Day 338 of 2024

I'm sorting through more things today. 

Here are some of my mom's things 

including a pen that was engraved 

for her parents' 50th wedding anniversary.

 

Day 106 of 2024

I just washed (and did't press) the tea towel I bought in Bermuda. 

I've decided it's better to use this kind of treasure 

so that it can evoke memories frequently 

as opposed to the only occasional time I might come across it 

as it sits pristine in the kitchen cupboard. 

And if it gets worn out, 

there will be more adventures on which I can buy new tea towels.

 

Day 49 of 2023

Remembering Grandma Boo.

 

Day 260 of 2022

Many teenage memories are wrapped up in this place.

 

Day 73 of 2022

Old fashioned sodas seem to be very popular at hardware stores. 

I enjoy seeing the blast from the past, especially the Bubble Up.

 

Day 69 of 2022

I remember as a child going to visit my grandmother

(estimated to be about 60 years ago)

 and being fascinated with the velvet pillows

 that seemed to be folded in such amazing ways. 

Some were similar to this and some were round. 

Today I found both styles for sale at a home goods store. 

I guess everything old really is new again.

 

Day 98 of 2021

I found this little device in a box with a slide in it. 

It needed cleaning from the corroded batteries that were inside, 

some realignment of the connections, 

new batteries and a bit of finesse to get it working, but once I did, 

I found Mom from 1975.

 

Day 333 of 2019

The contents of our kids' (all adults now, of course) buckets of little things

are being sorted. 

I anticipate at least seventy-five percent of these to be gone when I am done. 

The rest will remain for the GBs to play with. 

Or maybe they won't.

Day 206 of 2019

Where am I?

Day 69 of 2019

I was looking for a particular date from last year's Bullet Journal 

when I came across several pages like this.  

I miss the colors and the doodles.  

It may be time to put some in my current calendar.

Day 50 of 2019

Today I squeezed myself through between the sorting tables 

and finally took down the Christmas tree. 

All that is left to do is find a place for the special ornaments

 that are new to the house, 

including handmade ornaments by GBs 

and ornaments commemorating our special travels last year.

Day 36 of 2019

I peeked into a box I was not working on 

while I was taking a break from the boxes that were my focus today. 

I found this.

This is me with my firstborn, Big D, about forty years ago. 

Day 295 of 2018

The distraction level can get pretty high when I am trying to clean and organize, 

especially when I find sweet little writings that M did many years ago. 

I like that she hugs her sister a lot and likes to play with her brother. 

On the next page she drew her other brother 

and talks about going to his school to hear him sing. 

Day 261 of 2018

One of Little E's Barbies, 

shown here in an official Barbie apron from the 1960s 

and a dress my mother made for my 1960s Barbie, 

might just get some new clothes soon.  

The three patterns are from the mid-1980s 

(note the wedding dress just to the left of Barbie's head

 is styled to resemble Princess Diana's gown) 

and the 29 cent booklet has a 1964 copyright.

This should be fun.

Day 151 of 2018

Eat it all.

It's a learned skill.

Day 144 of 2018

I went antique shopping with a friend today and got such a shock when I saw this 

that I had to take a picture. 

Here's the story.  

Back in a lonely corner of an antique mall fifteen miles north of my house 

I found stacks and stacks of issues of old LIFE magazines.  

This issue was on top of one stack and I glanced at it quickly 

so I could identify the woman on the front.  

From my upside-down view I could see on the label that it was sent to the town

 in which I lived for a very short period of time.  

Being curious, I looked to see the name on the label.  

Much to my surprise I recognized the name as my English teacher

 from my last year of high school.  

The date of the issue is November 16, 1953.  

It had been later stamped as property of our local public library.

So this magazine was delivered to my former high school teacher before I was born, 

made its way at some point to the public library in town, 

and finally, sixty-five years and seventy miles later, 

found itself in a place that I should discover it today.

To answer the question on a conversation-starter napkin we have in our kitchen, 

THIS is the most outrageous thing I saw today.

Day 233 of 2017

Solar Eclipse 2017 

as viewed on the driveway in the dappled sunlight under the maple tree.

Day 7 of 2017

Today I took only one picture.  

If I had known it was so blurry, I would surely have taken another of something else. 

But it was after midnight when I discovered the blur so, by default, 

this is picture of the day.  

This is the aftermath of GB#3 playing with his current favorite thing.  

The boy sure does love his trains.

Day 155 of 2016

Story time. 

Grandpa (Fireball) reads a bedtime story to GB#3. 

GB#3 holds the story time music.

Day 35 of 2016

A walk around campus of the university I attended 

revealed things I am sure I did not appreciate when I was a student.