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STILL FROM A VIDEO ABOUT ORANGE SEEDS.
JOE ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON SO I REACHED MY HAND UP TO TAKE A PICTURE OVER THE CROWD AND TOOK A PICTURE OF SOME HAIR. TWO BLONDS AND A RED-HEAD WITH A BLUE HAIRCLIP STANDING SOMEWHERE IN FRONT OF US. BUT THEN. LIKE A WAVE OF GLORY. HERE CAME THE QUEEN'S BAND ON HORSEBACK! ULTIMATELY, TO BE ABLE TO PLAY A TRUMPET WHILST RIDING A HORSE AND LOOKING OFFICIAL, PATRIOTIC AND JOYOUS IS BORDERLINE CIRCUS ACT IMPRESSIVE. BUT IN UNIFORM. AND THESE BOYS WERE BARELY OF AGE.
PUTTING YOUR FINGERS OUT THE WINDOW HELPS WITH CAR-SICKNESS. IT'S EITHER THE COLD OR THE FEELING OF MOTION THAT ONLY EXPERIENCING WITH YOUR EYES IS WHAT MAKES YOU SICK. THAT'S THE THING. IF YOU CAN FEEL THAT YOU ARE MOVING SO FAST, FEEL THE SPEED ON YOUR HAND, IT'S NOT A NAUSEATING ILLUSION, OR MOVING SCENERY. IT'S 60 MILES PER HOUR ON A CURVING ROAD. TRUST ME.
CAROL IS 81? 82? WATERSKIS AND WEARS MISMATCHED FLIP-FLOPS SHE FOUND WASHED ASHORE THE BOULDER RESERVOIR, COLORADO. SHE IS THE TREE PLANTED NEXT TO THE BOAT HOUSE AND SUN-DRENCHED LEATHER SKIN OF A WOMAN WHO GREW UP WORKING AS A GATE GIRL IN THE 50'S, WORKING OVERTIME BECAUSE SHE LOVED THE LAKE, SLEEPING ON THE SHELVES OF THE MAINTANENCE CLOSET AND WAKING UP EARLY TO MY MOM AND I BRINGING HER BREAD AND COFFEE WHEN THE SUN CAME UP. WE FOUND HER SNORING IN A SLEEPING BAG ON MY PARENTS BED ONE EVENING AFTER A PET SITTING WEEKEND. AND ONCE I SAW HER CASCADING SKIN WHEN SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE LOCKER-ROOM SHOWER WITHOUT KNOWING I WAS THERE. SHE ALWAYS LET ME DRIVE HER GOLFCART LIKE A RACECAR. AND REMEMBERS EVERY MOMENT OF EVERYONE'S LIVES WITHOUT THEM KNOWING HER NAME. SHE'S AS MUCH A PART OF MY FAMILY AS ANYONE COULD EVER BE AND I STILL REMEMBER LEARNING THAT BANANAS ARE HIGH IN POTASSIUM. SOMETHING IS KEEPING HER YOUNG. I HOPE SHE LIVES FOREVER.
THE SUN SET AROUND BOARDING TIME. 9:15 PM, SKAVSTA AIRPORT, SWEDEN. IS LIGHT BRIGHTER WHEN AIR IS THINNER? AND IS COLOR STRONGER WHEN AIR IS THICK?
SWEDEN IS BEAUTIFUL EVEN WITHOUT THE SUN. OR A SETTING SUN. THIS IS POST SUNSET BLUE OF THE NORTH.
PINK SKY AFTER A STOCKHOLM SUNSET. RECOMMENDATION: 9:40 FLIGHT FROM SKAVSTA AIRPORT, SWEDEN
AS WE ROSE THE SUN ROSE.
EVERYONE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLANE WATCHED THE SUN SET AGAIN FROM 14,000 FT.