Archive for April, 2010
Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Like Mother, Like Son
I don’t know when or where this was taken, but Aunt Lottie and Frank sure are striking a similar pose!
3 Comments » - Posted in Karpinski by Barb
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Mars Revisited
This was taken on a more recent trip to Mars. I went first class this time. It was fun!
2 Comments » - Posted in Amusing timewaster by Barb
Monday, April 19th, 2010
More Animal Antics
Violet! Did you see this?
2 Comments » - Posted in Amusing timewaster by Barb
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
The Critic
Janine prances and twirls her little heart out on the “Stage” of the Abbey Place living room.
“No, no, no, all WRONG!” speaketh the eagle-eyed critic.
1 Comment » - Posted in Dittrich, Warner by Tracy
Monday, April 12th, 2010
Shrinking Hat
I’ve read somewhere, recently, that Chinaman’s Hat is shrinking. Here is a picture taken in 1967, and that’s Kurt sitting on the sand.
And now this picture taken in 2009. Yes, it does appear to be a little stubbier on the top…!
1 Comment » - Posted in Dittrich, Warner by Barb
Sunday, April 11th, 2010
Cane Fire!
There are no sugar cane fields left on Oahu. But it was always so much fun to watch them burn the cane so they could take the sugary stalks to the mill for processing.
6 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Barb
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
Summer’s Coming
And I can’t wait!
1 Comment » - Posted in Dittrich by Barb
Sunday, April 4th, 2010
The Personalities of Trees
This was at Aiea State Park. I can almost see a face and body, with arms uplifted..
And this monkeypod tree makes me think of fractals within fractals within fractals.
2 Comments » - Posted in Art by Barb
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Bunny Cake
I have a friend at work whose birthday is in April. Sometimes I make her a bunny birthday cake. But I don’t do it every year, so she never knows if THIS will be the one!
1 Comment » - Posted in Amusing timewaster by Barb
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
Dance Recital Fashions
I wasn’t one much for dancing. But I did love the costumes. The tedious business in the Irene Parker dance studio was for me just a penitence, a necessary evil, for wearing a glittery, shiny, colorful stage outfit like my cousins did.
This must have been for some show-stopping cane and hat tap dance number. I [...]
