Archive for August, 2007
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Telephone Man
The things you find when you sort through old family photos… This one is of Aunt Jane’s (Karpinski) former husband. It is one of those things I just had to post. I am not sure he would want to be mentioned on this site, so I have blurred out his face and let him remain [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Karpinski by Tracy
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Purple Carrots
I present to you… purple carrots!
OK, so they’re not really purple. They’re more magenta or maroon. (You can click on the pic for a larger version.) In that the seed company packaging had exagerrated. The color extends only from the skin inward, as at the core they were still orange. But if deficient in the purple department, [...]
11 Comments » - Posted in Personal news, Recipes and food by Tracy
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Television Rots Young Minds
I found this picture at Aunt Helen’s (Dittrich) house. It seems to be Grandmom Karpinski’s row house, going by the secretary desk in the background and the configuration of the room. The television looks very primitive, so I’m guessing the pic was taken sometime in the early to mid 1950s. But TVs were a big [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich, Karpinski by Tracy
Monday, August 20th, 2007
A Strange Tableaux
When I was visiting Trenton in May, I came across this strange diorama in an estate sale store on Broad Street, not far from Holy Angels church. Whoever made it put a lot of care into it, but I have no idea why. Had it been a dollhouse? An idealized version of a prepubescent girl’s [...]
