Saturday was filled with many-a-things....sort of hodge-podge except all was very meaningful!
Scott, Megs and I drove down to Buffalo to see momma's grave and get it cleaned up. It still has the flowers I put on from us sisters (Vel, Jo Jo and myself), from all her grandkids with megs' silver locket on it, and some extra pink flowers from me. The little Bunny sits on her headstone as well as some flowers from my aunts, Oma Jean and Lenora.
The dirt is settling and the grass is starting to fill in. She's resting in peace.
Here is Megs and I with my Auntie Lenora. She recently turned 84 and she says she is tired, now. She has lived a good life, has family close and is just the sweetest thing like our Gramma Rubye.
Aunt Lenora lives in a nice home with a room called the "museum". It has lots of old family heirlooms in it. One of which is the old cupboard that used to be in gramma and grampa's cabin. This piece of furniture is PRICELESS as far as I am concerned!
And here is the reason I started my Salt and Pepper shaker collection. Aunt Lenora has a collection a little bigger than mine. I used to always look at them as a little girl, but it was THIS set that I fell in love with and decided to start my own! The toaster itself is metal just like the old toasters, the popper-upper thingy still works and the pepper is the rye piece of toast and the salt is the white one! Wow. So cool to see these again after 33 years.
After we visited with Aunt Lenora, we went to the Ladore for a WONDERFULLY yummy dinner and to watch Blind Dog Smokin' play! Here's Chuck and Carl, the only 2 originals that I knew. They have travelled all over the world and live in LA now. Best blues band ever!
Here are a couple newbies...Roland is an incredible bass player from Denver and Moe, I just met, is from LA and plays the blues on that electric keyboard like no other!
And here is the one that stole my heart...Ollie Brown. He lives in England. He contacted Chuck 4 years ago (age 15!) to see how he can go about getting his music. Chuck invited him to sit in...Ollie plays on their tours with them now...he's 19 and quite the musician. The band is a lot different than when I first heard them 12 years ago...and that much better!
Hope you all had a good Labor Day weekend!
My favorite flower, but I did not plant...Morning Glories with their heart-shaped leaves (sorry this pic is over exposed).
I like all the unexpected company!
The dirt is settling and the grass is starting to fill in. She's resting in peace.
And here is the reason I started my Salt and Pepper shaker collection. Aunt Lenora has a collection a little bigger than mine. I used to always look at them as a little girl, but it was THIS set that I fell in love with and decided to start my own! The toaster itself is metal just like the old toasters, the popper-upper thingy still works and the pepper is the rye piece of toast and the salt is the white one! Wow. So cool to see these again after 33 years.
Here are a couple newbies...Roland is an incredible bass player from Denver and Moe, I just met, is from LA and plays the blues on that electric keyboard like no other!
And here is the one that stole my heart...Ollie Brown. He lives in England. He contacted Chuck 4 years ago (age 15!) to see how he can go about getting his music. Chuck invited him to sit in...Ollie plays on their tours with them now...he's 19 and quite the musician. The band is a lot different than when I first heard them 12 years ago...and that much better!
Hope you all had a good Labor Day weekend!
