SepiaSaturday, February 8, 2014

I found a few portraits on the walls in some of these pictures I found in "Our Miramichi Heritage Photos" of the Old Manse Library.  It is the boyhood home of Max Aitken who became Lord Beaverbrook.  He was raised here in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada. His father was a Presbyterian minister, thus, the name Old Manse.  This grand home was turned into a library.

We are now called the city of Miramichi after the salmon rich river, Miramichi River. I remember going to this library quite a lot when I was a little girl.  We lived in a little bungalow, so I thought it was just grand to be able to go up and down stairs.  It is here that I got my love of books.  I can also remember the distinct smell of furniture polish.  Funny how pictures can take you right back.....

 

Well, that was my walk down memory lane, you can take a walk down many memory lanes by going to  www.sepiasaturday.blogspot.com                   Have a great week fellow sepians!!  Rosie.

I had an interesting day today.

Well, I had an interesting day. I called a lady who sells Avon to place an order. The lady answers, I was using my cell phone, did not get her first line, however, I got her second line which was "How can I help you?" I told her I wanted to place an order. She started to laugh. I was wondering WHAT was so funny??? She said, "Are you SURE you want to place an order here? I said, "yes, I do". In between bouts of laughter, she asked, "Do you realize you called MAHER'S FUNERAL HOME? Then, the both of us had a great laugh, I told her I wanted to order a jacket, a nice one that they could probably lay me down in, but NOT today! I could still hear her laughing when I hung up.

SepiaSaturday, January 25, 2014

I saw snow in the prompt for today and it reminded me of the day I went to visit my daughter, Christina in Belledune, north New Brunswick.  It was December 18, 2010, very chilly, however, we decided to go for a walk on the beach across from her home.  It was bright and sunny, but, very COLD.

 Not your typical day at the beach, but it was invigorating!!!

 The water would freeze as soon as it would hit some logs in the water!

 We were all bundled up against the elements that day.

 In this picture, there is no sign of ice, so one would wonder when I am bundled up so much with hat, winter coat, etc.....

Of course, whether it is hot or cold, one must play in the sand!

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SepisSaturday, January 17, 2014

I looked in vain for a picture of one soldier going to war, but, was unsuccessful.  I, however, came across this picture of many many soldiers going to the First World War.  They were Canadian soldiers departing from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.  What brave men and women!!!

When I look at all these soldiers, I wonder how many actually made it back to Canada?

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SepiaSaturday, January 11, 2014

I went looking through my bible to see what was in there.  I found some pansies I had put there between waxpaper back in the mid '90's, then I came across some more pansies I had put there last year.  

Upon further investigation, I came across a card I had put there and a sheet with "The Old Rugged Cross" hymn.  I guess the bible holds just about anything you want it to hold for you........

Then, here is a collection of pansies my daughter made for me of pansies in my garden from the '90"s.

It's a weird assortment, but, what do you have in your bible?
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Seasonal wishes for my SepiaSaturday friends

This week's prompt for SepiaSaturday got me looking for bygone Christmases.  I came up with these pictures:

 Here I am with my niece and nephew Christmas 1971.  Dad would always go out and cut a "real" Christmas tree, some of them had odd shapes, but the smell always was so nice....

 Speaking of Dad, here is me, Dad (who thought he would don  a wig on for the pic) and my sister, Christmas 1971.

 I am holding my firstborn, David, Christmas 1972.  I am wearing the "going away" dress from my wedding from a couple of years prior to this.  It seems any girl getting married had to have a "going away" dress for the honeymoon.  I made this one (you guessed it) out of polyester crimpknit.  Who remembers sewing with that material?

 MY friend and I each holding one of my daughter's "Cabbage Kid Doll", that was all the rage back in the '70's.

My little brood, David, Christina, and Andrew around 1984 or 1985.  Where have the years gone?  Now they are all grown and away.

Finally, I will finish with  this collage of pictures I took this past year, just to bring us up to the present.

Please go to www.sepiasaturday.blogspot.com  for more seasonal wishes, for all the unChristian people, I wish you all Happy Holidays, Happy Hannakuh, whatever you celebrate, please have a good time over the next couple of weeks.....

SepiaSaturday December 7, 2013 edition

This week I thought I would feature a MAN in an apron. It is from the site of "Our Miramichi Heritage Photos".  Life was certainly challenging back in the '30's and '40's.  A man back then did not need a "man cave", he practically worked in one...LOL

 Below the picture was this write-up:

Miramichi River
c 1930
During the winter months, trees were felled in lumber camps that could lodge between 20 and 100 loggers. This group photo shows the various roles the men could have. There is a cook wearing a white apron; a man, probably the camp owner, in suit and tie; and loggers. The loggers would also go hunting in winter - hence the sporting guns.

Moving right along, since we are "in the season" I will include a picture of my sister, Dianne, and me in our Christmas aprons getting ready for Christmas Dinner in 2005.

 There are butlers on our aprons singing Fa La La La La....

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Happy time off to all!!!  :)

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