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Into the Woods
I love love love this photo. I have no idea where it was taken. Could be our property at 217 (the houses in the background look a bit familiar, it could be that undeveloped portion in front of the orchard) or perhaps it is at the farm in NH. I love that we are out there in our loafers, ankle socks, and short, short dresses, Ellen’s is even a smocked one, so familiar in our childhood. This picture could be used as an advertisement for a Campground or Cabin Resort Rental property, couldn’t it? “Come have fun with us! What are you waiting for? “ I love it – another…
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The Three Amigos
This was a fun picture to find and I love it. I may have to print this to frame. I have always heard the stories bantered back and forth when my Aunt and Dad got together and started reminiscing about their younger days. They were close in age and had a lot of the same friends. I always marveled at their relationship from that time because as an adult, I only saw their relationship after it had deteriorated, and become contentious. There was a feeling of superiority from my aunt to my dad and I saw her treat him with disdain and a condescending attitude more often than not. So,…
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Tackling the east coast in 2 weeks back in ’93
. Disney Cousin Bill and Mary’s house Rosemarie and Tom’s house Craig and Deb’s in Valdosta Aunt Pat and Uncle Bill’s in New Jersey After I got divorced, vacations were a solo parent event. The first year, the four of us spent a week at Papoose Pond in Maine, camping. It was the first time I had camped as an adult and to say it was a learning experience would be an understatement. So, the following year, buoyed by the confidence from the year before, I decided to take the kids to Florida – mainly to go to Disney. Amy had been the year Adam was born but the others…
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What kind of car is this?
Today we are starting a new series on Leaving a Life Legacy. From the day we started back in 2018 until this very post, we have always answered a question. Always leaving a legacy of stories for our family, filling in gaps they might be questioning and hoping to clue them into what life was like for us growing up. Now, we are going to do something a little different. For every post in 2024, starting with this one, we will be showing a picture from our family’s past. Some will be before we were born, some after. Then each of us will reflect on that picture, what it means…
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Describe your memories of a piece of furniture from your childhood.
What piece of furniture from your childhood can still bring a smile to your face today when you think of it? I grew up around LOTS of antiques. Furniture and more. We were constantly taught by my grandparents to be careful of every heirloom and learned a reverence of sorts for each piece we passed. There were so many pieces that I was intrigued with as a kid but none more than a set of children’s chairs. These flanked my grandparent’s fireplace in the main salon. (I went online to see if I could find a picture and this is the closest I could come up with. ) According to…
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Do you have to win to enjoy playing a game?
Games. You either enjoy playing games or you don’t. But here we are asking, if you enjoy playing, do you have to win? We are a game-playing family – always have been regardless of the members. Funny thing. I think I have become less competitive as I have grown older. I have played games over the years with some pretty competitive opponents and have been upset at times and become a gleeful sore-Loser at others. But maybe from playing with the littles in my life, I have become non-competitive and I really enjoy playing with littles and with adults. I am not sure why, but I am the farthest thing…
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What is the best souvenir you have received or bought for yourself?
We usually equate traveling with souvenirs. A lot of us want to bring something home that will remind us of our trip or bring a memento to loved ones not able to make the trip with us. Do you have a special one that you either couldn’t go home without or that someone brought for you? Every time I traveled since way back as a kid, I would spend my money on some tacky, kitschy souvenir shop trinkets. Once home, it would be displayed but eventually, after many trips, what do you do with all those lobsters made of shells that say Cape Cod? It wasn’t until I was in…
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What is a memory you have related to a campfire?
Some people love campfires while others do not at all….where do you fall in the debate and do you have a favorite memory about sitting around a campfire? It is rather apropos that we are talking about campfires this week. The campground where I have a seasonal site just opened this past weekend, and we had our first campfire. It was a disaster. We were trying to get rid of the pine needles and cones that we had raked up while cleaning up our site. We soon discovered that one of the six bags we raked was all we would be burning, for it created a lot of smoke and…
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You are only allowed one hour of TV a week – what do you watch?
TV. There is one in most homes and people have their favorite things to watch. But if you only were allowed to watch one hour per week, what would you pick? NOT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don’t have anything to pick from since I don’t watch TV. I suppose I would like a comedy/sitcom. Any to recommend? One of my favorite shows for years is the CBS Sunday Morning Show. I started watching it back when our Dad was still alive and it quickly became a mainstay in our Sunday morning routine together. It’s been years now since I’ve had the opportunity to watch it again and now that I have, I…
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Choose: sunbathe or find shade.
There is probably no grey area in this debate. Do you prefer to sunbathe or seek shade? Funny, you’ll even find me in the shade at the beach. Have umbrella – will travel! Or a Cabana with some pretty cool cats! Being a beach bum at heart, it will always be sunbathing for me. There are times when my Irish skin doesn’t appreciate my obsession, but I’ll always be a sun worshipper!