* 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
I love the Shel Silverstein quote.
ReplyDeletei JUST LOVE THAT ZEBRA RUG TOO.
LOve the rug! and that beautiful set of asian cabinets (not sure what to call them)!
ReplyDeleteand the shel silverstein poem is so cute. normally i LOATHE poetry, but i get his. :)
Love this poem! And the whole room! Question- Did you stain that concrete yourself or was it already like that? I'm needing that color!! And PS- Thank you for your nice comments about the pillows :)
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