Three days in a row .... two

The second offering from the camera of Ansel Adams is this view of the majestic scenery within Yosemite National Park. Visible in the photograph are some of the notable landmarks within the park: El Capitan (left), Sentinel Rock (sort of center in the far distance), Cathedral Rocks (three of them center/right) and Bridalveil Fall (sort of closest center/right). I am not at all certain if my attempt at describing the location of these landmarks helped, but I tried ....

The UFO performance for today is from a 1974 concert -- four songs and twenty minutes of "wish I had been there." Michael Schenker, one of the "gods of the guitar" (I write those words with a chuckle), is the long-haired, blonde, teenage kid playing lead guitar. He still is performing today and I saw him a couple of years ago when the "Michael Schenker Band" swung through the Twin Cities for a one-night stand.

A very brief history of the shower

As I was taking a shower this morning (not too early, mind you), I began to wonder when they originated. No doubt, before the dawn of history, I surmised, as I had visions of Neanderthals and Denisovans and even pre-human ancestors standing in enchantment with a broad smile beneath a waterfall admiring the wonders of Nature and enjoying the marvelous feeling of water running over their bodies.

This, obviously, was the case. Being a bit more curious, I turned to the oracle of today -- the internet -- and learned recorded evidence demonstrates that Egyptians and Mesopotamians had indoor shower rooms. And, everyone (I assume) is aware of the "Old Greeks" and their propensity for bathing and showering, and that the ancient Romans took with them their "thermae" -- bathhouses -- wherever they went in the world as they knew it then.

Moving to the North American continent, I can sort of visualize the Native Americans of ages past and, more recently, early explorers standing beneath Bridalveil Fall in Yosemite National Park as seen in the far distance of the photograph by Ansel Adams accompanying this post.

In terms of the "modern/mechanical" shower, it was patented in England in 1767 by an individual named William Feetham. For that, I enthusiastically and sincerely thank you, Willie ....

Personally, I cannot imagine life without the presence of the shower. There are times when I think of the billions who have existed since humankind and its predecessors came down out of the trees who never experienced a shower during their lifetimes. I feel sorry for them .... I mean, really, I do ....

When I am in a shower, I never want to leave it. No amount of adjectives can describe the physical and the mental feelings/pleasures derived from being within a shower. I guess I will say a shower is absolute delight, and let it go at that ....

There is no need to thank me for this bit of Monday morning enlightment. I consider it to be my sort of "good deed" for the day. So, now .... rock on, baby ....