tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post3746219519295887638..comments2023-11-05T06:43:49.592-05:00Comments on Row homes and Cobblestones: MemoriesRow homes and Cobblestoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01643916045622529275noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-54748724352025070352014-08-09T12:42:35.728-04:002014-08-09T12:42:35.728-04:00Dear Vera,
Thank you for your kind words about my ...Dear Vera,<br />Thank you for your kind words about my little painting...<br />The background was painted with a sea sponge. I will be working on the yellow roses today.<br />Wishing you a wonderful day.<br />fondly,<br />PennyAngelsdoor * Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770992037653364805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-88635136848201850562014-08-06T06:50:42.751-04:002014-08-06T06:50:42.751-04:00Dear sista!
Good morning on this 6th of August......Dear sista!<br /><br />Good morning on this 6th of August....I am savoring each day as it ticks away...I am working on my theatre, poetry, and photos....having SUCH a grand time. I just got word yesterday that I will be teaching three French courses at the high school and one course at the middle school, and this is GREAT NEWS....but I'm waiting for the right day (probably in about a week) to start digging into my curriculum! <br /><br />OH THE THEATRE...I am so excited. In "real life", we are adding exposed beams to our family room and back office, but schedules have delayed the process. GRRRR! So what do I do? I install small beams into my theatre! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA.....I tell ya, when I want something, I find a way to get it done!<br /><br />The joy of renovating the theatre is making me giggle. I will be installing "hardwood" floors today and getting this baby ready for OUR gala even come this winter. Vera, you and Doré and me and Penny, we are all wild ones, aren't we! Let's never stop playing.<br /><br />I will send you photos as soon as I get this theatre down the stairs to put in a better light; it's currently up in my bedroom where the light is very poor.<br /><br />OK, off to work on the theatre! XOXOXOCastles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-22994468722984445592014-08-05T07:37:35.530-04:002014-08-05T07:37:35.530-04:00Bonjour mon amie!!!!!
Vera, thank you so much for...Bonjour mon amie!!!!!<br /><br />Vera, thank you so much for coming to visit my post. Oh how lovely that you've been to the Bastille Day festivities at the elegant museum where Isabelle de Borchgrave's work was displayed! I used the music on that video to go with the feel of the wooden floor beneath my feet as I danced for my friend who took the photos of me at the American Swedish Institute! What fun we had, and what fun I'm continuing to have as I take photos to improve my visual representations. I hope that one day I can publish (self-publish) revised/edited versions of blog posts with my own photos to make into a book. But the real work, the work of poetry that is under the scrutiny of the poetry world is a work that will take much time -- maybe it will never amount to much, but it sure is worth a try.<br /><br />AND YOU SHOULD SEE what I'm doing to my little theatre. It's going under some "renovations!" MUCH LOVE, AnitaCastles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-89733433712120436192014-08-02T17:58:11.864-04:002014-08-02T17:58:11.864-04:00Vera, what a fantastic camera collection you have,...Vera, what a fantastic camera collection you have, and I love how you've displayed each and every one! As always, your post is filled with such meaning, memories, and beautiful images. I adore the sweet Summer ballet presentation! :)<br />Susanmust love junkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00809616307382178089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-50874014449075485952014-08-02T09:11:34.811-04:002014-08-02T09:11:34.811-04:00Lovely, lovely post. I was having a conversation w...Lovely, lovely post. I was having a conversation with my dad last week (he is about to turn 90) over how very precious memories are. As always, I love your poetry.<br />Have a wonderful weekend!<br />~ LinLin from A {tiny} Cottage In The Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09852855396042947932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-39768332094373120722014-07-30T21:55:04.814-04:002014-07-30T21:55:04.814-04:00Your camera collection is amazing Vera! You have c...Your camera collection is amazing Vera! You have collected so many beauties! <br />I love reading your writing and poems. Your family must love them too!!!<br />OMG that green chair is a scream!<br /><br />Dore's theater is so darling. I adore her artwork too.<br />hugs from here...Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283259375743586344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-8950593010005258382014-07-30T15:02:34.308-04:002014-07-30T15:02:34.308-04:00you have the most amazing collections and that cha...you have the most amazing collections and that chair is to die for...I am in love with that color!Pura Vidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423379787232688763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-29954102088730482642014-07-30T14:53:56.644-04:002014-07-30T14:53:56.644-04:00That was called a gossip bench back in the 50'...That was called a gossip bench back in the 50's and we had one in our hallway all thru my jr. and hi school years. I'd give all I own to have it now. Mom probably sold it in a garage sale ...not sure.