Classic American West Coast Boxing

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Lunch, anybody?

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The guy on the left looks like James Norris .

Don't think thats Jim Norris

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Some photos I shot on our way to Phoenix at a rest area

STOPPING TO SMELL THE ROSES

Many a writer or painter thinks that his study has to be the magnitude of a Churchill or an Einstein. It would be great to know someone like that. If you're around today and wanted to tell a story of Beethoven,you'd have to put together a long list of resource materials to come up with a picture.As far as painting Beethoven,it's been done.

But thinking about it,most great works are representations of people we've never heard of. An old man and his sea. Some royalty's daughter whose mug is hanging in the Louvre surrounded by body guards. Passion can be derived from the subtlest sources. Small wells that are very deep.

I never worry about running out of material. A story about a man and his son with a birth defect. A small bird on a branch of a tree.

By the way, the next time you're in Paris and happen to drop by the Louvre,ask directions to "La Giaconda". That's the name for the "Mona Lisa". They may think you're a man of the world. And when you leave,don't forget to smell a rose. All the artists that have their paintings hanging in the Louvre had a nose for it.

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[dagosd2000]

Frank
I've always liked the desert. The high desert. The flora is very underplayed and beautifull. Sparse and quiet. The wildlife is very crafty to survive out there. You knew what you were doing to bring your camera.

[Randyman]

This is Jeri's mother, my late mother in law Josie. It has to be the late 30's or early 40's. The baby is Jeri's oldest sister Mary. All the photos were taken in San Antonio, Texas. I think Jeri resembles her mother.






Randy

What a truly beautiful woman, Randy.
I just showed Monica the photo and she thought the same, "natural beauty".
She said, "You can see why Jeri is so pretty."
Very true. You have beautiful families on both sides.


-Rick Farris

Thanks guys. Josie will be gone ten years next month. She was a beauty.

Randy

[Randyman]

Any of you guys ever had Pierogis? I made some tonight. More than likely our pals from Chicago have tried it. It's a Polish dish. Lots of Poles in Chicago. Pierogis are similar to a ravioli. Good stuff. This is my version.




Randy

[Randyman]

Frank
I've always liked the desert. The high desert. The flora is very underplayed and beautifull. Sparse and quiet. The wildlife is very crafty to survive out there. You knew what you were doing to bring your camera.

Great photo. Is it me or does that cactus look like some spiny creature crossing a road?

Randy

[Expug]

Frank
I've always liked the desert. The high desert. The flora is very underplayed and beautifull. Sparse and quiet. The wildlife is very crafty to survive out there. You knew what you were doing to bring your camera.

Great photo. Is it me or does that cactus look like some spiny creature crossing a road?

Randy

Yes, it looks like stegosaurus the dinosaur.

[bennie]

This is Jeri's mother, my late mother in law Josie. It has to be the late 30's or early 40's. The baby is Jeri's oldest sister Mary. All the photos were taken in San Antonio, Texas. I think Jeri resembles her mother.






Randy

What a truly beautiful woman, Randy.
I just showed Monica the photo and she thought the same, "natural beauty".
She said, "You can see why Jeri is so pretty."
Very true. You have beautiful families on both sides.


-Rick Farris

Thanks guys. Josie will be gone ten years next month. She was a beauty.

Randy

She does for sure, Randy (look like Jeri).

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[Rick Farris]

What I learned living in Arizona . . .

I learned it wasn't a nice place to spend the summer,
that scorpion's glow under a black light,
carrying a firearm is legal so long as it's not concealed,
that Sheriff Joe is arroused by the site of prisoners wearing pink underwear,
the Salt River has no water,
that good boxers rarely make it out of the desert,
the Boxing Commission is corrupt (Just like everywhere else),
that Zora Folley sold cars after retiring from boxing (before he was murdered at a Tucson motel),
rock 'n roller Alice Cooper has this great restaurant "Cooperstown" near America West Arena in Phoenix,
that many pro baseball teams hold "spring training" camps in the area,
and you have to drive to get anywhere, nothing is "just around the corner" in AZ,
that the heat in the summer is not dry like California, but humid during the monsoon season of summer,
that housing is a lot less expensive, but the cost of air conditioning 24/7 during the summer makes up the difference,
there are a lot of people from Chicago who live in Arizona (?),
that Marijuana from Az. is crap, bring the best from California and don't offer to share with Sheriff Joe or you'll end up in pink undies,
lots of good people in Arizona, most have come from other places.

Nice place to visit!


-Rick Farris

[Dongee]

Frank:

Those desert shots you posted are great. Reminded me of Imperial Valley, my home for 17 years. The photo of impending doom, the cat on the wire is an absolute classic. Worthy of an award if exhibited in a show. Bravo!

hap navarro

[Dongee]

Frank:

Those desert shots you posted are great. Reminded me of Imperial Valley, my home for 17 years. The photo of impending doom, the cat on the wire is an absolute classic. Worthy of an award if exhibited in a show. Bravo!

hap navarro

[Expug]

Arizona, you're right Rick.Lots of Chicagoans going there to escape the cold. Lotta retirees.
My Mother went there to try and get some relief from her emphysema. She wanted to stay the winter of 2001 there with her husband.(Not my Dad they divorced).
She went to Mesa. Problem was, she got much worse due to the air quality from construction or something I dont know.
She died there. Never made it back to Chicago.

