Vignetta Tomes: A Wrought Iron Candlestick

Vignetta Tomes: A Wrought Iron Candlestick:    New candles. 　 Yellow candlestick. Dripping wax flows down like tears. Long-extinguished flames.   New ...

The Orange Cat Cookbook: HAPPY HALLOWEEN

The Orange Cat Cookbook: HAPPY HALLOWEEN: Okay, okay so the soup's not really orange! But the Orange Cat decided it was okay because of the orange table setting and, hey, ...

BUMBLEBEES

A little "bumblebee", 2003.

Baby sister is a "flower".

AND NOW

for some modern day bumblebee costumes:

Busy Bees.

BUSY BUSY BUSY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Orange Cat Cookbook: Autumn Leaves

The Orange Cat Cookbook: Autumn Leaves:    The Orange Cat loves autumn leaves. As he wanders through them He wonders --- "What shall I have for dinner?" ......

Tyke Bikes

Happy First Birthday, 1973.

rrrrhhh

 

A BIGGER bike!

 

Refurbished hand-me-down.  Dig the groovy new leopard seat.

More fun

 

 21st century

 

 Still here after all these years!

 "Flag Riders"

George and Jewell, rag dolls designed by

Denise Spicer.

Winnie-the-Pooh, stuffed animal, handcrafted 1972

by Denise Spicer.  "Jamy" doll mid 70's.  Posing with the ubiquitous tyke bike.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs. McGruder and the House Full of Books: Anne McCaffrey Books

Mrs. McGruder and the House Full of Books: Anne McCaffrey Books: Although Mrs. McGruder loves her tiny House Full of Books (they even spill out into her yard!) she does occasionally get rid of some of the...

Sheila Simonson Books

Sheila Simonson is a local author who was a (much younger) colleague of my Dad's at the community college where she taught English and History.

She is the author of two mystery series and a Regency Romance series.

Regency Romance

 

 

I will be posting reviews on www.goodreads.com.  Also on my companion blog Mrs. McGruder and the House Full of Books.

 

 

Lark mystery series

 

 

Latouche County mystery series

 

Buffalo Bill’s Defunct

An Old Chaos

Beyond Confusion



Call Down The Hawk

A July Wedding

On July 16, 1948 my parents were married.  We celebrated  their 25th (Silver) Anniversary with a small garden party at their home and for their 50th (Golden) Anniversary in 1998 we rented the ballroom at the historic Providence Academy in downtown Vancouver, WA.

 

Recently I was looking through some of the mementos I had saved from those events and decided to scan them and archive them here.

Fun memories for me and my siblings and a cool look into the past for history buffs.

 ENGAGED!

 

the receipt

the Ring

 

  

BRIDE'S BOOK

title page

 

The Shower

The Gifts

The Attendants

THE CEREMONY

 

Mrs. Edith Perry (sister of the bride), Susan Bayer, Stanley Spicer, Mr. Kenneth Mathys (best man)

 

 

THE HONEYMOON

 

 

Silver Wedding Anniversary

 

  GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Details of Wedding Gown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Al Fresco Living

 

Washing the ole Bistro set.

Getting ready for summertime.

Al Fresco Living here we come.

 

Lots of memories going back at least a decade.

I inherited this cool ensemble from my daughter,

who got it from her aunt, my youngest sibling.

 

I've used it now for several years,

in all kinds of weather.

 

Last summer I spent a lot of time

out there, finishing my book

Christmas With The Carruthers.

 

This summer's goal:

write the third book in the series --

The Carruthers At The Seaside

 

 

2008

  

2015

2015

2016



2017

2017

2017

2018

 

HAPPY READING!

Visit my companion blog

www.mrsmcgruderandthehousefullofbooks.blogspot.com

for more books and book reviews

 

 

Memory Lane

Memory
　

Down the path into the past,
beyond the stream that’s rushing fast,
I smell the fragrant cedar bough.
Was it the same then as it is now?
　
I need no ticket in my hand
to travel to that byegone land.
There ferns and leaves and trilliums grow
in the woods of my long ago. 　

I watch the water’s murky flow.
Is that where all my memories go?
Shadows and silence fill the air.
Old dreams and thoughts are everywhere. 　

I hear an owl up in a tree;
I think he feels the same as me.
Coming back from his lonely flight
to find a home – a place to light.
　
But perhaps it isn’t really home,
only another place to roam.
An ancient place that I must find
Within the forest of my mind.
　
February 24, 1975

 

 

Nicholson Pink Rhodies

 

 

 1973

 1974

 1975

1970s

 

 2009

 

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!