These colors don’t run…
This is us at our engagement party during the summer of 1987. Charles officially went into the USMC in January 1988.
The hair got a bit shorter after this photo was taken! This was phase one of the haircuts. 😉
Simple beauty for your home
This is us at our engagement party during the summer of 1987. Charles officially went into the USMC in January 1988.
The hair got a bit shorter after this photo was taken! This was phase one of the haircuts. 😉
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Timeline of world happenings which the Ingalls family would
have heard about by reading newspapers ~ those day’s “internet.”
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Laura’s actual writing desk and other things she owned. |
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I believe this is the Braille Bible which was used in the
Little House series on television during the 1970’s and 1980’s.
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Love this 1970’s era US Postal Service advertisement! |
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My son Peter and DIL Justine checking out the clothing to try on. 😉 |
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A little bright color at the bookshop’s entryway ~ seen on our way out. |
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TEMPTING GOODIES PATRIOTIC ~ our Statue of Liberty came from a French sculptor so it’s appropriate that we include Americana-decorated mini cupcakes and French macaroons. |
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A final view of the White House. |
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You can see some of the false~fronts on these buildings here on Allen Street. |
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I darkened this photo and intensified the colors a bit to show how vibrant the embroidery would have been when it was first created. |
The detail in this piece is incredible!
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Vereins Kirche ~ originally built in 1847 but torn down after the 50th anniversary of Fredericksburg’s founding, was rebuilt in 1934 to honor the first German settlers of Fredericksburg, Texas. |
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Love the old “false~fronts” on these 1870’s brick buildings here! |
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Fort Martin Scott as it was in the early 1850’s. |
When flying into Atlanta, you’ll notice three city-heads from the air: downtown, midtown, and affluent uptown
Buckhead.
The Design Bloggers Conference was held at The Grand Hyatt,
seen in the lead photograph above, was a beautiful hotel.
Originally a small farming community, Buckhead grew into a bustling commercial center with high-rise apartments, condominiums and office buildings mixed in
with older homes.
Having original and remodeled homes still being loved and lived in since the late 1800’s is a testament to the people of Atlanta’s
“love of home.”
Nice to see that Atlantians care about their historical homes
and that not every old home needs to be torn down.
Taking care and having foresight to see that their city could be revitalized and modernized but still keep its personality is so important in today’s throw-away-mentality-world!
I was surprised to find so many Federal, Colonial and antebellum-style homes around Buckhead. They reminded me of the homes
I’d see when visiting my parents in Connecticut.
It was almost a dejá vu feeling!
I love this combination of homes, personally!
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an asymmetric Colonial style home in Buckhead, Atlanta |
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Evening skies over the Buckhead area of Atlanta |
A little history lesson for you…
Atlanta was originally named Terminus, a very apt name distinguishing the city as the Zero-Mile Post convergence for
four major railroad lines shipping goods from the area
to the mid-west from the 1830’s to the 1850’s. Hence, this is why
General William Tecumseh Sherman
burned Atlanta to the ground during the Civil War
(all except hospitals and churches, although hospitals
were ordered evacuated)
as the area was THE major distribution hub
for military supplies coming into the South.
After the war, as Terminus’s economy resurrected, a movement to rename the city grew and for a short time Terminus
was known as Thrasherville.
Shortly thereafter, though…
(and aren’t we all glad that the city was renamed?!) |
The western sky as I walked back to my hotel after the first day at conference. |
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A little garden tucked away at the Grand Hyatt, Buckhead Atlanta. |
I love the feeling of this hidden gem of a garden ~
soooo serene, so ethereal!
Love the ferns and can you spot the Japanese pagoda?
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The Grand Hyatt Buckhead’s grand chandelier! (wouldn’t you like to take it home?!) |
Happy Sunday and may the Lord
richly bless you,