Testing the waters

A good lifeguard always tests the water first.

[mutant-what-not]

[yerlifeguard]

Just like my childhood

[cocainepractice]

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Flight

[thememedaddy]

[yerlifeguard]

Exactly

[thunderstruck9]

Jay Rosenblum (American, 1933-1989), Untitled, 1970. Acrylic on canvas, 81.3 x 81.3 cm.

[yerlifeguard]

I love this! I don’t know,if it’s the simplicity or the colors, or what, but I totally dig it!

[1264doghouse]

Waylon & Buddy

[yerlifeguard]

Always repost Buddy Holly. Having Waylon Jennings here is a bonus.

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[todaysdocument]

Continental Congress' Declaration of Rights and Grievances against Great Britain

Record Group 360: Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional ConventionSeries: Papers of the Continental CongressFile Unit: Rough Journals

discontinue the fortifications in and about Boston, prevent any further invasions of private property, restrain the irregularities of the soldiers and give orders that the communication between the towns and country may be open, unmolested and free. -Signed by order and in behalf of the general Congress.....[signed] Peyton Randolf, President

As the Congress have given General Gage an assurance of the peaceable disposition of the people of Boston and the Massachusetts-bay

Resolved unanimously

That they be advised still to conduct themselves peaceable towards his excellency General Gage and his Majesty's troops now stationed in the town of Boston, as far as can possibly be consistent with their immediate safety and the security of the town, avoiding and discountenancing every violation of his Majesty's property, or any insult to his Troops and that they peaceably and firmly persevere in the line they are now conducting themselves, on the defensive.

Ordered, that a copy of the foregoing resolve and of that passed on Saturday and the three passed yesterday be made out, and that the President enclose them in a letter to the committee of correspondence for the town of Boston, being the sentiments of the Congress on the matters referred to them by the Committee in their letter of the 29th of September last. [complete document and transcription at link]

[yerlifeguard]

Perhaps the precursor of Festivus’ Airing of the Grievances?

[thatsbelievable]

[yerlifeguard]

Yes

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[ourheatisgospel]

(via (99+) Image reblogged from @beautifulnicolenaomi – @growaglow on Tumblr)

[yerlifeguard]

I almost missed this opportunity

[zibaldoni-elzapoppin]

You Go To My Head - Chet Baker

[1skittler1]

The B-52's 🖤

[yerlifeguard]

Always reblog the B-52s

[nevver]

Into the maelström : Paper craft, Maud Vantours

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Gordon Ramses

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[snoopyoftheday]

snoopy of the day

[humansofnewyork]

“My first end-of-life patient was a 97-year-old man. He had a much younger girlfriend; she was seventy-four. But they loved each other so much. Back when their spouses were still alive, the four of them had been great friends. They would double date together. And when their spouses passed away, the two of them became a thing. Every day she would come over for lunch. I’d always cook a little meal for them. I’d prepare the table; I’d lay out my little candles and my little flowers. As soon as she arrived I’d put on music and dim the lights, then I’d leave the room and go wait in the bedroom. They would cuddle and snuggle. And the beauty of it was, even though he couldn’t control his fluids at that point, she never minded the smell. Her love for him was so great that they would still kiss and all that good stuff. When the doctors said that it was time for him to go to hospice, he said he didn’t want to go. He told them that he wanted to come back home and die with me. I was with him in the end. My patients never die alone. Never, ever. One week after his passing I was hired by his girlfriend’s family. She had terminal Alzheimer’s, and I ended up staying with her for seven years. I fell in love with her. We were family, just family. She used to be a tap dancer. We’d sing together. And if she didn’t feel like singing, I’d sing. Even near the end, she always knew when something was wrong with me. When I wasn’t being the Gabby that she knew, she would always know. When the doctors said it was time for her to go to hospice, her children said: ‘We want her to die with Gabby.’ In the final days she wouldn’t eat, she’d lock her jaw. But she would always eat for me. One night I could see the fright in her eyes, and I knew it was time. My patients never die alone. Never, ever. So I climbed under the covers with her. And she passed away in my arms.”

[yerlifeguard]

God bless hospice home healthcare workers