It's 110 Outside and so I've stayed hunkered inside except to pick up Kiddos from Work, luckily nearby, so that's only about 10 Minutes of my Time and Energy, I can muster that. *LOL* I haven't even had an appetite and have spent most of the day Napping like a Toddler. Oh, and eating Tapioca Pudding and Gelato, so the total habits of a wayward Child right now. *Smiles* That upsets The Son no end, as he would prefer us to be and behave like we're the Responsible Adults of this Three Generation Household of Adults. *Bwahahaha* Dream On. I have waded thru some Photo Archives, as if that actually counts for doing anything remotely productive??? *LOL and Eye Rolls* Above was my once Color... then B&W {now turned Sepia with Age} Cap & Gown Pix. That the original Color completely faded out of. I think it used to be Old School Early 1970's Era Color, which didn't hold up well over Time, then it went to look Black & White as all Color faded from it, now it's Sepia, like it was taken in the 1800's. But my Cap & Gown was Brown, I was a Bronze complexion, and my Hair was Light Brown... so... not much "Color" contrast anyway... so, whatever... *Bwahahaha*
I do still have to make a pilgrimage to the Antique Mall to pick up my Check and also pick up that 1920's Loving Cup Trophy my Friend Amy is Gifting me with. I wanted to Buy it from her but she wanted to Gift it to me instead as a Friendship gesture, she's such a generous and beautiful Soul. Both of our Husbands have had near Death experiences in 2025 and 2026 and hers is finally having to Retire from his 2nd Civilian Career earlier than he wanted to, due to Health reasons. He's already Retired Military, he Married Amy when he was Stationed in her Country of the Philippines and this Year she got her American Citizenship after all this time. Their Kids are Grown and Two of her Four Kids are in the Military. Below is Amy and her DH, they are the Sweetest Couple and I'm Hopeful his Health improves with Retirement and taking it easier, he's such a terrific Guy. We've had far too many of our Vendor Friends at the Antique Mall become Widows and Widowers in recent Years.
Amy's Food Porn rivals any I show here on the Ole Blog only she makes hers at Home. She even makes Gourmet Food Porn to Die For that she prepares like a 5 Star Restaurant for her Animals!!! I'd eat what she's feeding those Pets, she should Adopt me in fact, I always tell her, I wanna Eat that well! *LOL* Her African Tortoise, Rex, she grows Organic Food for at their Farm, he's the most Spoiled Turtle ever and a fine looking Turtle! Every time she Shares a Pix of Rex he's eating, no wonder he's damned near as big as a Galapagos Turtle now!!! *Smiles* Pix of Rex Below, she Photographs him almost as much as her Kiddos, ha ha ha, and he's always got Food hanging out of his Mouth, I wonder if he ever stops eating?!
She Adores that Turtle, he's like her 'Baby'... and she's had him since he was a wee little thing, he'll probably outlive them all... they are longer lived than Humans, often attaining 150 Years! Even tho' she has Four Grown Kids she has no Grandkids yet and will need that extra Generation, mebbe even Great-Grandkids, to finish Raising Rex!!! *Ha ha ha* My Salads never look as ahhhmazing as the ones Amy makes for freakin' Rex!!! I have Salad Envy of what she prepares for that spoiled rotten Turtle! And you should see the Gourmet Plates she prepares for the Family Dogs, OMG, it's a gorgeous presentation of a Filipino Feast fit for Human Consumption!!! *Smiles* Suffice to say the whole Family eats well, including the Animals coz she's such an amazing Culinary Jedi. She's started Photographing her Food on FB after she saw me doing it all the time. So now we Compete for the Best Food Porn Pixs. *Smiles and Winks*
And if you think it's hard to Believe a Turtle's Food Porn Presentation is that good and I'm perhaps exaggerating and being Hyperbolic, I'm not! Rex's last Four Meals looked like this {See Above}!!! I would totally eat any of that myself, I Kid you NOT!!! That's how the Turtle's Meals are Presented to him!!! And even when she's Photographing other Meals she makes, I have to ask her, Seriously, Amy, was this for your Husband and Kids... or for the Dogs... coz I can't freakin' tell the difference!!! The Dogs Food looks just as good and is Presented just as Artfully as she Serves it up for her Family!!! She once made Filipino Meat Skeweres for the Dogs! It's all literally fit for Human Consumption! Now, to be Fair, Amy grew up in abject Poverty with a Grandmother who Raised her in the Philippines, they stripped Gold and Copper from Wiring to Feed themselves. So the abundance that is America she says she can never say enough Praise about or be more Grateful for! When even an Animal can eat this good in America if it has a Family attaining and Living the American Dream. My Welsh and Mexican Relatives say the same thing.
