Sunday, October 31, 2021
Halloween.
Halloween.
oh my...
; )
Used to be so much Fun.
Loved doing Make Up...and Costumes, for the Kids...and Adults.
; )
{Enjoyed 'Making Them Up'...'Transforming'...them, far more, than myself.}
{I...have to do 'that'...every day. ; ) }
The above image, is from several years ago...
I don't 'do'...Halloween...anymore.
Living in a 'Horror Movie'...{aka 'Fairfax'...}
over the last several years...
has taken the Fun...right out of it.
Oh...My!!
; )
Heading to pick up a load of Hay...for Scout, this morning, then...
back to work on Chandeliers.
Daughter, Liz...thinks I should try to keep the Massive Mirror, from La Julia Rhea's Home.
{Liz...Loves It. {what's Not...to Love?}
So do my Pal's...who've seen it.
The only place for it...in our home, would be my bedroom.
Haven't updated my bedroom, in years.
Years.
It's become a 'catch all'.
A place to simply 'drop'.
Collapse.
I'll think about it.
{I'd probably have to keep one of La Julia's Chandelier's...then, too...if I kept The Mirror.}
oh...dear.
Trouble.
Pal, Wanda...thinks I should, too.
<3
We were visiting about it, yesterday....she thinks, it might be Good, to get on a 'project', here at Home, it's been a long...long...time.
With Everything...coming down, around my ears...
Estate Sale, Junk Jubilee, Anamosa Vintage Market, {getting Contracts out...Soon. }
Legal...issues, well...
if The Mirror Sells, before I get the chance to decide, that'll be fine...too.
; )
{I won't be hauling it, to any Events.}
; )
If...it's still here, when I catch my breath...
then...
maybe.
{We all know, these 'Old Souls'... find their way,
to Exactly where they need to be.
<3
Always. }
Happy Halloween, to All.
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
Friday, October 29, 2021
One...More....Shove.
Was down for the count...yesterday.
This 'Bug'...has been pretty difficult on our entire Family.
All of us, have been darned sick, for days.
We're all getting through it, but...it's been a draining week.
I...probably pushed a little too hard, the other day, and...paid for it, yesterday.
Feeling a bit, more alive...today.
; )
I'd written a long post, the other day...about The Mirrors, and Chandeliers...
Spent that day...cleaning them.
Thinking about 'La Julia'...the prior owner.
When you handle things, that you know...meant so very much...to someone, {much like conducting Estate Sales, or...working on Old...Hand Made...Furniture}
you..kind of get to 'Know'...those people, through their 'treasures'...their 'Art'.
<3
That's exactly...what happened the other day.
By the end of the day, I was feeling pretty melancholy.
{and...Ill.}
When I finished putting the above Chandelier together...
noticed there were too many prisms attached.
Then...looked back on the Images Chicago Ray, had sent...while they were still hanging in La Julia's Home.
: )
Of...Course, there were too many Prisms.
: )
She...had put More Bling...on The Bling.
: ) : ) : )
All of her Chandeliers...had More Beads, More Prisms...than what they originally had.
<3
Remember...saying years ago...to one of my 'Show Partners'...while setting one of our booths,
"When ya think you've pushed It...
'Over The Top'...
Give 'er Another Shove."
: )
That's what La Julia did, I'd bet...in everything she did.
She was an 'Artist'.
<3
Took a video, that night...and walked through the Sea of Chandeliers.
but....also, looked around, at what John has created...here.
All I could think about...was La Julia's Home...coming down.
She passed away, in 1992, but...somehow, her death...seemed much more recent.
Then...thought about...how our 'Home'...has also been so 'butchered'.
Like...La Julia's...
nothing, will ever be the same.
Guess I'm rambling...again.
As much as I rant, about not having any patience,
{which, for many tedious things...I don't.
Fishing line, Christmas lights, Weed Whip...string, and certain people.}
I, do...have 'Patience'...when it comes to Old...Soulfulness.
<3
Love cleaning it, fixing it...
pulling it from the ashes, after everyone...dismissed it, couldn't see the 'Beauty'....that was always there.
Always.
<3 <3 <3
Chicago Ray...brought this Chair, from La Julia's.
: )
I...haven't cleaned it up, yet.
It's Over The Top...too.
<3
If you could've heard Ray...on the phone with me...as he was walking through...La Julia's Home,
oh my.
; )
It had been broken into...many times, over the decades.
yet...
Ray, was so impressed by it.
Kept saying...
"Barb! I Wish You Could SEE This!!"
; )
I, have...Ray. I...have.
<3
Had to get permission, from Ray's Friend, who has the Salvage Rights, to share La Julia's name.
He was so happy, that I would.
: )
Of Course.
I Always...when allowed, Share...The History of Every Piece.
Always.
<3
Thanked them Both...for Saving what they could.