<br />I hope they keep the green one and just have it recovered in a pretty fabric..French, maybe. :)bj https://www.blogger.com/profile/09327534885194207074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-16638795442577047892014-07-30T12:12:56.258-04:002014-07-30T12:12:56.258-04:00Oh, what a lovely collection of cameras - I wonder...Oh, what a lovely collection of cameras - I wonder where my father's old cameras are.<br /><br />Your poem - so sweet and so true. I will be working away at something and suddenly an old memory, totally unconnected to my work, will pop into my head to make me laugh or smile.<br /><br />Your felt mice and the theatre are wonderful!Art and Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09070124859845536964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-23720791034227214652014-07-27T18:09:53.724-04:002014-07-27T18:09:53.724-04:00Hello Vera
I found your tour of cameras fascinati...Hello Vera<br /><br />I found your tour of cameras fascinating. The green chair did make me laugh. It certainly has character. Your stage by Dore and how you have personalized it is a beautiful tribute to your parents.<br />Many thanks for stopping by.<br />Have a glorious week filled with sunshinehelen tilstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-59720670009530921042014-07-26T19:54:23.420-04:002014-07-26T19:54:23.420-04:00What a beautiful collection of vintage cameras and...What a beautiful collection of vintage cameras and memories. Stanely and Joey look like such a fun couple! And I hope that wonderful green chair remains in your family for so so many more generations. Seawashedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00299816851144887705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-56068434919357905282014-07-26T12:58:01.140-04:002014-07-26T12:58:01.140-04:00Dear Vera,
Thank you so much for your visit.... No...Dear Vera,<br />Thank you so much for your visit.... Now that you mention it, she does look a little melancholy... I always appreciate you thoughts. So sweet of you to come by.<br />I hope today will be a restful one for you.<br />blessings,<br />PennyAngelsdoor * Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770992037653364805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-25130201666443490422014-07-25T13:07:00.139-04:002014-07-25T13:07:00.139-04:00Hi Vera, what a wonderful post filled with so many...Hi Vera, what a wonderful post filled with so many special memories. Your camera collection is amazing. It has to be the best I've seen similar to the museum at Henry Ford at Greenfield Village.<br />The phone chair is a treasure. Looks like Stanley finds it comfy?!? Maybe NOT!! I remember my second cousins having one in wood similar at the bottom of a grand staircase in PA. I always loved that seat.<br />Your poem just sweeps one away with your heart touching words.<br />LOVE your theater. I have to go back and read again and enjoy your photos.<br />Thank you for sharing. You are a special part of blogland my friend.<br />Have a great weekend.<br />HugsCelestina Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021633519525822335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-65389631031510679062014-07-25T12:16:37.609-04:002014-07-25T12:16:37.609-04:00Oh Vera, I see why this is a favorite post of your...Oh Vera, I see why this is a favorite post of yours! It's filled with so many wonderful memories that you chose to share with us. Love the pictures you so eloquently create in our minds through your words.<br />And Wow...what a fabulous collection of old cameras. I think the Diana is my favorite as well.<br />It's always a delight to see a new theatre production!!<br />Mary Alicechateau chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11861535167732654354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-35143363476769264472014-07-25T11:54:02.981-04:002014-07-25T11:54:02.981-04:00Dear Vera,
You have expressed your memories so bea...Dear Vera,<br />You have expressed your memories so beautifully here... I loved your ~Memory~ poem Vera.. The Silvery moon is such a perfect place to highlight your parents love for each other.. Love what you have done to enhance the mood on the stage.. I would love to own one of Dore's beautiful stages one day. Perfect setting, thank you for sharing, dear friend.<br /><br />Oh how I enjoyed your camera collection... I really cannot pick a favorite, they are all wonderful... sure takes me back in time... I really enjoyed the ~Chair~ story... Stanley is quite the character.... <br />Once again you have touched my heart with your writing.<br />love,<br />PennyAngelsdoor * Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770992037653364805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-44275653372949231072014-07-25T07:36:11.794-04:002014-07-25T07:36:11.794-04:00I am finally here.