Okay, so she told me the Two above were for the Humans in the Family... I wanted to come right over then and join them. *LOL and Winks* Below is how little Rex was when she got him... smaller than a set of Car Keys!!! And Below that, one of her Dog's Meals, which she put as just a Snack in their Puzzle Bowl to make it more Interesting! I ain't kidding, them Animals are all spoiled rotten, she's an excellent overindulgent Pet Parent and dotes on them all, her Family, her Pets and her Friends, we're all spoiled by Amy. *Smiles* I've enjoyed Sharing Amy's amazing Food Porn and her Beloved Tortoise Pixs. Rex is perhaps the most Photographed African Tortoise ever. She does Videos of Rex! He could be an Online Sensation and Celebrity with more Followers than any of us and go Viral... mebbe end up on The Food Network, Showcasing his Daily Meals!? Hosted by Guy Fieri or Bobby Flay as "The Best Of Phoenix", and get his own Show?! *LOL*
Speaking of Shows we watched an "American Pickers" Marathon of Episodes, some Older, some Newer, about half I'd not seen before that I can recall. I look like a novice Collector compared to most of the folks they Picked. One Guy had a 200,000 sf Historic Warehouse in Spokane, Washington, filled to the brim with his Architectural Salvage and Collections he'd amassed. Then he bought an Old Two Block sized High School in Tombstone, Arizona too! He not only had quantity, he had quality. He'd clearly paid up for most of it so his resale margins were slim, but damn, he'd Rescued a lot of the Primo Stuff not just Nationally, but, Internationally as well. I enjoyed even watching the Episodes I knew I had seen before. Spending time with some of the Collectors would be great even if you bought nothing from them.
I've been corresponding more with my Paternal Uncle's Youngest Daughter, whose on the far Right of this 1966 Photo of her with the Older Sister and Older Brother. He Died last Year and had been a Tracker in the Marine Corps. during the Vietnam Era, then went back to live on the Rez. I have some minimal contact with the Older Female Cousin, her Younger Sister is my Age tho'. We don't have much in common, we had far different lives of coarse, they all still live on the Rez and the Younger Cousin was Married at Age 13! Not unusual even for my Generation in Indigenous Culture. Our Paternal Grandmother had also been Married at Age 13. Which meant their Kids weren't much apart in Age than they were as Child Brides and my Cousins Kids are way Older than mine. She's been a Widow a long time, and already Lost one of her Four Kids, a Daughter. Her Son, who she had at Age 13, is also in poor Health, she may outlive him too. Mortality is much higher than the Average American among Indigenous.
Girl's being Married or having Children when they're still Children is super Creepy and Wrong to me, it was even back then, I'm glad it's illegal in most States. Except the really backwards ones. But even in my Mom's Country and in her Era, most Women were Married at 15 or 16 back then. My Mom waiting until she was 21 to Marry, and my Dad waiting until he was 23, was almost unheard of and frowned upon. I recall my Welsh Grandparents saying they didn't think she'd ever Marry becoz she was so "Old"!!! Of coarse my own Parents felt that way about me too, coz I didn't even Marry the 1st time until I was 28! *LOL and Winks* My Brother was a Teen Groom, Marrying a Teen Bride, in his 1st Marriage, both were way too Young. So his Oldest and my Youngest were only Three Months apart in Age. Now in North Wales the Average Age of Marriage is 35 {Women} and 38 {Men}, in the U.S. it's 28 {Women} and 30 {Men}, which has swung in the other far direction. That's kinda Old to even be having Children for the first time by then.
It's my Brother's Oldest Son trying to make Contact with him now after his Son and I spoke. His Son agrees, his Parents were way too Young and just Kids themselves, not up to the Job of Parenting. His Son waited until he was 35 to Marry the 1st time, he already had Fathered his Two Children tho', by his current Wife, a Son and a Daughter. I told him only Two of his Three Cousins have never Married. Only our Oldest Daughter has ever Married and she was a Teen when she had her 1st Child. The Daughter had The Young Prince when she and his Dad were Teens too, all too Young IMO. Our Oldest Daughter's Husband is about 6 Years Older than her and Adopted her Oldest Daughter, whose not his, but, they waited until she was over 18 to Marry and have the other Two Daughters. I haven't asked again whether my Brother and his Son connected, at least each tried to, so, that was encouraging to me. That they even were receptive to the Idea. I had Found, then called, his Oldest Son out of the Blue, he didn't even know me or that he had a Paternal Aunt, and he's 40.
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How times have changed even in our Lifetimes can be profound... Dawn... The Bohemian
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