sending you a rainbow...

... :-) !

a little tlc...

We finally got around to giving this vintage fish aquarium stand a little tlc. Rick got a little bored last weekend and decided to work on it.  Since it has been sitting on the front porch for almost 2 years -- it needed a good wire brushing and a bit of sanding.  It was also in need of a top shelf (since that was a open space to hold the  fish tank.)  I found an old oven rack in the basement that was salvaged years ago from an apartment size stove in our house in Baldwin.  Rick cut a piece of remnant wood to brace it -- gave it a coat of Rustoleum spray paint -- and -- Voila!  C'est tres jolie! :-)

it must be june...

...the lilies are blooming!  :-)

Thursday...

...hello! :-)

voices from the past...

~*~

Not sure what prompted me to dig these vintage records out of the garage today.  I was actually going to throw them in the garbage -- but I realized that I DO have a 78 rpm setting on my record player -- so I ended up listening to them instead.  The copyright on the "Diamond Record" label is 1909.  So, that means that the man who is singing on that record did so over 100 years ago.  The singing man has no name -- it is just labeled "baritone solo".  From the pile of about 20 records, so far I've listened to 3.  I would like to think that these records belonged to my great grandparents -- but even if they didn't -- this would be the kind of music they would have listened to "back in the day"... a long... long... time ago.

red, white, and blue...

Happy Memorial Day weekend!  Hope you're out there grilling those dawgs and burgers!

130 million votes...

...my favorite idol winner so far...! :-) 

Hold on, to me as we go
As we roll down this unfamiliar road
And although this wave is stringing us along
Just know you’re not alone
Cause I’m going to make this place your home

Settle down, it'll all be clear
Don't pay no mind to the demons
They fill you with fear
The trouble it might drag you down
If you get lost, you can always be found

Just know you’re not alone
Cause I’m going to make this place your home...