Prairie Blue


...............at my front door spinning...................just some simple thoughts & happenings of an ordinary woman.....

Saturday, May 29, 2010

remembering.......




this is a day of many memories..................this is a proud seabee sailor......and his soon to be bride......................not only did this man serve our country proudly........when he returned home, he followed his passion of working with stone.....................working in the limestone mills as an apprentice cutter, he was asked by my great-grandmother to make a monument for my great-grandfather......................................thus the beginning of not only serving his country proudly, he embarked on a career, owning a monument business......proudly crafting everlasting memorials............................................over the years...i watched as his compassion for people at their most sorrowful time took hold......patient and guiding them toward decisions that would be everlasting......he helped them through difficult decisions.........................i would go along for a setting in the cemetery........helped put in a foundation, take a rubbing, put in a vase....................taught never to walk on a grave, which i still cannot do to this day..............this man honored Memorial Day more than any i know........................................i am blessed!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

hello new friend.......





recently i posted my saying good-bye to an old friend..............our old iron bed!...........well here is her replacement................still doing some tweaking in the room, here and there......but overall i am adjusting............................it looks black in these photos, but i stained it dark walnut............................we have so much wood in the room, i was afraid to go the same color, so opted for darker...........................with mattress it is waist high, so a foot stool is needed.................had the coverlet in the shop (just waiting for me to bring it in)........for right now hung the same quilt on the top......till i get a rug finished to hang in it's place...........made new linen lampshades............trying to decide whether to switch the homespun curtains for tobacco cloth......................................................it has been a good transition, glad we went for it, glad it's over..............now for other transitions.....................................................i am blessed!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

oh my .......minerva!


as i walked in the room where my blue minerva dolls reside.........i glanced over to see a little bit of discombobulation!............a tiny blue minerva was a little out of sorts....a little weary....a little on the tired side..........like she had been through a little rough patch.....................i leaned over to have a little talk with her...................."oh my....minerva.....I know exactly how you feel".........things will get better.....................................i am blessed!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

side by side......


two special days.........side by side..........just like the two of them.............................today was daddy's birthday & tomorrow mother's day............what better way to honor the both of them.......missing them more than i can say, but non the less honoring them this day still side by side....................blessed by two wonderful parents, that could not have showed me any more everlasting love...........................................i am blessed!