Too Much...of our History, is lost...to wrecking balls....
chain saws, backhoes, and jackhammers, for all sorts of greed, nonsense, and
wrongfulness.
Too Much.
Cleaning, and working...with La Julia's Treasures, has been therapeutic.
{very slow...going, because...I'm very 'slow'...right now.}
Never the less...very therapeutic.
I, wish...and, struggle...with saving 'the rabbit hole'.
Can't understand...why, I can't find that Same...'patience'....and 'Vision'...
when I look at 'it'.
: ( : ( : (
If...
I'd stumbled...upon It, somewhere...else, oh my....
NOTHING Could Stop Me....from Saving It.
: ( : ( : (
Making it More Beautiful, than anyone could ever imagine.
Giving it One More Shove....
'Over the Top'.
I can't find...'The Beauty'.
I...can't 'See' It.
: (
all I see, is the wrongfulness.
I...see, what used to be, before...
Fairfax, and District 6...
destroyed us...for a wrongful Trail.
We're starting on Jerri's Estate Sale, next week.
Work...away from 'Home'...has truly been my salvation.
She was a Wonderful Woman, and...I'll do my Best, as will Bill, and us all...
to make her Proud.
<3
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Oh....dear.
Late....Sunday night, began feeling ill.
: (
really...
Ill.
: (
Spent most of the wee hours of Monday morning, through the day...
vomiting.
I don't ever remember...feeling so sick, and exhausted.
Weak as a new born colt.
oh my.
Had a Load...coming from Chicago, a big load.
Load's...of Bling.
Pal, Chicago Ray...was running late, on Monday, Praise God.
Told him...I'd be of No Help...unloading.
None.
: (
Got ahold of Helper, Brandon...
he, and Chicago Ray...got everything unloaded.
{God Bless Them!! }
I didn't have a place for it all to go, so...told them just to bring it all in the house.
: (
Oh My.
Chandeliers...Everywhere.
Dozens of Them.
Ray...had sent me images of them, and two Mirrors.
Ray told me one of the Mirrors...was about 5'8....tall, the other...about 7 foot.
When Ray brought in the tall narrow Pier Mirror, I asked him where the other was.
He said...he and Brandon, had put it in the Gazebo.
I asked him..."why?"
He said it was all he and Brandon could do....to get it that far.
It took 4 Men, to get out of the Home...it was in.
???
I...was under the impression, That One...was smaller, than The Pier Mirror.
Like...a 'Wall Hanger'.
No...no, no....
It's more...Like a 'Wall'.
Stunning.
but...
A Wall.
; )
Holy Smokes.
Told Ray....it couldn't stay in the Gazebo.
We'd have to get it inside.
Weather can't touch it.
: (
With 'puke bucket'....in hand, went out with them...did all I could, to help them.
Wasn't much help...but, it was all I could give.
We got it in.
There are close to 30 Vintage Chandeliers...and Sconces.
Many...from Theatres...we guessed.
The Home they came from...is going down.
: (
It's been closed up...for decades.
The Woman who lived there...until the early 1990's was a famous
Opera Singer, back in the 1930's and 40's.
Her Home...was Amazing.
Very...Theatrical.
<3 <3 <3
She...was Amazing, I was doing a little research on her...before I fell so Ill.
: )
I'll write about her, when I get the Chandeliers cleaned, and together.
{Sure didn't want to bring it all in the House.
There's Chandeliers...Stacked...Everywhere.
: (
No choice.
No...choice.}
Can't do much...yet, still...very, very... weak, but...
did find the strength to clean the Mirrors, a bit, and a couple of the Chandeliers, today.
30 years of dirt...on all of that Beauty, and Bling...
was buggin' me more...than
'The Bug'.
Son, Justin...was also very sick...yesterday, still hurtin' today...too.
: (
He made it to work, today... told him, not to stay long.
{He made it in yesterday, then...turned around, and went right back Home.
: (
Somehow, we picked up the same Bug.
Not Good.}
I can finally...keep things down, clear liquids.
What a Mess.
Oh...dear.
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
{When I began to clean...a snippet, of the 'Beauty', today... thought, what would the Original Owner like to hear...that I will clean her Lovely Things...to....today.
What...are All of These Beautiful...Things, waiting...to hear....once...
again.
<3
The first tune that came to mind, was 'Ave Maria'.
Then I searched, for the Woman's music.
Sadly...She was 'Before Her Time'.
but...
The above popped up, tho, I didn't ask for 'Ave Maria'.
That...was a 'Sign'.
<3
Perfect.
<3 <3 <3 }
Sunday, October 24, 2021
'Underestimate me... That'll be fun.'
Attended The Midwest Show, and...visited with So Many Wonderful Folks, there.
<3
Then...met with Pal, Steph...{above} her Daughter, Paige...and her Mom, one of my Dearest Friends,
Patti...
for Supper.
