I am William: an INFP man into art, music, photography, handsome men, Turkish Van cats, 🌱growing and photographing Rhododendrons, enlightened souls, Tibetan Book of the Dead, psychology, cosmology, and more. South Puget Sound. Queerart🏳️🌈
Designed for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair by Seattle Japanese Architect,Minoru Yamasaki.
The fair was named, "Century 21." I attended with my mom,Auntie and cousins, and my grandparents.
It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)
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I'm taking a social media break for a week or two.
The semaglutide that I am taking is making me feel spaced out. Foods that I used to LOVE🤪, are now all repulsive to me.🤢 Supermarket shopping is become an exercise in looking for the least repulsive choices.
It also slows digestion so that any 1/x
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T is for "The Battle Of Evermore"
#WeekT
#AlphabetChallenge
🎵I hear the horses' thunder down in the valley below
I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon
Waiting for the eastern glow🎶
👉Click to listen==> dropbox.com/s/m9d2ruckag...
"Judy Rae Lost in Reverie"
The dining room table in the May afternoon sunlight sends Judy into Kit Kat dreamland.
May 14, 2024.
#Art #Photography #Gayartist #CatsOfBsky #TurkishVanCats
"Member of My Crow Family"
Here is one of my crows. They come to visit me every day and ask for whole wheat bread. They have been coming since 1998. May 13, 2024.
#Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist #SignsOfSpring
"True Love's Ways"
A single bloom on my "Joseph Coat of Many Colors" climbing rose. Located off the kitchen porch . May 13, 2024.
#Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist #SignsOfSpring
#Rhododendron "Unknown"
This one has had years of neglect. Last year I made a concerted effort to keep it watered. I cannot remember it ever blooming. Quite pretty, really. May 13, 2024.
#Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist #SignsOfSpring
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"Lawrence Odell Bennett"
These were taken in July 1982, in my Casablanca apartment.
Our breakup in 1975 had gutted me; I came unglued, and now realize that I had a nervous breakdown. In our final fight I lashed out at him, "then stop acting like a nig*er!" 1/x
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
"Buckenham Palace, London"
Until I saw this slide, I did not realize that my dad and his new wife, Alice, went to the UK in 1970. She was a travel agent, so it was a working tour. I had next to zero contact with him during 1/x
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
#photography #Film #roadtripdiary
"Buckenham Palace, London"
Until I saw this slide, I did not realize that my dad and his new wife, Alice, went to the UK in 1970. She was a travel agent, so it was a working tour. I had next to zero contact with him during 1/x
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
#photography #Film #roadtripdiary
"Sister and Brother"
My Sister Judy Rae, and myself taken in the Sea Cliff neighborhood of San Francisco. My sister asked me to take her to stately homes, and I delivered. The dual photo idea was hers.
Now that I see this, it is really gauche to stand 1/x
#photography #Film #roadtripdiary
"Family and Friends"
My mom, auntie and sister visited me in San Francisco several times. This is from 1991-92.
Seated L to R: Maxine (mother), Beverly (auntie), me, and Judy Kelso. She had been my manager at Walker (extremely good experience). Good memories. 1/x
#photography #Film #roadtripdiary
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#Rhododendron 'Ginny Gee'
This one grows into a horizontally spreading mound. When it blooms, it is becomes a singular mass of flowers.
🧐I need prune this one back this year.
April 18, 2024.
#Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist #SignsOfSpring
#Rhododendron 'Starbright Champagne'🎌
Two more shots of this unusual six-pointed star shaped flower, with delicious raspberry jam in the center. ⛩️Hybridized by Frank Fujioka, a master rhododendron gardener on Whidbey Island.
April 18, 2024.
#Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist #SignsOfSpring
#Rhododendron 'Snowbird'
This midseason flower is highly scented, filling the corner of my yard with sweet scent.
April 18, 2024.
#Signsofspring #gardening🌱 #photograghy #GayArtist
#Art
#Rhododendron 'Kiwi Magic'
This mid spring flower is pure Art! A real highlight in my spring garden.
April 24, 2024.
#Signsofspring #gardening🌱 #photograghy #GayArtist #Art
#Rhododendron 'Snow Queen'
This one is rare, in that the flowers have a heavenly scent, against a deep cerulean sky. I planted this one form my late mother, outside the master bedroom window. April 23, 2024.
#Signsofspring #gardening #photograghy #GayArtist #Art
#Rhododendron "Yaku Princess"🎌
This is another garden dazzler (I highly recommend this one) with Japanese species yakushimanum in its parentage. Bright Barbie pink florets, fully open to pure white! April 24, 2024
#signsofspring #art #photography #Gardening🌱 #Gayartist
#Rhododendron "Sassy"
Caught her during a brief late evening burst of sunlight, on an otherwise overcast day.
Photo taken in the front garden. April 23, 2024.
#signsofspring #Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist
The #songoftheday is "Pyramid Song" by Radiohead.
🎵I jumped in the river and what did I see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me
A moon full of stars and astral cars
All the things I used to see
All my lovers were there with me
All my past and futures🎶
Click to listen🫴 dropbox.com/scl/fi/ljcef...
