Leonardo da Vinci

In the last post I, Sweet William The Scot, played a game of guessing who Lee was going to be for Halloween.

We gave you clues over the weekend.

The clues were

CRYPTOGRAPHY

thirty-three degrees ~ referring to the FREEMASONRY

died OVER 500 YEARS AGO in FRANCE

PYRAMID ~ referring to the glass pyramid at the Louvre.

MYSTERIOUS EXPRESSION ~ reference to the Mona Lisa which he painted.

This is believed to be his self portrait.

This self portait was painted in 1512 using red chalk, when Leonardo da Vinci was 50 and living in France.

We used this picture to create our mask from PAPER MACHE OVER A BALLOON about twenty layers then spraying it with a clear sealer.  Lee is wearing HIS STRANGE HAT AND DARK ROBE WITH PAINT ALL OVER IT AND CARRYING BRUSHES AND A PAINT PALETTE WITH A GREY HAIR WIG.

WE HAVE LOVED READING DAN BROWN'S international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, The Lost Symbol and now Inferno.

Inferno is out this week at the theater.

Lee's Halloween Party is at her Book Club and she has to dress as a character from a book they have read.

~~~~~~ DRUM ROLL ~~~~~

We have a winner and the winner is

MADI'S DAD

Yes Madi's Dad was playing along and figured out our clues.

Mr Jack Freckles tried really hard and kept guessing after every clue so we are sending him a magnet also.

All the guesses were fun to see.

Thanks for being a friend
Traveling down the road and back again
Your heart is true and your a friend of  mine

Signing Off 

Sweet William The Scot

Pssss ~ We will be back next week with another place in Nati City

Happy Halloween

I got on my Halloween costume.

Can you guess who Lee is going to be for Halloween.

See her mask in the upper left corner behind me.

Make a guess and if you are right I will put your name into my Halloween sack and if I draw your name you will get a three inch Scottie Magnet.

Dory's Backyard is asking us what we do to support rescue. 

I do many things.

Why I, Sweet William The Scot, wish every area of the world had a Scooter. Why do I wish such a thing, well Cats are 45 times more prolific than humans.

Now they have a Marmalade!

Let’s kick cat killing in the gonads, one spay/neuter at a time.

But with this movement well I, Sweet William The Scot, start at the very beginning.

Yep I trap feral cats and send them on the Scooter Mobile for a ride to get them gonad free so less cats in rescue.

It is the Give Them Ten the heart and home of the no-kill movement, Ten exists to create a no-kill nation for cats.

Now here is Marmalade Scooter's girlfriend with a message for you.

  

Thanks for being a friend
Traveling down the road and back again
Your heart is true and your a friend of  mine

Signing Off 

Sweet William The Scot

Don't forget the Halloween Dance also at Dory's Backyard.  Hopefully I can get myself out of this mess so I can pick up Bella.

Pumpkin Patch

Oh No!

Something ate my pumpkin. 

Why I grew this pumpkin myself.  I watched over it all summer.

Dog Gone It!

Now I, Sweet William The Scot, got to go to the pumpkin patch and pay for a  pumpkin.

Looks like they still have a lot to choose from.

But I got to sneak past that darn scarecrow with his devilish grin.

He wants to charge me a paw and a tail.

Now which one will I pick for my jack-o-lantern.

Decisions, decisions, decisions.

Thanks for being a friend
Traveling down the road and back again
Your heart is true and your a friend of  mine

Signing Off 

Sweet William The Scot

Pssssss ~ Bella and I are getting ready for the Blogville Halloween Party at Dory's Backyard.

Are you ready?  Remember to get them your pictures by October 24th.

Presidential Cookies Poll Is Here

Yep Buskin Bakery here in Nati has been holding a presidential cookie poll for the past seven elections.  And  amazingly their results are very accurate.  I told you about them four years ago.

Who am I voting for?

Cookies are made with each of the candidates’ faces on them. 

The election cookie poll runs all the way to Election Day. 

The poll is updated every 24 hours, and results are posted online and on Buskin Bakery Facebook page.

Busken’s guarantee is -- “They will leave no cookie crumb uncounted!”.

So you got to go and buy the cookie that represents your candidate.

Okie Dokie Lee went and got my cookies. 

Looks like I have a Democratic Party cookie

and a Republican Party cookie and I have a

COOKIE PARTY COOKIE!

Yep I am voting for the COOKIE PARTY.  Why look at the nice smile of the COOKIE PARTY CANDIDATE.

The Cookie Party candidate wants us to take care of our planet.

Their candidate has only good things to say about kindness and love toward each other.

The Cookie Party candidate represents the best in all of us with a sincere belief that we're all in this together and that each of us needs to see the same open doors and have a safety net to catch us if we fall down. 

Thanks for being a friend
Traveling down the road and back again
Your heart is true and your a friend of  mine

Signing Off 

Sweet William The Scot

Pssss ~ Ohio is a swing state and the state usually goes Republican.  This election year for the first time our paper the Cincinnati Enquirer is not backing the Republican candidate "The Enquirer has supported Republicans for president for almost a century " nor is the Columbus Dispatch "the last time it endorsed a Democrat was in 1916".
Political tension is high in Nati with the Tea Party so we are pretty much staying away from where a lot of people will be and not out and about.

Dang 470 calories.  Yep these candidates are weighting us down!

Working Hard

