Showing posts with label Dad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dad. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

BRICKS GALORE!!!

Fredericksburg, VA

"Architecture starts when you carefully put two BRICKS together. There it begins."
~ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Fredericksburg, VA
black iron fence, old BRICK & new BRICK 

Williamsburg, VA
BRICK path on the town center greenbelt

Williamsburg, VA
a canon-ball holds open the gate to an
original historic BRICK building

Jamestown, VA
the BRICK church that served the early settlers

Richmond, VA
Tredegar Ironworks, housed 
in a
historic BRICK building, was the munitions & canon supplier
during the Civil War

Richmond, VA
 BRICK furnace at Tredegar Ironworks
Arlington, VA
view from our AirBnB location - overlooking the BRICK condos & walkway to Virginia Square Metro
Washington DC
BRICK row houses along the street
leading to the White House
{if you walk straight ahead,

you'd be looking at the front lawn of the White House}

:: BRICKS ::

have played an important part in my life!

my dad was a skilled BRICK mason...



Tuesday, February 4, 2014

PHOTO-HEART CONNECTION {January 2014}


Packing up holiday decorations is bittersweet! We always enjoy having our home decorated with holiday treasures... it was especially exciting this year because Katie & my Mom came for a visit over my birthday weekend... they both oohed & aahed over the tree, ornaments, lights, and miniature houses!

Even though the majority of our decorations are my Santa collection & JPE's holiday-lit houses... we always display these two items as remembrances of my dad and JPE's mom.

Before my dad moved to an Alzheimer's care facility, he would spend an occasional day at care facility while my mom ran errands. This snowflake ornament is a treasured memory from one of his craft-days! 

The basket of ornaments were created by JPE's mom. Although I knew her for only five years before she passed, I quickly learned how much she loved decorating for the holidays. Her grown children & grandkids meant the world to her, and it pleases me to have her hand-crafted ornaments to put out at Christmas.

A few weeks ago, we had some friends over for dinner! they'd never been to our house, so we  gave them a "peek" at condo living. At the end of a fabulous dinner (created by JPE), Cindy said, "your house is filled with treasures that have stories or memories attached to them. It creates such a cozy feeling!"

What a nice reflection! we don't keep much that is NOT MEANINGFUL to us. Living small, we have to rotate our treasures... but, we never grow tired of seeing them from a new perspective each time they appear in our decor.

visit her blog to learn about Photo-Heart Connections.


Monday, November 4, 2013

P52 {WEEK 44}

LOVE the "GLAM PUMPKIN" in the middle

~ such brilliance ~
 don't ya LOVE the Fall season?

~ teeny, tiny rose hips ~
don't ya think it looks like a pumpkin?

~ MAMMO, PAY DAY & TGIF ~
many reasons to stop for a breakfast treat!

~ thought about DAD today ~
a working day in the kitchen 
(paint brush, putty knife, sandpaper = rough hands)

more about Dia de Muertos

getting close to the end of the condo updates!

Thanks for stopping by!

stop by Tamar's @ Random-osity & tell her I sent you!




Tuesday, September 10, 2013

SEW WHAT???


TODAY, IN 1846, ELIAS HOWE
PATENTED THE SEWING MACHINE...

Upon reading this, I dug into my archives for these photos.
Looking beyond clothing displayed in the store window,
I was drawn to the shiny black, distinctive gold with 
accents of red & turquoise...

...a WALL OF SEWING MACHINES
These machines appear to be the same model & make,
but the only unifying feature is the color...

...this beautiful German-made Frister & Rossman sewing machine
was sold during 1907-1914
& was operated by turning the white hand crank...
a similar machine is currently being sold on eBay for under $300.

...don't you love the detail of this machine's intricate
gold-turquoise-red decorations? 

my mom's first machine was a Singer
(purchased in the early 50's)...
I purchased my machine (1972) from Sears (a Kenmore), 
which was recently replaced with a Pfaff...
my youngest daughter (Allie) bought a Pfaff
when she graduated from college... 
mom now uses a Brother...
table runners and wedding quilts!!!

I'm curious about sewing machine decals...
can anyone tell me about INDIAN head decal
(top picture)... reminds me of my DAD!



Monday, August 26, 2013

P52 {WEEK 34}

Gosh, this is week 34 of 2013... only 18 weeks left in this year! Unbelievable!! Posting a mish-mash of photos from the past two weeks... Checking in with Tamar @ Random-osity.



Very unique brick wall in Laguna Beach! 

Not sure that my dad would have liked it - the mortar is oozing out between the bricks.

He was a master craftsman... hard to believe it's been almost four years since he passed away! 


You can spend the night in "The Nest" --- I would think you'd need a pretty warm night, with no fog blowing off the ocean. Cute sign seen at Treebones Resort, south of Big Sur proper.

The NEST - taken years ago - gosh, I've aged! 

Cool FONT! store window in Laguna Beach.

