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Forward

2012-01-28T13:45:00.001-05:00

Highlight

2012-01-05T13:54:00.000-05:00

Glory to God

Christmas

2011-12-21T18:22:00.003-05:00

"I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people."

The Park

2011-12-18T00:15:00.001-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T09:20:00.003-05:00

Stripes

2011-11-10T18:50:00.002-05:00

Hey,kitty!

One Hundred and Four

2011-10-12T23:33:00.002-05:00

My Grandma just turned 104 years old and nothing gets past her be it current events or the doings of her 9 grandchildren or her 26 greatgrands. She remembers the flapper era when she and her friends wore their galoshes unbuckled so they'd flap around, skipping rope in the alleyways of New York, traveling across the Atlantic as a young bride with her English husband, journeying to the deep south to help my mother when I was born. She is treasure trove indeed.

Adora

2011-09-24T23:04:00.011-05:00

The adorable Adora

Swell

2011-08-16T19:15:00.005-05:00

Stay

2011-07-11T21:37:00.004-05:00

Growing up as a military brat meant moving nearly every year. I often wonder what it would have meant to stay in each of the multiplicity of places we lived.

Amsterdam

2011-06-22T11:20:00.000-05:00

My nephew/boy genius created this remarkable video.

Launch

2011-06-21T17:38:00.005-05:00

My sons used to spend hours upon hours arraying and arranging their knights in preparation for the launch of major military campaigns.

Father's Day

2011-06-19T23:26:00.000-05:00

Happy Father's Day,Dad!

Shadows

2011-06-08T12:42:00.001-05:00

As evening shadows fall.....

Soaked

2011-05-26T19:42:00.003-05:00

Lesson

2011-05-02T11:36:00.004-05:00

Learn to make a dandelion chain.

Yah Spring!

2011-04-12T19:09:00.001-05:00

Springalicious!

Toy

2011-03-31T19:58:00.002-05:00

Happy St Patrick's Day

2011-03-17T17:48:00.002-05:00

Stir

2011-03-17T16:39:00.005-05:00

Stirring things up a bit.

Indiana 1958

2011-03-16T14:45:00.004-05:00

This is the infamous tricycle the seat of which a neighborhood girl had the utter temerity to pee upon thenceforth permanently contaminating it in the mind of my young sister. She refused to ever ride it again. I however was not quite so fastidious and quickly commandeered the vehicle.

Warning

2011-03-09T20:53:00.001-05:00

Beware the kite eating tree.

Valentine

2011-02-14T19:05:00.002-05:00

"Dear friends let us love one another for love comes from God"

Dusty

2011-01-24T20:27:00.002-05:00

Giant chickens can kick up a heck of a lot of dust.

Deja vu

2011-01-12T17:13:00.005-05:00

Sometimes you think you've lived before/ all that you've lived today/ Things you do come back to you/ as though you knew the way./Some things that happened for the first time seem to be happening again/ The clothes you're wearing are the clothes you wore/ For the smile you are smiling you were smiling then/ But I can't remember where or when" Frank Sinatra

Where or when?

Winter

2010-12-31T02:08:00.003-05:00

"She was not afraid of mice. She loved winter snow and ice" Happy New Year one and all!

2010-12-25T21:34:00.002-05:00

Nothing says Christmas like a pink sparkly Santa Claus. Thanks to my friend Denise who has an expert eye for the perfect vintage find!

Phenomena

2010-12-23T22:51:00.002-05:00

Myrtle's Christmas cookies were a yearly phenomena.

Kitty

2010-12-23T22:45:00.004-05:00

My dear friend Yoon See sent me this darling little fuzzball of a kitty along with a slew of other nifty gifties. So sweet. Thank you most kindly.

Mail

2010-12-17T21:37:00.005-05:00

I've had had fun making these cards but I just uhh haven't mailed them yet.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Savour

2010-11-27T20:43:00.006-05:00

The Campfire Kids was a club started by a bunch of us kiddies in our neighborhood. The sole purpose of this club was to burn campfires in the woods. We kind of had to sneak around to do this. I'm not recommending this practice but it was a lot of fun.We exhibited extreme caution and cleared the area and put down rocks to encircle the pit. At first we cooked marshmallows and hotdogs then we cooked apples and potatoes in the coals. They tasted best encrusted with ash. Warm and savoury! I trust you and yours had a blessed Thanksgiving around the home fires.

Afterwards

2010-11-05T11:54:00.002-05:00

There's summer and afterwards comes FALL, my favorite.

Transportation

2010-10-14T10:49:00.004-05:00

In the 1950's when I went to Kindergarten my teacher did not allow the girls to play with the these big wooden toy trucks the classroom was outfitted with. Under normal conditions I probably wouldn't have wanted to play with the vehicles but their forbidden nature made them particularly alluring.

