Archive for July, 2009
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Maui Bear
Violet was 4 years old here and I’m not sure of that’s Kahoolawe or Lanai in the background. I think Bear was having a good time too!
4 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich by Barb
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Puppy Luv
Morgan, our beagle mix, only had puppies once in her life. I’d like to say I remember that, but I don’t!
3 Comments » - Posted in Warner by Tracy
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Ice Cave
This ice cave was on Emmons Glacier, in the Carbon River section of Mt. Rainier National Park. A small stream flowed out of it and you could go inside and walk around, despite the warnings (like a piece of melting ice could fall on your head.) The light that came through the ice was strange [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Personal news by Tracy
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
Greek Wisdom
These pages came from a small art book (the kind they sell at museums for 3 or 4 dollars) called Springs of Greek Wisdom. I got it for ten cents at a used bookstore that was going out of business. The pages were of faux parchment paper with quotes from Plutarch, Euripides, Homer, and others. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Art,Vintage Publications by Tracy
Saturday, July 11th, 2009
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies!
Nor stick them up your nose! This is little Barbie at Washington Crossing Park.
1 Comment » - Posted in Dittrich by Barb
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
The Rise and Fall of Dragons
This was one of the first stories I ever wrote. It was entirely on my own, not for school (as you can see, the paper is ungraded.) I estimate it’s from 1972. At that age I must have been obsessing about Greek myths, fairy tales, and dinosaurs and combined them with a plotline from Saturday [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Amusing timewaster,Vintage Publications,Warner by Tracy
Sunday, July 5th, 2009
Prime Time
I’ve straddled the Tropic of Cancer in Australia. I’ve crossed the International Date line. I once sat in 4 states at once. And when I was in England I stood at 0 degrees latitude. Gee. I get around…!
8 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich by Barb
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Business Art
So is this a business selling pork, lettuce and fish? Or is it Mr. Ham’s business selling celery and crabs?
1 Comment » - Posted in Amusing timewaster by Barb
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
July 4th
Jeanne and I eat lunch on our own private picnic blanket at the Dittrichs’ Fourth of July backyard barbecue. At the end of the day there was a scramble to find sticks to toast our marshamallows on. If one bubbled and burned and fell into the hot coals — disaster! After that the sparklers in [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Dittrich,Warner by Tracy
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Summer Afternoons
. Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. – Henry James . There are lots of things to do on a summer afternoon. You an stick a fork between your toes on the beach. . Or jump into a swimming pool. Some [...]