<3 <3 <3
Had to snap an image...of Steph's shirt. <3
Lord...Lord...
That's a Fact.
; )
Ran into a Dear Friend , Mark...at the restaurant...as we were walking out the door.
: )
Mark said...he'd tried to get my attention, three times, before we left.
Yeah...we were in Heavy Conversation...while dining.
Fairfax...IDOT, Antique 'Business'.
: )
oh dear.
; )
It was GREAT Seeing Mark,
he and John...were Close.
Priceless.
<3
Got a little misty eyed, as I thanked Mark, for being such a Dear Friend, to John.
<3 <3 <3
Home...Sweet Home.
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
Straightening.... the old crown, again.
Heading to The Midwest Show...in a few minutes.
Goin to drop off cards, for The Anamosa Vintage Market...Show, in January.
Mark, probably has it covered...and, Polly, from Polly Ann's...in Mt. Vernon, will have them, as well.
<3
The Midwest Show...is Beautiful.
Always.
Thom, the promoter...called me a couple of weeks ago, and asked...if I'd like to set up...there.
"No.".
; )
Grateful...for the offer, but...oh my, life has been Crazy, here....
not prepared to do a Show, right now.
Have a HUGE Load...of Vintage BLING...coming tomorrow, from Chicago.
oh my.
Have No Idea...where it's All...going to Land.
Wow.
Had a bit of a melt down...last night.
This...frickin Stress, is ugly.
Ugly.
: (
Gonna head down, to feed Scoutaroo...then, go...to The Show.
It'll be Great Seeing Everyone, and seeing Amazing Antiques.
The Midwest Show...is Truly a Gift to our area.
<3
A 'memory'...popped up on FB, from three years ago, this morning.
It hit me hard.
Hard.
Don't know what I would've done...without our Amazing Lawyer.
Three years ago...today, I was preparing for the worst.
I, shudder to think, how MUCH Worse, things would be...here, had he not taken the reins on this wrongfulness.
I remember...stabbing the old pitchfork in the ground, when the IDOT Dude...told me where their Right of Way...was going to be.
Had our Lawyer...not stepped in, ALL of Those Trees would be Gone.
All Of Them.
As it is, since the IDOT Breached our Agreement, and made accommodation for Fairfax's Trail...
anyway, our drive is short...short, much higher, no ditch...to keep water away from us...
well...We Are The Ditch, because of them.
This has gone on...for 5 years.
5...Years.
The last 3, have been crippling.
Told my Pal, Steph...last night, as I was melting down...
down...down,
'Work'...has kept me alive.
but...
I can't find my feet 'Here'.
Home...is far away, even when I'm 'Home'.
What used to be...
'Home'.
It's sickening.
I'm Grateful...our Trees, well, a few of them...survived.
The IDOT Took...MANY, they shouldn't have.
Many.
: ( : ( : (
Without our Lawyer...They'd be Lost.
The IDOT would be 12 feet from our Home.
I've gathered myself...up, once again...this morning.
Going to take this day...on.
See some Good People, and...visit.
<3
The below...popped up, too....this morning.
; )
Gotta straighten this...old crown, again...
and keep movin' forward.
Good advise, for us all.
<3
Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.
Barb C.
{Love the Tune, above.
; )
Elle King, and Miranda Lambert... Rock.
; )
They get my feet movin' with this One.}
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Regrets.
Celebrated... Early, Miss. Willow Grace's...and...
Justin Lucas's Birthdays Today.
<3
Willow, turns 4, Justin...12.
{How Can That Be???}
Little Justin, and Miss. Scarlett....asked me if I'd like to go for a Ride, in the Ranger....with them.
"Absolutely."
: )
<3
When I climbed in...I asked them...If They Invited me...because if I was riding Shotgun...
They could go...on 'The Road'.
They both...in Unison...
said...
"well...Yeah!!???".
Hahahahahaha!
Yes, I have Painfully...Honest Grandchildren.
Painfully!!
; )
{I'm just The Backseat Chauffeur.
Damn It!!!}
Hahahaha!!!
{I'll Take It!! <3 }
They're growing up...way too fast.
Way.
: (
Little Justin, Miss. Scarlett, and myself...Hit The Backroads, Level 'B' Roads.
<3
Little Justin, at {soon to be...} 12...Is One Awesome 'Driver'.
<3 <3 <3
; )
He's also...an Awesome 'Tour Guide'.
<3
Justin, stopped at Every Beautiful...place, Grandma...should Capture an Image.
Priceless.
<3
Fairfax's Mayor, Council...Clerk, Engineer, and IDOT District 6 Engineers, must not have Children, and Grandchildren.
If...they did, they wouldn't be 'Doing'...what they've wrongfully...
Done.
Shame...on Them.