Lee said Wills today you have to work!

Yep Lee hired a company to put in a section of privacy fence inside my chain link fence.

See the house next door is in foreclosure and Lee is tired of looking at the unkempt place.

Truly we would prefer to move!

Bentley, my friend, sent me a Joseph statue to help sell our home but we think it was the Joseph of flowers because he really made our flowers grow over him.

( Note to self show what Bentley sent me.)

So I had to help the fence installer.  I tell you I worked my paws into the ground up to my whiskers.  I was the best helper he ever had.  He said I was hired full time if I wanted to go with him.  But I said no thanks Lee needs me.

So see my new Dogwood Privacy Fence.
I had my nose in every part of the job.

The fence goes with my new picnic table and chairs.  They are made out of recycled plastic milk jugs just like the rocking chairs on my front porch.  They last and are heavy and help save the environment.  I helped putting them together also.
I'm one helping guy.

Now Lee says I have to landscape.  So far I see nine pots.  So I have to dig nine holes. 

Then we had the city repairing sidewalks.  The city owns them but Lee has to pay to have them repaired.  What a rip and on top of that they really tore up our yard with their big equipment.

One of the dudes was wiping his tools in our front yard and Lee asked why and he said it was because "you have nice grass so the cement comes off our tools easier".

Well did he think we were going to have nice grass after he cleaned his tools?

Picture taken through window screen.

Well that was the week that was.  I stayed home and worked and Lee wrote checks to pay the bills!

Thanks for being a friend
Traveling down the road and back again
Your heart is true and your a friend of  mine

Signing Off 

Sweet William The Scot

Metrobot

Look at the size of Metrobot's feet.
Yep let me, Sweet William The Scot, introduce Metrobot.

Metrobot, is a 27-foot tall robot sculpture.
He is located outside the Contemporary Arts in Nati City.

See me between his legs.
He is saying THANKS CINCY WITH ALL OUR heART.  See his big heart.
Heidelberg Distributors Co., gave Metrobot to the city as a gift for its bicentennial .

Metrobot has a picture of a dog on his screen.  Hum don't know why since it is advertising Glenn Brown first solo museum exhibition in the United States he is a  renowned London-based artist . 

Video artist Nam June Paik, who is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century, created the sculpture.

Metrobot is made of parts from old radios.

Metrobot got wiring and tech upgrades that improved its energy efficiency, and the pay phone it features is available to make phone calls for 10 cents.

Such a deal.

After you make a call you are suppose to leave change for the next person.

Thanks for being a friend
Traveling down the road and back again
Your heart is true and your a friend of  mine

Signing Off 

Sweet William The Scot

A lot of our street corners are dressed in Fall flowers.

Speedy is having his  Speedy's Annual Pirate Party!
So I, Sweet William The Scot and Kismet are joining Speedy in his party.

Ahoy you Avast ye Seadogs now don't be eating any Cackle fruit or my friend and I will feed the fish with you Scallywags!

Pedaling Along

Oh No!  We have not done this in a long time, well since Lee has spells of vertigo so bad.

We are going to take a Red Bike troll around downtown Nati.

It's a little cooler now.

Yep this Red Bike Stand has a basket I can fit into!

Your Red Bike account portal allows you to see how far you’ve pedaled, how many calories you’ve burned, and more!  You can buy 60 minutes or 24-Hour Pass or Annual Pass for $80 unlimited use and the bikes are kept in great shape.  They are at fifty six locations around the inner city.

We had to walk a couple of blocks to find one that had the big basket.

We pedaled by the Aronoff Center for The Arts.

Situated in Cincinnati’s urban core, the Aronoff Center is located in a district that offers more than 400 ways to shop, dine, play, and stay – all within walking distance.

The urban core is why I am on a Red Bike.

The Red Bike has a lock so if you want to stop for lunch or shop no one can take your Red Bike.

Oh my, chandelier lighting overhead that looks lovely at night.

I got out of the basket because I needed to take a tink on the curb.

When I am in the urban core I was taught to tink on the curb by a grate so it goes into the sewer system.

There is BRU Burger Bar Restaurant.  I wonder if Lee will get us something to eat there.

They are kind of a burger bar.  The building colors look so bright at night light up.

Oh I think we might be headed for Nicholson's.

I can sniff out all the resturants.

I love Nicholson's leftovers.  Lee always orders me leftovers.

But wait Lee told them this time she wanted take out!

Yep we waited for it to be prepared.  Waiting is hard work.

The planters around Nicholson's are so pretty.

A guy after my own heart.
Lee ordered us Fish & Chips
Hand-Breaded Haddock on a Brioche Bun, Slaw, Tartar Sauce, Fries, House-Made Catsup
and we sat outside and ate. 
What a great time I have with Lee.

Next week I will show you more of my Red Bike troll.
I will show you my Nati City Robot!

Thanks for being a friend

Traveling down the road and back again

Your heart is true and your a friend of mine

Signing Off

Sweet William The Scot

We also have Wheels Fun Rentals in Nati City where you can rent a Surrey or Double Surrey or Deuce Coupe or Chopper or Quad Sport or Hybrid Bike but they are only along the riverfront park district.