ED WOOD

 "One is always considered mad when one discovers something that others cannot grasp."

Ed Wood

#BornThisDay – October 10, 1924

CHECKING OUT REAL ESTATE PRICES IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA......

I recall all those...many....houses that my step-father built on Monte Sano Mountain in the 1950's and '60's.....  This afternoon, I noticed a listing for this rather ugly crate of a house.....originally sold for $30,000.....and, today, after being redecorated, aimlessly, with a few junky antiques...incidentally, not included in the price of the house,  and a new coat of paint, being put up for sale for $743,800!    

REMEMBERING "BIG BOY".......

known only by "Big Boy".....abandoned or lost, he lived in the woods behind my home....then, mustering some courage, came to the garden with conjunctivitis, covered with fleas, with matted fur.....a pitiful mess.......curled up against a visiting infant child and looked at me, as if to say...."I'm a good cat......really......", pus running from his eyes and nose........After he 'chose' to live with me.....cleaned up and free of disease and parasites....Big Boy became quite a 'looker"........In no time at all, he was receiving admirers from his scrap fabric covered 'throne'......and lived, happily until his sudden and unexpected death from a massive heart attack, moments after cavorting with me, playing 'roll up' ,like Cleopatra, in his favorite little nomadic rug.......Seeing this photo......I wax nostalgic and a little teary......Big Boy was as sweet and loving as a cat could be......