* dad , daddy , pa , papa, pop *my pop is the father of six girls and a self taught artist. One of my first memories of his art is a mural he did in charcoal on a large red wall in our living room. It was a stagecoach with horses, it seemed to jump off the wall into the room. I loved it. He also created a barn 'look' on the second floor landing of our house. Complete with split rail fencing used for the stair rail - the only thing between us and certain death was termite ridden timber. But, it looked fabulous! Our house had only one bathroom and with seven females in the house including my Mom, you can imagine how my Dad felt the need to make his mark (so to speak) in the one room he really had no control over. T hus, began our summer spent retrieving rocks from the river; for what would become the most famous bathroom in town. It was a good size room with a long wall of mirrors, a claw foot tub, the essential toilet and a window. Pop's idea was to
Jane,
ReplyDeleteI must admit I j'adore the first "knocker". I have had knockers, peepholes, and doorbells. But wish I had had the kind you "speak" of where they open a little door to see who's there.
If I recall, when people came to my door, they first rang the doorbell, if I didn't arrive immediately they used the knocker and if that didn't work, they left. But not before I checked the "peephole" to see who was standing outside. LOL LOL
Kris
Kris,
ReplyDeleteSo nice to hear from you! I hope you're well and enjoying the summer.
I love my speakeasy it makes for great fun at Halloween! (great pun BTY) LOL LOL
Jane
Jane,
ReplyDeleteSummer is good, but way to HOT. We have had 20 days of temperatures right at 100 and over with no rain in 45 days. Everything looks fried and going outside is down right UNBEARABLE!
I just know the weather up your way is NICE! I remember those lovely summers up north and also those dreadful winters. LOL LOL
Kris
I too love the first one lol!!
ReplyDeleteLove the first one! very interesting! xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteI love the first one. The rest are unusual and funny! Great finds!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend!
Jessie
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