Gloat v. the act of gloating

I

really

don't often gloat

• gloat Verb /glōt/
  • gloated past participle; gloating present participle; gloated past tense; gloats 3rd person singular present
  • Contemplate or dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure
    • his enemies gloated over his death
• gloat Noun /glōt/
  • gloats plural
  • An act of gloating

but,

well,

this picture is

looking out

of our

bedroom window

this morning

I mean,

it is

about

72 degrees,

a gentle breeze blowing in from the coast

the sky is blue

bees are buzzing

the earth is warm

and the trees are all blossoming

I mean,

I

am not

gloating, really...

am I?

It is,

indeed,

NOT

with

"malignant pleasure"

that I

took

these

pictures of our first freesia

Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise!

~Wallace Stevens

BOX ART

I can easily say

that

I do believe

that

San Luis Obispo

is

one of the

most

charming

of

small towns

in the

U.S.

ok, ok, ok...

I

know you will

beg to

disagree,

but you know,

I really

think it

is

charming

When

you build

or

refurbish

or restore

a business

in downtown

in SLO

the

A.R. C.

(architectural review committee)

makes

you do

something

beautiful

or

artistic

around

your property

(or you can pay

a fee

that goes into

a general

beautification

fund)

In any event

you will see

very cool

art

in

strategic

places

all around

downtown.

Recently,

SOMEONE

decided

that the

power boxes

were

U.G.L.Y.

I have to agree -

power boxes

are

really

ugly

So,

someone

decided

to

have

artists

paint

them

So, the sixteen

powerboxes

around

downtown

SLO

are

now

pieces of art

...

you can take a

walking tour

and see

all the artistic

powerboxes

around

downtown

...

you can download a map

here

park

and walk

I did

just

that!

No. 1

I am

not

going to

tell you all

about

the artists

and the art

because you can find all the info

here

I didn't understand this No.2 box..

No. 3

(Swiss cheese)

No. 4

No. 5

This artist

Marcie Hawthorne

gets to paint

2 boxes

.

this one is at the

Mission

San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

No. 6

and this

one

is around the corner

Oh, look!

There's Marcie painting the box!

No. 7

This one befuddled me

a bit

...

hmmmm

what could it be?

No. 8

and

then I

found out

that

one artist,

Joe Bachelor,

was

painting

3

(three)

boxes!

No. 8

This one

That's joe's

wife

finishing

up last minute

touches

and

chatting with

a young

fan

No. 9

Hey!

There's Joe!

He was finishing up

No. 9

and then was going

back

to

No. 7

to paint it

(remember the box that befuddled me?)

No. 10

I will walk and find

boxes 11-16 in the next couple of days..

It is like

a

"Where's Waldo" game

the map

takes you to all

the

powerboxes

but

then

you get

there

and look

all around

and

think

"where

the

*#!@:&

is

the box?"

and then

THERE IT IS

aLL

iN

AlL

iT

Is

a

fUN

aCtiVitY

tO

dO

IN

S.L.O.

...t o b e c o t t i n u e d