* 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
Two of my favorite things...I use to LOVE to dance but haven't done that in years and my favorite color is blue!
ReplyDeleteI guess we have all done some things we wish we hadn't but if we hadn't, how would we have known that we shouldn't have! LOL Glad for the mistakes...it's all part of a plan to make us better.
Happy New Year, Jane! May 2012 is even better and more fabulous than the year before!
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Jessie
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Happy New Year!! Can't wait to see what fabulous stuff you will have on your blog is 2012.
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