I was swept away by my beloved...I am finally here.<br /><br />I was swept away by my beloved immediately after he came home from work, to his self-proclaimed "FAVORITE PLACE AT THE END OF THE DAY" (at home, with me).<br /><br />Vera, memories are just about my favorite places to dwell. A poet, artist actor, musician, we all must be brave to remember and create from those moments and weave them into the now. You do that well, and you start at the best point: with those special people you love. <br /><br />No moment is wasted. Even hard moments in life can be salvaged, and like this darling theatre made to look like the old opéras of Paris where thousands of dancing feet performed, we stage our memories to retell our stories so that someone else can say, "I UNDERSTAND!"<br /><br />My theatre is sitting upstairs in my bedroom, waiting for a photo shoot! If not now, surely by Christmas if you are planning it with Doré, I will join in with you for a theatre bash. I too have a silver moon upon which Tea Rat sits. I made it for our first ever Travelin' Show in Nowhere where we had so much laughter and fun. <br /><br />It is a joy to know you dear Vera, to know we love many of the same things, that we are bond in LOVE! Castles Crowns and Cottageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01780241008313365707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-73342592306069399452014-07-24T22:53:39.185-04:002014-07-24T22:53:39.185-04:00Beautifully written my dear friend.
I too along wi...Beautifully written my dear friend.<br />I too along with Hannah my daughter have a thing for mice and that's why we had Penny do a grey moused tutu for ours.<br />The chair what can I say other then glad it was not a family situation that I was gifted such, it might end up on the porch. I so remember my grands parents having such a chair phone stand much this shape but all wood, and my grandfather taking the time to refinish it I am sure was not to my grandmothers likings :)<br />Stanley looks to be the comic in the family, that fun shirt and shorts and nerviness to pose for a picture in the phone chair is evidence enough and the photo will pass down to many more family story's.<br /><br />Love the camera collection as for that Brownie camera, the boxy brown one, I had one, my very first camera that started it all with take shots everywhere I felt was a photo shoot moment. It was given to me from my grandma, darn I so wish I had mine still not sure what happened to it sadly.<br /><br />Love the touching poem, the Mother Fatther dance and there beauty in ever lasting love. He sounds like my father who would break out in song and dance at any given moment, and my grand parents looking on in all the fun.<br /><br />Vera, you my dear are a lady of memories, ones that are stored up with such beauty and recal; I could sit and listen and read your stories for days, almost like I am listening to our family stories.<br /><br />Vera,<br />I love how you embrace life, and how it embraces you back.<br /><br />Thank you for all that you add to blogging, <br /><br />See you soon,<br /><br />Xx<br />Dore Burlap Luxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16134718817693134037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047532841234141141.post-28680768020834620042014-07-24T19:02:48.286-04:002014-07-24T19:02:48.286-04:00Oh Vera where to start. First the camera collecti...Oh Vera where to start. First the camera collection is amazing. I think my fave is the Diana too. Love the blue on that one. Love the story of the green chair and how Stanley took her home to have the memories of your grandfather. So sweet.<br />Glad you did not find it on the side of the road. I bet he will keep it close. The love story of your parents is so sweet and special. Silvery moom is the perfect stage to highlight their love and the wonderful memories of the two of them. This was a very touching post. I went back through and read it a couple of times. Really touched my heart. Thank you for the special emotions you convey through your writing. Very touching.<br />KrisJunkchiccottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13312068546640480844noreply@blogger.com