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Happy Father's Day!

In response to my Mother's Day post

is equal time for the men on Dad's Day:

I ♥ Eyelet

When I was putting away laundry this morning, 
I noticed a pattern in my wardrobe: 

It appears I ♥ EYELET!

Eyelet:  a lightweight fabric pierced by small holes finished with stitching and often laid out in flowerlike designs  (dictionary.com)

Even in PINK:

I even buy eyelet tops for my daughter (she loves daisies) 

I bought eyelet dresses for all 3 grandgirlees for Easter.

 But alas, since none were here, I have no photos.

(edit:  I found one)

And what am I wearing as I put away my above-mentioned laundry?

I ♥ EYELET!

Historic Paddock Arcade of Watertown

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When my mom & I went to Paris post 9/11 
(a fantastic travel deal that couldn't be passed up), 

we wandered just for fun.  

I remember entering some indoor streets, 

kinda like shopping malls, but not.  

Very old.  

Full of design and visual delight.

Imagine my interest when I read G's (Aunt Snow) post about Parisian Passages or Arcades. 

So that's what those were!

Aunt Snow did a follow up post about American Arcades.

Skip to this week:

I am visiting my daughter in Watertown, NY.  

She and her little family will only live here less than 3 2 more weeks.  

Her hubby is going active US Air Force 

and they are moving to Alaska.  

Back to my visit, we are trying to fit in some of the activities that we haven't had a chance for in the week and a half I'm here.

  We were hungry for lunch and she said there was a café in this little shopping mall off the Square.

  It was just a cute little old fashioned space.  

Guess what it is called?  

 (If you read the title of the post, then maybe you've guessed.)  

It's the historic Paddock Arcade.

Take a walk through with us

and imagine how it was 160 years ago.  

 Apparently the Paddock Arcade 

(named after local developer Loveland Paddock) 

was only the second Shopping Arcade built in the United States.  

The first was in Providence, Rhode Island, 1819.

Tif said she and her friend used to sit at the internet coffee house and do their Bible Study together.

 Upstairs are offices:

 Apparently, there was a third level that was covered over maybe in the 1920's?  

But the drop glass ceiling still allows plenty of light.

 And it has been in continual use since its opening in 1850, 

from Watertown website

giving it the distinction as the longest operating shopping mall in the United States!

 Love, l♥ve, LOVE the stores' hanging signs (shingles?):

 The name "arcade" is an architectural term derived from the word arch.  

Once I read that, I said, 
"Duh!"  ha ha 

Meaning I didn't figure it out on my own.

I love the little mail slots.

 

Oh, they just don't make them like they used to, eh? 

Fudgy Fudge Brownies

Went to Tif and Dave's friends' last night. 

After pizza Annie made Fudgy Fudge Brownies.  

She just whipped them up and yum!  

Annie made two batches, and it's a good thing she did, 

the first batch went fast!

Click on the name of the recipe up top 

or go to  cooks.com and search for Fudgy Fudge Brownies.

More Randomness

More fun in the last coupla days!

Found these cute tees for the little girlees:

"Sorry, Daddy says NO dating"

"Pretty like my Mommy"

Comparing arm color between Christy & me:

Hmmmmmm!

Bought Sweet Hubby a tee shirt at the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier Tackle Shop:

Trying to keep Jay from stealing it!

And whenever Sweet Hubby goes fishing

around the lake, Momma Kitty follows...

and usually pesters him, 

sometimes even batting at the fish until he gives one up!

Have an awesome weekend!!!

PINK is Back with a Blast to the Past!

Long time... no PINK!!!

When my girlfriend posted this photo from 1990 on Facebook yesterday, 

I knew I had to use it for Beverly's Pink Saturday. 20 years!!!

This was Ladies' Retreat with our Sunday School class.

As cabin leader, I came up with the theme "Moonlight and Roses" and the tee shirts for our cabin. 

We were the non-sleeping cabin, the rowdies (thus the moonlight)

and we decorated our cabin with fervor (the roses).

Oh, that's me up front.  I'm one of maybe two with no perm.
   Look at the high waisted jeans  

...and the colored socks! 

...and the rolled sleeves!

What was my "baby's" reaction? 

"Mom, you were SKINNY!" She's disinherited!

Enjoy, and please visit other Pink Saturday sites.

Randomness

I've just been uploading photos from my iPhone to my 'puter and decided to post these faves:

Goofy chicken:

 I went out this morning to see how my garden is faring 

in my almost constant absence. 

There is one tomato on one of the vines.

But... my strawberries are ripe 

and I picked about a pound today!

Oh my the scent was overwhelming!!! 

YUM!  

Strawberry shortcake tonite!!!

I just got back from Cape Cod.  

I drove out with my Baby. 

She is doing an internship in the Boston area. 

She'll be staying at my Aunt & Uncle's.

We did a little touristing along the way which I will blog about another time.  

But this is a priceless photo.  Why?

Because she swears she does NOT cook!  

The grilled corn was the best ever!  Mmmmm!

 And here is a sweet photo.

My beautiful Aunt,

but so is that Eggplant Parmagiana also a beautiful thing:

 And my Uncle. 

My mother's only sibling.  

They are both so loving and gracious.  

And a hoot to boot!

And finally, 

these flowers were on my Aunt's table at the Cape.

A simple arrangement in a square vase with glass rocks in the bottom. 

Some hosta leaves for greens and 

rhododendrons that were in bloom.

Stunning!

 So when I got home, 

I tried to duplicate it with

a $5 square vase from WM,

some rocks from Humarock last summer,

hydrangeas from my yard and hostas.  

What do you think? 

Okay, off to Upstate NY tomorrow... later!