Pretty novel fire hydrant, huh? I was curious about the words located in the red - so I googled cluehoo.com & learned this is an interactive scavenger hunt about a city! It appears it's still being developed in Laguna Beach, CA.

Last weekend, JPE & I joined four friends in Laguna Beach for Pageant of the Masters, a "living show" of art. Check out the video clip RIGHT HERE (click on what is it)! A simply amazing venue!

We bought a few new Lego Hero Factory action figures... Lydia explained which guys are "good" & which are "evil" but I don't remember the names of these guys. Apparently, these guys are a new line of Legos.

Speaking of NEW... I bought a new pair of work shoes! lately, I've only been able to wear my Keen sandals (due to plantar fasciitis)... I'm able to insert heel cushions in these new shoes! AHH! Comfort!

That's it for my random post... check back for the upcoming posts:
  1. Book Peek - see book title mentioned Sunday
  2. Site 33 - camping with Lydia
  3. Pure "beachy" - Big Sur style

Sunday, June 16, 2013

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY 6.16.13

SHS 6.16.13
I know I sound like a broken record...
but, haven't taken many pictures this week.
I was able to scrounge up something
for this week's SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY.
The words are: SUMMER, DANCEHELPER, LAUGHTER & WATER.

SUMMER... means lazy mornings... BBQ's...
family time... watermelon (& an abundance
of tasty fruits)... traveling... a break from work!

This fellow kept us DANCING... 
shooing him away from our picnic table...
running up & down from the river's edge!


Of course, the squirrel had a HELPER...
this bluejay would screech loudly...
distracting us from dealing with the squirrel
getting into our picnic lunch.


LAUGHTER... this pair of seals
look like they are sharing some sort of joke.
AND, we were LAUGHING at them.

Living near the beach... we see a lot of WATER!
Kneeling down, I captured the WATER
dripping off the seaweed.

Thanks for dropping by... off to enjoy the sun...

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY
to the "guys" in blogland!

my DAD - 1953
{with his baseball trophies}
 we R.E.A.L.L.Y miss him...

Sunday, March 17, 2013

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY 3.17.13

week of the IRISH?
 
Welcome to SHS! 
I think everyone had to stretch their "brains" to find this week's words! I know I did! There's an adorable "IRISH" picture on Ashley's blog... RAMBLING & PHOTOS. Check it out!

How would you capture: LUCKY, IRISH, DAYLIGHT, CLOVER & POT OF GOLD?
coastline ~ Big Sur ~ 11.08.04
I'm LUCKY to have someone as funny, caring, brilliant, energetic, non-judgmental and "grounded" as JPE.

I have a "wee-bit" of IRISH blood! Would love to travel to Ireland with my mom! She's been before, but I want to experience the trip with her!! How 'bout it MOM? this October? of course, I'd have to take a loan... ha! ha!

I attended a workshop this past week. It's amazing what you see when you get out of the office, during DAYLIGHT hours! I sense SPRING is on it's way...


Mom & Dad brought this bowl back from Ireland! Gosh, I'd been racking my brain trying to think of something with CLOVER. * lightbulb * my Beleek bowl. Another reason to visit Ireland... I'd like to take a pottery tour to learn about the process for creating these hand-painted pieces. 

I couldn't remember the year my parents visited Ireland... but looking at the mark on the bottom of my bowl I know it was before the end of 1980. Unfortunately, my bowl was knocked off a bookcase & broken (the repair job was not the best ~ but, our housekeeper tried her best to gather all the pieces ~ I felt so bad for her)...

photo taken at Big Bear Lake ~ 2.9.13
I don't understand the scientific theory behind the "rainbow" particles in the sky... but I waited 85 minutes until the sunlight rose high enough in the sky to form a "V" and reflect that across the lake ~ felt like I'd found a POT OF GOLD.

Ummm... wonder where I can get a
dinner of corned beef, cabbage & boiled potatoes? 
wish I lived closer to Mom!


Sunday, December 16, 2012

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY 12.16.12


TODAY'S A DAY TO CELEBRATE!!!
SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY
don't forget to post your SHS link over at Rambling & Photos!

TONY'S BIRTHDAY
MY BIRTHDAY
MOVIE DAY

But first, this week's SHS words are:
SPARKLY, DOOR, DECORATE, STRIPES & A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS


Another adorable SPARKLY house... this one has been edited with PicMonkey --- I added some additional SPARKLE...

A trio of caroling snowmen --- at the front DOOR of a house in San Luis Obispo!


I always wanted to major in Art --- doesn't window dressing --- assembling a display case --- or DECORATING, as a profession, sound exciting? I would enjoy the DECORATING part --- but I dislike having to put things away! Urghh. 

These STRIPED Christmas trees caught my eye! Red & white ribbons of color drip from a coiled peppermint candy tree topper!

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS... Santas, snowflakes, scrolled fonts, gelato, hearts, my grandmother's ice cream bowl...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!
THANKS MOM & DAD....

I share a birth-date with my brother, TONY,
who was born on my 

JPE's taking me to see the movie,
Anna Karenina!

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