SUNNY UPDATE

I'm interrupting my enchanting and enthralling previous post, so I can give you a sunny update. A rare change from my cloudy updates.

Yesterday afternoon, Jennifer - my social worker here in Gainesboro - showed up in my room unannounced.

I was surprised, since she's always difficult to find. First, she went over all the medications that I'm taking, among other things.

Next, she gave me the monthly required cognitive test (the test that most patients here fail miserably).

I passed the test with flying colors.

You're surprised, aren't you?

I admittedly have days that I can't remember my own name, but somehow I got 100 per cent on the test.

After the test I finally had a rare chance to bring up the subject of my intended transfer back to Jamestown.

To my astonishment, she wasn't opposed to the idea. I gave her Tira's phone number (the Dragon Lady at Signature in Jamestown).

Jennifer promised to call Tira, and to keep me updated on the situation.

That's great news, but....

I have no faith that anything will get done. Everything here is haphazard, chaotic, unreliable. I don't trust anyone.

and

there's always some problematic red tape that comes out of nowhere to thwart plans. Nothing in life is easy.

I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed. Accompanied with prayers.

and

an uninteresting occurence

I purchased yet another artifact from ancient Egypt.

Can't help it. It's an obsession. I've always had a passion for antiques - and especially for antiquities. I have a collection of Medieval crosses and rings.

Now it's ancient Egypt. My acquisitions are genuine. I do a lot of research. I also know two archaeologists, one in Ukraine and the other in Canada. The Canadian is an Egyptologist. Most of the artifacts I obtain are from areas by Luxor/Egypt, which are often finds from ancient tombs.

My latest artifact is called the goddess Holly Owl amulet. I have two owl amulets. This one is approximately from 14AD and was in a private collection. Made of stone with the typical Faience glaze.

The face is worn away, but the features are still reconizable.

Jon, somewhere along the Nile

I'm still having trouble with blogger. Half of my posts disappear, also some of my replies to your comments vanish. Frustrating.

 

DO YOU HAVE THE TIME?

 Note: This is another rerun, inspired by Daylight Saving Time. I'm not in the mood to write an update. I'm still trapped in Gainesboro.

Jon

We are too complacent and compliant.

And gullible.

The Powers That Be dictate what we should do and we meekly and mindlessly comply. 

Turn your clocks an hour back for absolutely no plausible reason.

Daylight Saving Time. An idiotic annoyance that has been forced upon us.

I absolutely refuse to comply. There's no way in the realms of hell that I'm going to waste my time turning clocks back because Big Brother says so.

Anyway, I no longer have a keen sense of the persistence of time. 
I'm in the Twilight Zone.

I have no clue how many clocks I have. My computer clocks, of course, turn back automatically. I admittedly turned back the clock on the microwave  - because it was easy to do.

But that's the full extent of my compliance. All the other clocks will remain blissfully unmolested.  

Some of my clocks are still packed away since I moved. Others have mysteriously vanished. I used to have a gorgeous antique clock under a glass dome. It was smashed apart during my last move and was unrepairable.

Here are a few of my remaining clocks for your viewing pleasure.

Antique clock. The dishes are circa 1820, the statue circa 1790.

I love this grandfather clock. I bought it for my mother long ago - I'm surprised that it survived all these years without getting damaged or broken.

This is a miniature grandfather clock, I guess about four feet tall. I used to keep it in my bedroom when I lived in Texas.

Rustic grizzly bear clock

I've always wanted an original Kit Kat clock, and a generous blogger, Ron - from Retired in Delaware - sent me this gem. It's an original electric clock. The Kit Kat clocks are still being made, but the new ones are battery-powered.

The wall is two different colors? The kitchen is yellow, the dining area nutmeg frost.

 

Wall clock in the kitchen.

On my antique desk (obviously I didn't dust the desk very well)

An old Halloween clock - pumpkins and a witch.

Are you getting bored? I'll do one more.

I never got around to hanging this one. I just propped it up on a table to take the photo. It looks better in real. It's a hunter's clock. Every hour when it chimes, the hunter comes out and chases a bear round and round.

Or is the bear chasing the hunter??

Hunter on the right, bear on the left.

Thanks for taking the time (no pun intended, of course) to visit my blog.    

Jon, nearly insane - hanging on by a thread

Photos are poor quality, taken with my ancient digital camera.