Told our Awesome...Lawyer, 'Josey Wales'...a few years ago...
" 'Regrets' are difficult to live with."
concerning This...Fight, with IDOT District 6, and Fairfax, Iowa City Hall's...Suicide Trail Accommodations.
They've all consumed my life...because of their wrongfulness....for far too long.
I've missed...much, because of their lack of common sense.
: (
I...know, I'll have regrets, already am, watching...what I've Missed, solely...because of Them.
I gotta tell ya, when I watch our Children, and Grandchildren...
I feel Blessed.
Blessed.
There will be Folks, solely...because of Fairfax, and District 6, {knowing Fully...what This Insane Highway 151 is capable of...yet...Never conducting a Single Safety Study, like I Begged Them All To. On The Record.}
In my Opinion, many...won't have the opportunity, I had today...with Our Children, and Grandchildren...should they use Fairfax's Wrongful...Suicide Trail.
Over the nearly 40 years...I've lived here, I've Witnessed So Much Heartbreak, and Loss.
Death.
When I say...I'm ashamed of Fairfax City Hall, and IDOT District 6, well...
I am.
They All...Knew Better, but...did nothing.
Nothing.
So..yes, I know, I'll have 'regrets', many.
: (
Sadly... I feel, my regrets, will be considerably smaller, than so many others'.
: (
Love to Ya.
Prayers...for All.
Barb C.
Friday, October 22, 2021
Long Days...and, Black Leather.
Long Day.
Helper, Brandon...and I, moved Mountains...today.
; )
Had To.
{See that Boulder...to the lower right, in the above image?
That...bounced off of a Dump Truck, a few years ago...
landed, right where Fairfax's Suicide Trail is Now.
Called the Sheriff, took images...then, had the Boys...throw it in the back of The Ford.
Took it to the next Fairfax Council Meeting.
Deaf...Ears.
Wow.
There's an Election...coming up, in Fairfax.
I Hope...and Pray...
People VOTE. }
The 'Wood' foundation...that John built, for The Greenhouses, won't stand the strain...
of the Flooding, The 'Basin'...'Mote'...
that's coming... because of Fairfax's...IDOT District 6's...Wrongful Trail...
Accommodations.
We'll be putting in a Concrete Block...Foundation, to prepare, for what They've Wrongfully...
Done to Us.
It'll all be under water... when the Rain comes.
'Wood'...can't handle, what IDOT is now Asking...
Forcing, Wrongfully...
for it...to handle.
That's...just, common sense.
Brandon, and I...cleared the West side...today.
Son in Law, Adam...will be working on this...next week.
<3
We're replacing the entire foundation...before 2022 Spring Floods, come.
{that...never...ever...bothered us before...wrongful...Trail Accommodations.}
Ever.
There's been a LOT...of THINGS, that...
Never...Ever...'bothered' us...before
'Fairfax's Suicide... Walking/Bike Trail',
and
IDOT District 6's...
seemingly...
Deliberate Breach...
of
Our Recorded Agreement.
After...
Before...
Found this...on the door, when I let Peanut...outside, tonight.
; )
Can't Wait...to Walk With Linn County, and Show Them....
what 'Used to Be'.
Starting With Our Finished Basement.
It's Gone.
Because of Fairfax's Wrongful Trail...Accommodations.
GONE.
OUR HOME HAS FLOODED TWELVE TIMES, in The Last Year.
IN A DRAUGHT YEAR.
: ( : ( : (
Solely Because Of Their Wrongfulness, and IDOT District 6's....
WRONGFULNESS.
SOLELY.
: ( : ( : ( : ( : (
Our Home...and My Shop...has Never Ever...Flooded, Until The Wrongful Fairfax Trail Accommodations.
Solely..
Because of IDOT District 6.
{I'm a little Angry.}
Slipped on the Black Leather...Jacket, John...gave me, over four decades...ago,
tonight,
when I went to feed Scout.
<3
: )
{the above...picture, was taken about 38 years ago...
I was wearing my Favorite...Black Leather Jacket.
<3
; )
I...was kinda ornery...back then.
; )
The Truth Is...
I'd Scare The Hell...Outta 'That Girl'...today.
: (
These last several years...Fighting for Our Land, and Lives...
against Fairfax, Iowa City Hall, and IDOT District 6, has...made quite a
Warrior, of me. : ( }
That...old Leather Jacket has been with me, through thick, and thin.
Was wearing...it, during
Horrible accidents...
I never should've walked away from.
It's been with me...
The best, and worst...days of my life.
Seemed Fittin'...to wear it, This Evening.}
; )
Long...Day.
Love to Ya...
Prayers for All.
Barb C.
{Won't even get into...'Interesting'...Fairfax City Hall, 'Attorney' 'Fees'. ; ) }
'Treats' Rule...with Peanut.
<3
Seems they Rule...with others, as well.
: (
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