This rocker is on the porch of an assisted living facility where my 81-yr young :) father-in-law will soon be moving. The good news is the facility is about 3 miles from our home in Georgia; the bad news is moving here (from Florida) represents one more step toward complete dependence, once again. The cycle of life. The irony.

 

My father-in-law is a good man, but he's battling physical demons that being this young often brings, the biggest being Parkinson's, which drains his energy. As the irony goes, though, his mind is still quite sharp and active.

 

The facility where he'll be moving is new - opened last March. It's very nicely decorated and the atmosphere feels upbeat. To this latter point, the staff seems extremely eager to keep residents occupied via a full monthly calendar. Thus, when I walked outside to look around, the solitude of this chair forced me to pause and wonder about the solitude that some residents might feel at this point in their life. Do they sit in it and wonder about the things that might've been? Do they sit in it and reflect on a life well-lived? Or, do they sit in it and simply enjoy the moment at hand? I'm sure the gamut of emotions and thoughts about past, present, and future have been distilled while gently rocking back and forth.

 

I hope my father-in-law is inspired and enveloped by all of the seeming warmth that this facility and its staff offers. And I hope with us living nearby and planning to visit him and take him on "field trips" often that he'll never experience the solitude that this chair, on a rainy, overcast day, represented to me.

 

And as we continue to live our lives, it's worth pondering the words in this song as they relate to where we are in the cycle of life.

  

Switchfoot - This Is Your Life

Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead

Yesterday is a promise that you've broken

Don't close your eyes, don't close your eyes

This is your life and today is all you've got now

Yeah, and today is all you'll ever have

Don't close your eyes

Don't close your eyes

 

This is your life, are you who you want to be

This is your life, are you who you want to be

This is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be

When the world was younger and you had everything to lose

 

Yesterday is a kid in the corner

Yesterday is dead and over

 

This is your life, are you who you want to be

This is your life, are you who you want to be

This is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be

When the world was younger and you had everything to lose

 

Don't close your eyes

Don't close your eyes

Don't close your eyes

Don't close your eyes

 

This is your life are you who you want to be

This is your life are you who you want to be

 

This is your life, are you who you want to be

This is your life, are you who you want to be

This is your life, is it everything you dreamed it would be

When the world was younger and you had everything to lose

 

And you had everything to lose

The best kind of crazy too. He loved my crazy electronic camera that shows the pictures on the back of it.

 

West Virginia, 2011.

oil on canvas

I did this for a cancer patient

@ RKC Vevey 2012

A Christmas Present from Grandma & Grandpa D.

52Frames - Week 38

Theme: A Chair

Morgan R & Victoria P

Maryland

June 2012

sister to "princess", another shot that I've used my current PS skills on. Original was super dark and over saturated. Should also post original for before and after.

This shot caught my eye with the way the sun was falling on the rocking chair. 07/04/2008

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Becca and the old rocking chair.

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11" tall, 14" deep

 

Vintage china, stained glass, recycled gass tiles, half marbles. sold

On and off the really big rocker. As intense as the airplanes taking off and landing.

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Took a walk around the historical district in Franklin Kentucky Sunday evening. We had so much fun and saw lots of cool things. I would love to sit there.

Scottsville, Virginia. Shot with an Olympus Stylus 1 camera.

Three angles on an old mission-style rocking chair in our living room.

An old rocking chair from my youth that my Mom gave my sister.

 

I was at my sister's house yesterday evening and her camera has auto bracketing. I took some photos and brought them home with me last night and put them together. I really like the auto bracketing feature because you don't have to manually change the exposure for each shot you take. Very nice.

small, yet perfectly formed.

I found this photo in a box of junk I bought at a yard sale. It has no useful inscriptions on the back to identify it, but I'm guessing it's from the 1920s.

From the Jens P. Jensen photograph album circa 1898. Home interior.

So Casey, IL, has a big collection of big objects. One of them claims to be the World's Largest Yardstick, and I have some ISSUES with that.

 

If it is more than three feet long, then it is NOT the world's largest yardstick. It is the world's largest scale model of a yardstick. To be the world's largest yardstick, it would have to be exactly three feet long, otherwise it is by definition not a yardstick.

 

So, what I think they should have done is make it a normal three-foot long yardstick but just make it super deep.

This is one "chore" that I'm sure she looks forward to!

 

“Language Lessons for Little People” by John Morrow. Published by American Book Co., 1912. Various illustrators.

fancy chair

это мои любимые существишки на даче

на моей любимой даче

 

It's All Soul's Day today. Wasn't able to do an SP that's Halloween themed, so might as well still do something with a creepy feel.

 

This was taken at my grandparents' house, thus the old house feeling with the old windows and door. Was able to rummage my through my grandma's clothes to find this big blouse (which of course is already a dress for me lol) for an instant creepy costume.

rocking chair in backyard w/leaves after the rain

So a new goodwill opened up in my town (no more 45 minute drives for us!) and Jason and I decided to stop in. Boy am I glad!

 

I have never before found a boxed Barbie in a goodwill... They have always been bedraggled, ink stained, chewed, missing limbs... All around not worth my time except for practice with painting.

 

The chair was in the home goods section, sitting among lots of wooden shelves and assorted bits. Perfect size for 1/6 dolls! I couldn't believe it. The velour on the seat is sun faded, but personally I think it makes it look more antique or at least favored :)

 

The Jet-ski.... Well, let's just say Lagoona is going to have a blast with this once the weather warms up again. I want to try to repaint it different colors, but I've never done that sort of thing before. Anyone have some tips for me?

 

And the book....well, Jason and I are both suckers for werewolves and other beasties and creatures. Going to find out if this piece of pulpy goodness is, well, any good.

Here's to three panty-free, braless, months of:

makin' little lunches,

diggin' in the dirt,

swimmin' in the springs,

foolin' around in the studio,

nappin' in hammocks,

dancin' in the kitchen,

playin' with the dogs,

and sharin' it all with those we love.

 

And may we keep in mind that there are those who died

to protect us so we can do all of the above!

 

Happy Memorial Day ya'll!

    

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this was taken on a cold night i took it from the outside of the window.

I found this old rocking chair at an antique store (it had ugly plaid fabric on it). I recovered it and now I love it 8 ).

 

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found out by the curb on trash day

rocking pickles

From the JPJ photograph album circa 1898. Home interior.

It's early:thirty here on the west coast and I'm heading to SFO to settle in for a 21-hour trip to Singapore. Excited! My camera is beside itself.

 

Two weeks in Singapore and Thailand (Phuket). Never have so many shoes traveled so far. Stay tuned...!

 

As an added point of note, Logan Airport seems to now be placing a single, white rocking chair in each of the gate areas. A cozy, yet slightly creepy, touch.