattoo Designs For Girls

Getting an Ankle Tattoo designs from somebody who doesn’t know what they’re doing can be really bad. Not only will your Ankle Tattoo designs turn out awful, but you could get a bad infection that is painful at best and fatal at worst. Ankle Tattoo design are also quite small and thus do not take too long – usually under a few hours – to complete, and their prices could range from fifty to two-hundred dollars.
An online review of Ankle Tattoo designs studios and word of mouth are some of the best resources.

Ankle Tattoo Designs For Girls

You might be excited to go out and finally get your Ankle Tattoo, but take a little while to check things out first. View sketches and designs

Heart Tattoos Designs

Heart Tattoos Designs

Heart tattoos and Hearts tattoos designs and Heart tattoos with names are a popular genre.A heart tattoo lettering can be tiny and delicate, such as for a girls’ ankle or shoulder, or large and intricate, such as for a man’s bicep. People use hearts to express everything from love to hatred, believe it or not…the latter with tattoos that include pierced or bleeding hearts, etc.

Heart Tattoos Designs

Some more common ideas for a heart tattoo include various flowers, people’s names (often children’s names or Mom), and fantasy tattoo scenes.

Heart Tattoos Designs

Heart Tattoos Designs

Many girls get heart tattoos with names on their lower back, sometimes with wings, butterflies or other creatures.

Heart Tattoos Designs

Heart Tattoos Designs

New Tattoo Ideas 2011-12

New Tattoo Ideas 2011-12

Finding a tattoo should be a fun, enjoyable experience. But where do you begin? Where can you get sometattoo design ideas? What about free tattoo ideas for Girls? I will cover some of the best ways to find great tattoo design ideas.

New Tattoo Ideas 2011-12

Free tattoo ideas For Girls
Next you want to search for some free ink ideas. Here’s how you can go about it. You can go visit a few local tattoo parlors and browse through their catalogs for design ideas. This is free to do, catalogs will usually already be on the front counter for visitors to browse through. They definitely want your business, so they will provide many tattoo ideas in catalogs and usually all over the walls as well.

New Tattoo Ideas 2011-12

2. Online searches.
You can search randomly online for free tattoo ideas. You’ll likely find some ideas and images for your tattoo. But, this tends to be hit and miss. It can take a lot of searching and searching to find really good, high quality designs which you would want to get tattooed.

New Tattoo Ideas 2011

New Tattoo Ideas 2011-12

The only catch with online tattoo galleries is that you usually have to pay a one time fee to get in.
3. Online Tattoo Galleries For Girls .
These are excellent choices for finding thousands of different ideas, and it’s easy to browse through as everything is in a category. So if you are looking for star tattoos for instance, you would go straight to that category and find high quality designs which you can print out and use for free.

It Was A Weird Day For Taking Pictures

This wasn't what I went looking for, but it's what I came back with.