Bits and Pieces of Me
My grandmothers house is just about to be sold, my mom put it up for sale several months ago and soon a new family will be moving in. It’s an old “shotgun” style house built in the old New Orleans tradition, raised on short blocks just 2 or 3 blocks from the Mississippi River in old Algiers and near the old Naval Support base. It’s just across the river from the old French Quarter area. I have a lot of fond memories of the place as a child, playing in the yard, Easter egg hunts given by my french speaking Grandfather with pocket change given out as rewards and wonderful cajun style cooking from my Grandmother’s kitchen. Chasing the seemingly millions of dragonflies that fluttered about, getting bathed in a galvanized steel tub out in the backyard on balmy summer nights, and my Grandma’s delicious, sweet tea poured over ice with an unlimited amount of love and affection. Those were some good days and I miss them.
My grandfather was a strong, handsome man, a fighter and a lover and a gambler. He worked for years in the offshore oil industry and had quite a reputation as a ladies man. My grandmother was a home maker that knew how to cook and sew and had a strong sense of self. She was well loved and respected and always gave, always sacrificed, never asking anything in return. I was pretty lucky as a child, I guess I knew it then and I know it now. Those days will never return, but at least I have most of the memories and old photos to remind me. I hope the new family moving in will appreciate and enjoy their new home.
Curse the Children, Make Them Cry
I’ve been awfully busy lately and I have a new project up that I’ve been working on in my spare time, it’s a new website and it’s called Evil Six if you want to check it out. Yes, I decided I wasn’t spreading enough evil goodness so I dropped down a number and started a new site for fun. It’s intended to be a sort of tongue in cheek, “poke evil in the eye” look at news, movies, videos, people and events, past and current.
This fake movie poster I made up is part of my latest article about none other than Alec Baldwin and his recent embarrasment, and the site also features polls to vote on various articles and subject matter. Check it out!
I’ve got tons of new sites and blogs that I’ve done in recent months listed over at BGW! Way more than I want to list here, but here’s a link to my updated portfolio. Here are a couple of links to a some of the latest ones though. Mahlers on Safari who is an American mother living in Tanzania, Africa with her 2 children, another new one for Afro Nerd featuring Steve Urkel, a very nice recipe blog for Janet is Hungry, her beautiful food photos always make me so hungry! And a very well written political commentary blog called The Dishpan Chronicles written by The Kitchen Window Woman.
And, how about this? Gary’s Condors has collected over $2,000 toward the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life fund drive and event. That’s pretty impressive and kudo’s go out to Sara for setting it up.
Hey, hope you guys have a nice weekend! The weather here looks to be pretty nice, I know I’m going to enjoy it!
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Love the movie poster. We moved around so much growing up there was no “family home”. Even my grandparents moved a lot until we were much older. You’re lucky to have such good memories of your grandparent’s home.
Every time I drive past my grandfather’s former home on the way to my Mom’s house my heart always breaks a little bit because of how much it’s changed since I spent many a happy Sunday afternoon there. The people that bought it changed the property so much that it just doesn’t look right to me and I always think it’s a shame that my uncle decided to sell the place to a stranger rather than give someone in the family the chance to buy it.
It is those memories that carry us through times—we are fortunate that our memories are special ones. Many do not have these.
Your designs just keep improving with time—I am glad to know you have completed your chemo and you are able to get on when with life now.
Take care my friend, you are special and I am so glad my oath crossed yours.
I felt so sad when my grandparents sold their homes. They all lived in their houses our whole lives (does that make sense) until they got too old to live alone. I still drive by them whenever I can.
My grandmothers house were paintet pink by its new owners…
Your Grandparents sounded wonderful. I am sure you miss them very much! How lucky you were to have such wonderful folks in your life…
I’m LOVING the new work, especially the Africa one. Good on you, dear
Nobody ever made anything better than good grandparents. You lucky dog…..
Neat new site! I got a good laugh when I heard about the Alec Baldwin thing. Like no one else out there ever did such a thing to their kid. The only reason anyone gives a shit is because he’s a “celebrity”. As if that makes him a better person than the rest of us. We really need to get rid of this notion that famous people are somehow automatically better or smarter than the average person.
Hey’a Se7!! I guess I’m lucky, in that my stepmother owns her mother’s place and my Grandmother is still alive. I’ve never seen my dad’s parents’ place, so I have no memories of that.
Wow, you sure are keeping busy. So many projects. I love the Baldwin movie proposal. LOL. Loved reading about your memories of your grandparents’ place.
I loved that story about your grandparents. Mine are now only memories, but wonderful ones of days gone by. You can’t buy those memories, not for a million. What will they say of us, dear, when we go on?
Beautiful memories Se7, thanks for sharing them with us. Have a wonderful day.
I played many times in the back yard of my Great Grandparents home. It seemed the fig trees, camphor trees and every thing else gave my imagination much to do; and now I drive by on occasion to take a look at the house, which has changed a lot.
But the feelings are still the same.