The #songoftheday is "The Tourist" by Radiohead.
🎵Hey man, slow down
Slow down
Idiot, slow down
Slow down🎶
Click to listen🫴 www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fs4fq...
#music #art
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2. Scroll down until it gets weird
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The #songoftheday is "The Tourist" by Radiohead.
🎵Hey man, slow down
Slow down
Idiot, slow down
Slow down🎶
Click to listen🫴 www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fs4fq...
#music #art
The #songoftheday is "GOLD" by the Prince.
🎵There's a mountain and it's mighty high
You cannot see the top, unless you fly
And there's a molehill, of proven ground
Ain't nowhere to go if you hang around🎶
👉Click to listen==> dropbox.com/s/3lok10syg2...
#art #music
#Rhododendron "Flaming Star"
This show-off is in my front garden where everyone walking or driving by can gawk. 😂
Photo taken April 25, 2024.
#signsofspring #Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist
"White English Bluebells"
These petite sweeties are actually albino, rendering them white. They are a protected flower in the UK. 🙄In my yard, they are invasive and spread like wildfire.
Photo taken April 21, 2024, by my mailbox.
#signsofspring #Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist
#Rhododendron "Kiwi Magic"
This New Zealand hybrid in gorgeous! Gobs of luscious long-lasting flowers, every spring.
Photo taken April 24, 2024, in my inner back yard garden.
#signsofspring #Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist
#Rhododendron "Baden Baden"
This dwarf cutie has has deep red flowers, and deep green leaves. it grows wider than taller, and is attractive in any garden setting. Photo taken April 25, 2024, in my front yard garden.
#signsofspring #Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist
"Hino Crimson Azalea" 🎏
This hybrid, which is covered with small crimson flowers, comes from Kurume, Japan. It is a legacy plant, likely planted by the former owner in the early 1980s.
Photo taken April 24, 2024, by my back yard driveway.
#signsofspring #Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist
"Lord Chumley"
My dad took this summer boating photo in 1961-62. It could be on Puget sound, or more likely in British Columbia. I recognize all but one of the people.
L to R: Mary (Marzano) Durgin, my brother Bobby, an unknown man who looks familiar, Stan Durgin, and Fred Dewer. 1/x
"Unknown Location"
Photographer W. H. Joyner shot this in October 1964. Perhaps as I go through his many slides that came into my possession, I will know more about where he was in fall 1964.
Kodachrome slide, scanned.
#MysteryPhotographer #art #photography #Film
#roadtripdiary
"Thompson River Canyon Below Nicome"
The mystery photographer W. H. Joyner (the name is hand written on several of the slides) shot this, around 1960-61.
The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Fraser River, flowing 1/x
#MysteryPhotographer #art #photography #Film #roadtripdiary
"Mausoleum of Henry and Arabella Huntington"
Shot in December 1981 at the Huntington Museum, art gallery and themed gardens, in San Marino, California. It is "A Greek temple dedicated to eternal love." 1/x
Kodachrome transparency, scanned.
#RoadTripDiary #Photography #gayartist #Art #film
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S is for "Scarlet Witch" and for "Space Needle"
#WeekS
#AlphabetChallenge
#Rhododendron 'Cranberry Swirl'
Another unusual flower, seven petals on a rather waxy looking, flat flower, with Cranberry in the center. Hybridized in Sumner, Washington.
Photo taken in my back yard outer garden on April 25, 2024.
#Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist #SignsOfSpring
#Rhododendron 'Starbright Champagne'⛩️
An unusual flower, star shaped with raspberry in the center. Hybridized by Frank Fujioka, a master rhododendron gardener on Whidbey Island. 1/x
Photo taken in my back yard outer garden on April 25, 2024.
#Gardening🌱#Art #Photography #Gayartist #SignsOfSpring
"Serious Maxine"
Classic Maxine Gee, staring into my camera lense. September 20, 2020.
#art #Photography #Gayartist #ManicMondayCats #TurkishVanCats
"You Can't Paint This"
Tony's family did not like the fact that some of his paintings portrayed nude subjects, and asked him to hide them before they paid him a visit. FFS🫣
#TonyDeCarlo #tonyDeCarlo1999 #gayart #gayartists #Latinartist #gaylatinoartist
"Pacific Center, Downtown"
Does Los Angeles have an actual downtown? 🤔
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#TonyDeCarlo #tonyDeCarlo2004Q4 #gayart #gayartists #Latinartist #gaylatinoartist
"Fire In The Forest"
Tony's family did not like the fact that some of his paintings portrayed nude male subjects, and asked him to hide them before they paid him a visit. 🙄Oy vey.
#TonyDeCarlo #tonyDeCarlo2002 #gayart #gayartists #Latinartist #gaylatinoartist
"Who Will Be The Last?"
Tony was thinking of the Aids plague as it killed endless numbers of humans. Today, it could be Covid-19. Or bird flu, or germ warfare unleashed on the planet, or Plutonium-239, or ???
#TonyDeCarlo #tonyDeCarlo2001 #gayart #gayartists #Latinartist #gaylatinoartist