Remembering con't......

I left off at the living room. It was the depth of the house with windows at the front and floor to ceiling windows at the back looking over the balcony to the yard below. It was cool to lay on the floor looking out those windows when we'd have a thunderstorm. The lightning would illuminate the yard and we would scream and giggle at being so scared. There were 2 white upholstered chairs without arms, by those windows and there were sheer curtains that usually were drawn. The sofa was this big overstuffed Mauve? (ugly Pink), there were marble topped end tables and coffee table. At that time my Mom and Dad smoked so we had the silver set of ashtray, lighter and cigarette holder on the coffee table. The end tables had lamps that had exqusite marbled glass globes on the bases I believe they were Italian. My brother Whitney, broke one many years later when my folks moved to Florida. There was a wing back chair in the corner by the front hallway. This chair had a great view of the front yard and I remember sitting in that chair a lot. When I had chicken pox and had to be home I sat there and watched the world going by. I sat there for the mumps and the measles. I would sit there waiting on our Dr. who made house calls, Dr. Mooney. I was one of those kids with chronic ear infections and sore throats. Also in the living room was a 3 drawer cabinet that was shiny black enamel with gold trim on the drawers. The Wall behind that dresser was brick and the fireplace was on this wall, it had a metal curtain that kept the embers from bouncing out. On top of the black chest were a lamp with a white marble base and narrow black lampshade. Also dad's candy dish was there and it always had those pink wintergreen wafers they were Dad's favorite. On the wall above the fireplace was a Brass wind up clock. It was in a starburst shape and had a curved glass door that you opened to wind it up. There was a tall brass candlestick with a white candle, a brass thing that mom kept the paper for starting fires in and of course the set of fireplace tools. Mom also had an old fashioned bed warmer with an ornate design on the brass pot part and a long handle that was fancy, having been lathe turned. Later when I got older the piano was in this room too. This room was also medium green. Well tomorrow I'll try to finish the upstairs before I take you on the Basement tour......

Remembering the little things....

I'm sitting here going over some memories in my head. The reason I think I have such recollection is that the memories play like a movie as I think about them. I was thinking about my first home I lived in in York, Pa. The house was at 185 Sharon Drive, near the Hospital. It was a young neighborhood at the time, early 60's, New homes along with some older homes on the streets behind my house. My Dad was an architect and a professional engineer. He designed the house we lived in and even to this day I believe it was ahead of its time for it's design. I'll give you the tour...... A two car garage that had a very large crack in the floor causing part of the slab to sink, was a result of torrential rains during Hurricane Hazel, the ground settled and the slab went with it. Dad was a handyman and he was always washing and waxing the car. He Loved turtle wax. I remember him showing me how to dab some on a rag from the bottle, I really can smell it as I write this and see the green color. He showed me how it would buff out slight scratches in the paint. Dad always drove Chevy Impalas that were his work cars. He really liked the light tan/dark tan color and we had quite a few different year models that were the same color. Then you walked into the hall of the kitchen area. The staircase for the basement family room was on your left and the front bathroom was on your right. Now this bathroom was pink and black trimmed tile with a shower, sink and toilet. It really was kind of Dad's bathroom. Dad had built a clothes chute to the laundry room below from this room. Those cabinets were painted black too. The color scheme was your typical 50's type. What we call retro now!!! The tile on the kitchen floor was a dull brown color with small flecks of other dull colors. The kitchen was really modern, we had a dishwasher, the kind that opened by sliding a big drawer out, the front was real wood and there was a spinning rack on top for the glasses. There was a small grey formica drop leaf table with 2 chairs in that part of the kitchen and Dad built a breakfast Nook with built-in seats that had storage under them. Kind of like what you find in travel trailers now. The upholstery was a burnt orange color, I believe it might have been called "pumpkin". Across from that Dad built a pantry and desk that was hidden by closet doors when not in use. The door to the Dining room was a pocket door, you know, the kind that slides into the wall when opened. The Dining Room and Living room had neutral grey carpet, the Dining room walls were a medium green. There was a cabinet and 3 drawers built into the wall on the kitchen side that was for the china and other entertainment items. The living room was separated by a red brick planter that was part of the wall with the fireplace in the livingroom. We used to keep living plants in there. I remember there were philodendron and draceana, every year at the tri-state fair, Dad would buy us chamelions from Florida and we would let them live in the planter. We sprayed the leaves with water and fed them meal worms from the pet store. Well the tour ends here for today, I'll start with the living room tomorrow, Mom, I hope you're reading this, this is for you and Dad, Love ya....

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This is the day!!!!

Well today is the day we kick off the start of our fundraising for the new animal shelter our church is going to build for this county and surrounding area. I have been googling all morning getting leads on grants available and other information to help in our venture. The clock has started and my goal of Groundbreaking in December of this year is in sight. All things are possible!!!I have been testing the waters with people I know in town as to our project and I have met with only enthusiam for our project. We won't let them down. The huge ammount of feral cats and dumped dogs is unimaginable and because we are a rural area it is impossible to catch these people so the only thing we can do is try to help rescue those populations and start an agressive spay/neuter program to address the issue. Our shelter will be a NO KILL and all animals will be dealt with humanely. Only severely injured and animals in obvious distress will be humanely euthanized. all others, even ill-tempered animals will have a home with us until an adoptive family comes along for the ones able to go to new homes.We will have large animal facilities also as there are horses, goats and other larger animals, including wildlife, in need in our area. Please help us achieve our goal, it will mean a better community for us and the humane treatment of all animals in our area. Keep watching, I'll be updating our progress in the weeks to come.