Old Fashioned

2010-09-30T16:56:00.011-05:00

My grandmother,who will turn 103 this October 12th,recalls roaming throughout the Bronx on her roller skates. She remembers riding with her Aunt Minnie on a horse drawn trolley. She remembers when the New York subway opened up, saw the ticker tape parade for Lindberg among many other things. What a treasure trove she is. My grandmother phones me regularly and gives me the rundown on everything that's going on. Nothing gets by her. What a blessing it is to still have her formidable wisdom and wit.

Acrobat

2010-09-22T20:50:00.003-05:00

Dessert

2010-09-07T13:18:00.003-05:00

Dessert first as they say!

Caged

2010-08-12T16:21:00.007-05:00

I recollect jumping "Double Dutch" in the gigantic communal backyard of the housing area of Aberdeen Proving Grounds the dual ropes creating a movable cage of sorts.

Giant

2010-08-08T13:25:00.000-05:00

I like this.

Artificial

2010-08-04T01:09:00.003-05:00

Nothing artificial - real pretend!

Paisley Cat

2010-07-26T13:38:00.001-05:00

Postcards

2010-07-26T09:47:00.006-05:00

I won 100 FREE postcards from uprinting I really like the way they turned out. Thanks to the contest on the megatalented Valerie Walsh's website.

Breakfast

2010-07-21T17:26:00.004-05:00

My Dad was an accomplished pancake artiste. Any form that could be shaped from blopping batter in a frying pan be it bear,mouse,bunny or snowman he could create it.

Giant

2010-07-08T12:30:00.001-05:00

Gigantic discoveries!

Equipment

2010-05-18T22:46:00.001-05:00

For a bug safari you need the proper equipment

Fearless

2010-05-13T00:34:00.009-05:00

I remember the utter jubilation the pure unmitigated excitement I felt when my Mother brought my second sister home from the hospital. She was wrapped in a blue bunting that my Mom had used on my sister Cindy and me when we lived in Alaska. I was still two and a half years old so that means my parents had a grand total of three children all under the age of three. And four more brothers were yet to be added all born while we were living in different places. That's pretty fearless. I'm not quite that fearless myself. My Mother was always very thin despite having seven kids. I suppose she never had time to eat. And every day she put on her coral lipstick that went perfectly with her olive complexion. Happy Mother's Day again Mom!

Cocoon

2010-05-06T14:34:00.007-05:00

Once when I was a kid I was out playing in the woods(which is what kids did back in the day before over scheduling)and I discovered what I thought was a cocoon affixed to a branch. I brought it home and put it in a jar. The next day much to my astonishment hundreds of tiny praying mantises had emerged from the egg casing overnight. It was midwinter and I suppose the warmth of the house must have precipitated this praying mantis outburst. The poor darlings were so ravenous and having nothing else to eat in their little jar they were devouring one another. My mother wouldn't let me keep them in the house so I had to let them loose in the freezing cold. I've always felt sad about that.

Ahead

2010-04-24T21:40:00.003-05:00

Moving ahead

Linked

2010-04-15T23:16:00.005-05:00

Spring!

2010-04-08T10:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Easter

2010-04-04T22:45:00.002-05:00

Dip

2010-04-03T16:13:00.003-05:00

Expired

2010-03-25T14:08:00.005-05:00

It was well nigh impossible to reckon as to whether Elden had indeed expired or if the critter was merely playing possum.

Perspective

2010-03-02T14:24:00.003-05:00

Look on the Sunny Side- Ada Blenkhorn 1899

Adrift

2010-02-14T16:26:00.003-05:00

Adrift on a tide of emotion, Happy Valentines Day

Muddy

2010-02-11T11:43:00.002-05:00

Focused

2010-02-04T12:08:00.002-05:00

Focused on the pursuit

Confined

2010-01-14T01:46:00.005-05:00

How can such a magnificent creature be confined to such a small area?

Yoon See

2010-01-14T01:19:00.005-05:00

Yoon See sent me this incredible package stuffed with goodies including these cute little Tribbles So far they haven't reproduced.

Merry Christmas

2009-12-24T11:18:00.001-05:00

Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, goodwill towards men.

Undone

2009-12-21T18:03:00.008-05:00

Georgie Gingerbread was so happy to have his own special house. Oh but he was sad when his special house came undone.

Entangle

2009-12-04T01:16:00.002-05:00

Hopelessly entangled in a good book.

Music

2009-11-26T20:28:00.004-05:00

"Make a joyful noise"

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-26T20:17:00.003-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! "Enter his gates with thanksgiving"

Unbalanced

2009-11-18T23:28:00.001-05:00

Then the cupcakes started to fly!

Blur

2009-11-10T23:55:00.001-05:00

Once the ice cream truck appeared on the scene everything was a blur.

Faster

2009-10-29T21:49:00.004-05:00

Hurray,fall is here and winter is fast approaching!

Fast

2009-10-28T19:53:00.002-05:00

Run fast when those nasty germ monsters start their chasing.