[scartissue]

Any of you guys ever had Pierogis? I made some tonight. More than likely our pals from Chicago have tried it. It's a Polish dish. Lots of Poles in Chicago. Pierogis are similar to a ravioli. Good stuff. This is my version.




Randy

Randy, oh yeah, you don't grow up in Chicago without treating yourself to Pierogis in your lifetime. Trouble is, I've always found them a bit...bland. However, I really like the looks of your version. A little latin kick to it.

Scartissue

[Rick Farris]

Arizona, you're right Rick.Lots of Chicagoans going there to escape the cold. Lotta retirees.
My Mother went there to try and get some relief from her emphysema. She wanted to stay the winter of 2001 there with her husband.(Not my Dad they divorced).
She went to Mesa. Problem was, she got much worse due to the air quality from construction or something I dont know.
She died there. Never made it back to Chicago.

Brian, my mother & stepfather bought a home in Chandler about a year before I moved to Tempe. Mesa, Chandler & Tempe are all next to each other, east of Phoenix. You are right about all of the construction and how it affected the air quality of Maricopa County. Soon after my mother moved to Chandler, she developed "Valley Fever" which was a congestive ailment. The doctor told her that the dust in the air from all of the construction in this fast developing region carries disease, and my mother suffered from it for a couple of years. After my stepfather passed away, my mother relocated to the Central Coast of California. There is a great misconception about the "fresh air" and healing quality of the Arizona atmosphere. This may have been true in years past, but today, the air is far from healthy. While in Az, I did meet a lot of Chicago transplants, made some good friends.


-Rick Farris

[BoxBuzz]

Frank
I've always liked the desert. The high desert. The flora is very underplayed and beautifull. Sparse and quiet. The wildlife is very crafty to survive out there. You knew what you were doing to bring your camera.

Yep if this was a boxer it would be Archie Moore.....old, wise, crafty as hell, and going to make you pay for your mistakes without exception! Maybe the Cholla would be an even better choice.

[Expug]

Arizona, you're right Rick.Lots of Chicagoans going there to escape the cold. Lotta retirees.
My Mother went there to try and get some relief from her emphysema. She wanted to stay the winter of 2001 there with her husband.(Not my Dad they divorced).
She went to Mesa. Problem was, she got much worse due to the air quality from construction or something I dont know.
She died there. Never made it back to Chicago.

Brian, my mother & stepfather bought a home in Chandler about a year before I moved to Tempe. Mesa, Chandler & Tempe are all next to each other, east of Phoenix. You are right about all of the construction and how it affected the air quality of Maricopa County. Soon after my mother moved to Chandler, she developed "Valley Fever" which was a congestive ailment. The doctor told her that the dust in the air from all of the construction in this fast developing region carries disease, and my mother suffered from it for a couple of years. After my stepfather passed away, my mother relocated to the Central Coast of California. There is a great misconception about the "fresh air" and healing quality of the Arizona atmosphere. This may have been true in years past, but today, the air is far from healthy. While in Az, I did meet a lot of Chicago transplants, made some good friends.


-Rick Farris

Rick, thanks for this info. This is important to me as at the time, my Mom was convinced that the air in Arizona would do her well. I had heard that there was some risk involved from the air situation due to construction etc. I didnt want her to go , but she was convinced.
It really turned into a fiasco as she declined pretty rapidly. It got to the point where she could not fly home as she was too weak and there was a risk of her flying.
The rest of the family was here in Chicago. It was a rough situation.

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Frank:

Those desert shots you posted are great. Reminded me of Imperial Valley, my home for 17 years. The photo of impending doom, the cat on the wire is an absolute classic. Worthy of an award if exhibited in a show. Bravo!

hap navarro

Thanks, Hap, I have to be honest here, that picture of the parrot and the squirrel is not mine, I stole that one from the LATimes but, I agree, it is a great photo.

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Frank
I've always liked the desert. The high desert. The flora is very underplayed and beautifull. Sparse and quiet. The wildlife is very crafty to survive out there. You knew what you were doing to bring your camera.

Rog...I too love the high desert, I also love Arizona but I hate their politics, and been a political guy I couldn't live there, the only connection I had with Arizona before Tony and Bobby moved there was that my mom was born there in 1918.

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Arizona, you're right Rick.Lots of Chicagoans going there to escape the cold. Lotta retirees.
My Mother went there to try and get some relief from her emphysema. She wanted to stay the winter of 2001 there with her husband.(Not my Dad they divorced).
She went to Mesa. Problem was, she got much worse due to the air quality from construction or something I dont know.
She died there. Never made it back to Chicago.

The people that come to Arizona from the north during winter are called "Snow Birds".

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