This is the last of my pictures
for Matildas.
Matilda will be posting pictures
soon…but her Mommy and Daddy
are off on a pleasure trip
so ….
I’ll keep you updated
when she posts!
Great old mercantile cupboard
from a men’s clothing store
I Hope Everyone
is having a great week
PLEASE have a safe and wonderful
Memorial Day Weekend!
My Best
Gale
are waiting to
enter the barn
this is what they
get to look at
AMAZING, huh!
Or how about this…..
Or this....
But when they walked
through the front doors
they saw….
oh, oh, I can’t show you
but only a glimpse…You’ll
have to wait until
Matilda
put her pictures on her
BELIEVE ME
you won’t want to miss this
It’s simply
AWESOME…
Here’s what I can show you…
Just wait
until you see
what I am saying…..
it’ll blow you away!!
Continuing on……
Here’s my space
Alexa’s Space
Alexa can put a garden twist
on vignettes
in the most beautiful way
MORE
Karen’s Space.
Her shoe rack from Texas
looked so cool
with all the garden elements
Margo’s Space
always looks so inviting
And back to my Space….
Tomorrow I’ll be showing you
Lunette’s Space
and
Mike and Sue’s Space
Have a Great Saturday Evening!!
GALE
The weather was so perfect today
Matilda’s Garden Show First Day
Was just Amazing
There were so many great
vintage finds
From the rust to the roses
From the Primitive to the Refined
For the Artist
For the Bird Watcher
There were Old Botanicals
Old Railroad Signs
Birds, Sea Shells
and Mercury Glass
OH MY!
Old Iron Beds
for your dreamy Garden
and of course amazing Statuary
If you’re close to San Diego,
please come to our Garden Show
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday
It’s an unforgettable experience!
Gale
P.S. I’ll be posting so many more pictures in the next few days…Have a great week-end!
Since we knew that Bob was going to be out of town for Mother’s Day, we decided to sneak off one day during the week and celebrate us…our 41 years of marriage and the blessings of our three wonderful children and 6 grandchildren.
What, we thought, could be a better way to celebrate than to go where it all started for Bob’s family…Old Town San Diego.
For those of you who know me, my other passion besides junkin is my genealogy…I love love love it!!
After my Mother passed away in 1999, I took over her thirty year passion…I have to say I am hooked!
Up until about 3 years ago we knew virtually nothing about Bob’s Mother’s side of the family…only his grandmother’s maiden name and that she was raised in Old Town San Diego.
Well, with just that little bit of info, and a lot of hard work, I soon discovered the entire family’s history. His great great great great grandfather was actually one of the first settlers in Old Town and built the very first all wooden house.
So here is his history, right in our backyard……
This is the Catholic Church built in the early 1900’s, which replaced the failing church where his
great great grandparents
were married.
The famous Whaley House…some say it is haunted…
Couldn’t resist taking this one for you Jodie girl!
Most of the restaurants have women in the front making home-made tortillas…the smells are amazing!
Fred says “come on in and take a load off” So we did!
One of the original Mexican Restaurants in Old Town
It was such a beautiful day!
Now we’re talkin’!
This was certainly a bonus!!
Again, if you know me..then you know how I love going through cemeteries for my genealogy….This is a primitive monument for Bob’s great great great grandfather Julian Wilbur Ames and all of his children.
A close up……
This is a headstone for Bob’s great great
Aunt
Not a lot of this in the cemetery. Most of it is pretty primitive and sadly not well kept.
So, while we celebrated my Mother’s Day early…For me it was so rewarding to see how happy and complete it made my dear hubby feel…now that he REALLY knows his history.
I hope each and every one of you have the opportunity to trace your history. It really is life altering!
Gale
Hi everyone! We’re home from our trip. We had such a great time shopping, shopping, shopping!
Are you ready? Wanna see some pics of the junk..er… treasures Marla and I got?Here goes……
First, here’s the truck Thursday morning before we started…All ready for those finds!!
Of course Matilda and her brother Alex had to come to help us!! And we couldn’t possibly shop without Keith!!
Sir Alex
Ms Matilda and Keith
My daughter, Heather, amazingly arranged a private buying for us with a wonderful retired couple in the Phoenix area.
They were always going to open a shop, but never quite got around to doing it…
There were years and years of accumulation from Missouri and Phoenix in two garages, a shed, inside as well as outside their home….
How cool was that!!
We enjoyed hours and hours of no stress buying from this wonderful couple, Ed and Carol.
The truck after the first day…Yeh!!
The truck after our shopping was done…
Marla and I high-fiving after “our” loading was done….
NOT…
I can not tell a lie…..
Thanks KEITH!!
Now..we’re madly cleaning, fixing, etc etc for our next show which is May 21, 22, 23…It’s our garden show and it’s going to be amazing!!
Hope you are all enjoying beautiful spring weather and finding your treasurers!
Gale