Flying

2009-10-15T00:32:00.002-05:00

Why waste away in a gilded cage when you could be flying free. "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free"

Blocks

2009-10-05T17:27:00.001-05:00

Germs

2009-10-05T14:36:00.004-05:00

Germs are bad and at the very highest magnification bear a striking resemblence to Goofy Grape.

Infinite

2009-09-25T00:09:00.004-05:00

But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and forevermore. Praise the Lord!
Psalm 115:18

Welcome

2009-09-15T17:48:00.002-05:00

Beware when evil beckons!

Caution

2009-08-27T20:58:00.001-05:00

Danger! Danger!

Award

2009-08-26T22:02:00.003-05:00

The superultratalented AmyCartwright has kindly bequeathed upon me the beautiful art inspiration award from the wonderful Bella Sinclair Sisterhood is indeed powerful so I pass this award on to:
Yoon See
Majeak Ann
Donna
Suzannah

Wrapped

2009-08-19T23:48:00.002-05:00

Impatience

2009-08-13T12:50:00.002-05:00

Impatient to get on with their weekend the kids scrambled out of the school.

Modify

2009-08-06T15:53:00.003-05:00

Flora was perpetually putting the finishing touches on her confabulations.

Reverie

2009-08-04T19:47:00.002-05:00

Idle

2009-07-29T13:28:00.002-05:00

Fashion Doll idly primped while Rag Doll toiled.

Worn

2009-07-01T15:18:00.005-05:00

In the evenings Rag Doll would sit out on her rickety wornout porch and play her wornout fiddle to the jubilation of her critter friends.

Unfold

2009-06-18T14:48:00.005-05:00

Every night at bedtime when my sisters and I were young my dad used to confabulate these amazingly convoluted and fantastical ongoing adventure sagas, most often involving an intrepid little girl thwarting the nefarious schemes of some mean monster or bad witch. Night after night we'd listen enraptured as the labyrinthine plots unfolded. Thanks Dad!

Crave

2009-06-09T21:44:00.003-05:00

Hubert desperately craved peace and quiet away from the incessant hustle and bustle.

Flowers

2009-06-03T17:30:00.003-05:00

Flowers are pretty.

Adapt

2009-06-01T22:02:00.006-05:00

Kids are endlessly adaptable.

Theater

2009-04-30T18:09:00.002-05:00

It's showtime people!

Fleeting

2009-04-13T20:37:00.003-05:00

A fleeting glimpse of a rare creature

Poise

2009-04-02T13:26:00.002-05:00

Poise and charm are essential elements of proper deportment.

Subtraction

2009-03-24T16:09:00.002-05:00

Intricate

2009-03-12T23:10:00.001-05:00

Breeze

2009-03-05T01:00:00.002-05:00

"The wind blows where it wishes,and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

Celebration - Valentines

2009-02-14T22:44:00.002-05:00

Happy Valentines

Celebration

2009-02-14T22:13:00.004-05:00

Welcome Veda! Congratulations Penelope and Colin!

Time

2009-02-09T12:11:00.005-05:00

Time -you thief!- storming forward at your inexorable pace devouring your minions

Climbing

2009-01-29T18:37:00.006-05:00

Clamboring up the old playstructure.

Pale

2009-01-21T23:14:00.002-05:00

With their bright winterwear the children stood out against the pale snow.

Dream

2009-01-21T22:39:00.003-05:00

"I have a dream that ...little children will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

Contained

2009-01-14T22:17:00.005-05:00

There's no end the fun possibilities contained in a single cardboard box or in a new year for that matter. Happy New Year everyone.

Similar

2008-12-11T13:26:00.002-05:00

All the houses on Picklelily Court were of similar design.

Balloon

2008-12-04T16:18:00.006-05:00

Rag Doll was confident her patches would hold, overconfident perhaps.

Tagged

2008-12-03T22:31:00.007-05:00

The incomparably talented Alina Chau tagged me.I want to play and so 7 things:

1.I love the Hudson River and often dream about it.

2.When I was 7 my sisters(5 & 4)and I were summoned to the police station because a neighbor(Sammy Say) had accused us of stealing cherries from his cherry tree. The policewoman showed us a jail cell "Yes, that's where they put the bad women" and I remember its walls were completely covered in graffiti. Later my sisters and I would take turns telling "Sammy Say" jokes before we'd go to sleep at night usually involving bathroom humour of one sort or another.

3.I attended school at West Point Military Academy - 7th and 8th grade that is. We were not allowed to wear makeup. Once General Westmoreland's daughter wore white lipstick to school. Big Scandal!

4.I flunked out of High School because I kept going to the park next to our school. It was a magnificent place with a giant chessboard and miniature Russian Orthodox chapel. Later I was accepted at university. Clerical error perhaps?

5.I like those wax lips they sell around Halloween.

6.My dad is from North Dakota and my mom is from the Bronx.

7.I like to swim in the Delaware.

And so I tag Donna
Twisselman
Rima
Scott
Neda