Generations.....

A scanned collage of family photos, cards and letters from a box brought here from Mom's. If I haven't been blogging often or visiting your blogs this summer, it is because I have been on a trip to the past, making discoveries and spending wonderful time with people I love, my family!

Clearing out Mom's house, packing, sorting and moving a lifetime of memories has had my focus and energy. I have found some time to paint and will be back eventually with photos of my works. [Must remember to take the camera along when I go this time!]

One more old "curly hair" photo...bear with me here!

This one is from a yellowed newspaper article in the 1980's. (A larger copy is on my Lila's Quilts blog.)

Being a very private person, back then, I think I was a difficult interview...so she sort of wrote a story of her own to go with the photo....that's when I learned to take the media with a grain of salt.

The floral dress/jumper was a look we loved in the days of Laura Ashley dresses!

A few more old photos......

The first year we were married, we often did weekend camping. This was a spring -time canoe trip on the Buffalo National River. My husband loves to take photos, and he took this one of me resting in the canoe on a gravel bar.... springtime, about 33 years ago.

1982, building a lego house with my daughter and her baby brother....we followed the lego plans!

The "curly perm" years of the late 1980's...now my daughter is the "bossy" older sister in glasses! A photo taken for my husband to keep on his desk at work...

The next photo is one he took when we were at a football game. Sunny autumn day!

At an Arkansas craft and music festival with 2 house guests...Paul from the Congo and Maurice from Madagascar. About 1992. (After all those curls, I went for a new short haircut!)

Now I'm starting my "vacation" by reading a new novel given to me by a dear friend,

"Sleeping with Schubert" by Bonnie Marson. A charming tale of creative "possession"!

More mail!!!

I found a package waiting when I got home from work on Saturday night! It was filled with a lovely notecard, papers for collage and altered art projects and 3, ATC's done by Janet! They are good examples of different techniques for ATC artworks. The stitchery one has a very different appeal and "feel" !

Now I am really inspired to get busy and try some more ATC's and 4x4's!

Thank-you, Janet!











We are posting old photos of ourselves...these are what I found, easily ( as they were sitting here in frames and easy to scan).

The photo of 4 children from the 1950's shows me as the oldest (bossy?) sister. One little sister and 2 younger brothers completed our bunch! I was very proud of my glasses which I thought made me look grown up like my mom and grandmother!

Below is a college photo from the late 1960's. By then, hating my glasses, I was so happy that contacts were invented! I was an art and math major ( my father was a mathmetics professor).



Perhaps, we are "supposed" to be posting photos from 20 years ago (mine are much older!)....that I can do after I go thorough some albums...have to run to work now....My last day before a vacation!!!







I must say, no matter how I plan and do this layout, the preview and published versions are always a surprise...!!!

Hoping Blogger keeps this in some kind of order!