Favorite & Classics

©2009 Simon Revere Mouer III, all rights reserved

 
     
I traveled half way
around the world
to find her
in a jungle village
by the sea
on a big island
in the Pacific ocean
And
I did not leave her side
until she consented
to be my bride
and we were wed		 She is a  gift to me
whom I cherish
beyond all things earthly

that I do not deserve
but for which
I am grateful --

 -- for the karma
that joined our paths

-- and the grace
of a higher power
 far beyond
 my comprehension

     

1987 Honda Shadow VT700C

still rolling strong
at 23+ years
and 75,000+ miles

Rode it from:
Virginia to California
 and back,
Virginia to Mexico
and back,
in the Philippines,
but now
 just around Texas

stock engine
slightly modified frame
slightly modified seat
homemade back rest
home-made saddlebags
homemade sissy bar
homemade mud flaps
modified  fork boots
modified windshield
oversize tires

Every couple of years or so I think it died its last death but a new battery transplant and new spark plugs and it roars back to life again.
     

2010 Harley Davidson CVO Heritage Soft tail Convertible

I like almost everything about this bike

But ...

I'm about $28,000+ short of being able to buy one
     

1973 Yamaha TX 650

This vertical twin was the Japanese version of a Triumph,

but much better engineered and  durable

The very first motorcycle I ever owned.

     

2010 Triumph Bonneville

900CC

This is a retro-model of the 1950's and 60's

but so much better engineered.
     

Colt 45
single-action, six shot
revolver

The classic American firearm
     

German 9mm Lugar

I don't own one, but would if I could afford it -

Given the multi-thousand dollar prices
I think there is a high demand for this design, and a short supply.  I don't understand why someone isn't manufacturing these for collectors.
     

Anfra

It had a 60 hp Mazda engine
 in a Philippine chassis

It wouldn't go fast, or far,

but it was the right car
 in the right place
 at the right time

no longer manufactured
and parts hard to get

It would hold 8 adults
or 15 children, but usually
just myself, my wife,
my two daughters,
our two maids,
our abandoned child,
 my wife's sister and mother, and a couple of friends. 

     

Mazda Tribute

Won't hold as many people as the Anfra, but I carried a 26 cu. ft. refrigerator in it

Gave me a lot of trouble at first, but now seems to be settling down to a fine transport
     

Inflatable Pontoon Boat

 

This is the kind of boat
 I would want

if I had a boat.

 

 

  

4436 Majestic Oaks Dr
New Orleans, Louisiana

The very first house
 I ever owned
- reminded me so much
of my childhood home in Omaha, Nebraska.

Now boarded up and abandoned after hurricane Katrina

     

Mini-Mansion
 in the Philippines

A very pretty wife,
two lovely babies,
and lots of love,

lots of parties,
lots of friends,
lots of good memories.

It was a good life
in the Philippines

and I miss it.

For $350 / month
It was big enough for the four of us - myself, my wife, and my two daughters

but add in
our ward, my sister-in-law, and two live-in maids

plus at times my mother-in-law, and a couple of visitors,

and it got pretty crowded.
     

A Little Cabin
 in the woods

somewhere
 in Nowhere County
in the middle of Texas

by a creek
or a pond

or on a hill

Something like this

in a place close enough
 to civilization
to reap its benefits

but far from the
maddening crowd

 
     

Our Turkish Angora cat

"Cloud Tail"

aka

"Pretty Boy"

 

He is very playful
and as smart
as he is handsome
-
   pulls plastic lids off of containers and opens  doors to cabinets and rooms.

When things go bump
 in the night
-
 its him