Sunday, August 3, 2025

It's 'All'... about the 'Details'. Full Sails... Full Throttle. Wide Open.



John Helm...
Built the above Ship, in the early 1960's.
He built it from wooden matchsticks. 
John 'Sized' the Porthole Windows, from the size of the boxes,
 the wooden matchsticks... came in.



How many... many, many....
wooden matchsticks would it take...
 to
Build...
Such 
Ship.

???

What Skilled Hands.
The Hands of an Artist....
it would take,
 to...
'Build'
 such a 
'Ship'.
: )
<3




Beautiful Sunday

Beautiful... Sunday.


Indeed.
<3 <3 <3 

So... True.
Much, Much... to be Grateful For.

A Beautiful Sunday, in Iowa.
It's been Much Cooler.
75 degrees at Noon, in Fairfax.
Like It.
; )

Took a long... bath, am heading to Cedar Rapids.
Need Grub.

Ran across the below... again, this morning.
; )
CRACKS Me Up!!!
Hahahahahaha!!
It reminds me of one of John's Beloved Relatives.
<3
He has The Worst Luck... with Women.
: (


I... believe, he's finally.... decided to Stay Single!!
; )

Love to Ya...
Prayers for All.

Barb C.

Saturday, August 2, 2025

Céline Dion - Immortality (Official HD Video) ft. Bee Gees

Alice in Wonderland - Meet The Mad Hatter (HQ)

Mad as a Hatter.


Oh my Gosh...
; )
The above What Cheer Flea Market 'Memory'...
popped up, today.
; )

Cracked Me Up!!
: ) : ) : ) 
Good Times!!
Love our 'Show' Families!!
We're All a Bunch of Crazy Gypsies... and Mad Hatters.
: )
<3

Had a Lovely Couple from Wisconsin stop by The Rabbit Hole, yesterday afternoon.
{Victor, and Shirley... 'Chicken Coop Collectibles', Janesville, Wisconsin.}
I'm only open by appointment, The Rabbit Hole is in Chaos.
My schedule... and mind, are also... in Chaos.

Told them both... they were Welcome, but had better Lose their memories, of The Rabbit Hole, when they leave.
: )

They've been here, before... long ago.
Much... has changed since their last visit.

Somehow... they were fascinated by it, still.

Victor really cracked me up....
He stood in the middle of The Rabbit Hole, and asked...
"so... how Long... did it take you to create 'This'?"
{Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!}
"I had to walk outside... to look at the 'building', because... I can't figure this place out. 
From the outside...
it looks like a small building, 
but...
when you walk inside...
It Goes On... and On... and On."
Victor said...
"I... can't quite figure out.... 'where' I'm at."
{Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!}

{Dear Friend, Joy... from Colorado described it best, to her Pal's who'd never been here, and asked her... why she keeps coming back, decades ago...
"I can't describe it...  It's like Falling Down The Rabbit Hole, in Alice in Wonderland."
<3
When her Pal, told me that... I, didn't quite know how to take it.
I'd never read the book, or seen the movie...
so, in 2010, when Tim Burton, and Johnny Depp teamed up, Daughter, Liz... and I....
had front row seats.
{I was afraid}
: )

Then... as the movie went on....
Liz, and I... looked at each other, and said...
"Tim Burton has Visited The Rabbit Hole!!"
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!

The sad thing, I've learned... over the last several years,
The Rabbit Hole, and me...
mirror
one another.

When I'm light hearted...
so is It.
When... I'm heavy hearted, so...
is
The Rabbit Hole.

I... don't know how to change that.

Johnny Depp described the Mad Hatter character, he played...
{Brilliantly}
as...
being like a 
'Mood Ring'.
He wears his emotions, very close... to the surface.

Was sharing a bit... of the Iowa Department of Transportation/Fairfax...
 'mess', 
with Victor.
: (
It's consumed my life, and most everything around it, for...
Years.

Hatter's went 'Mad'... back in 'the day' because of the 
chemicals they used to create Hats.
'Mercury'.
: (

some... might say,
IDOT, and Fairfax... are the 
'Mercury'
in our lives, 
here...
at
The Rabbit Hole.
{bless their hearts}

Below is a memory from 6 years ago.
Yes...
I was singing Lawyer Meardon's Praises, back then.
Deservingly So.


John's Oldest Daughter, posted the comment above.
She knew... I'd been fighting this Mess, for a long time, before Charles climbed on board this Insanity.
Crazy Train.


Here's what I know, and knew... very well... back then, 
as hard as I fought...
as
LOUD as I could shout...
none of it mattered.

Without Lawyer Meardon, it was all over.
{This is why I 'Fuss' about 'The Rule of Law'. 
It's not perfect, but... without it, 'We' have nothing.}

Charles Meardon Saved... Much, that would've been even more... Wrongfully Taken.
When I look out the windows, at night... and See The Trees, that still... Stand.
: )
I'm Grateful.
Beyond.

More... than Beyond Grateful, Lawyer Meardon is Taking This Wrongful Mess...
to
Trial.

You see, the Recorded Agreement, we entered... with The Iowa Department of Transportation...
was
Breached.
In my humble...opinion, at this point, IDOT's signed, and recorded  'Agreements'
would be more useful as toilet paper.
: (

That... needs to change.

Wouldn't get far in my business... if I treated Folks, like The Iowa Department of Transportation...
and, Fairfax, Iowa... 'City Hall', have treated us.



Was listening to an interview of Barry Gibb, recently.
He was asked how he could go on stage... without all of his Beloved Brothers.
Barry said...
"Music is my Strength."
<3

When I can find my way... to The Rabbit Hole, I feel the same way.
<3
Like I told Victor, It's getting out of the door, and 'seeing'.... 
what's 'happened' here.

Sure wish... The Iowa Department of Transportation...
had
kept
their 
recorded
'word'.
IDOT must really love Fairfax, Iowa...
 'City Hall'.
???
: (

Love to Ya...
Prayers for All.

Barb C.



Friday, August 1, 2025

So they say.



: )

again, 
one day at a time.

Love to Ya...
Prayers for All.

Barb C.

Far Beyond.


Grateful.
Beyond.

Love to Ya...
Prayers, for All.

Barb C.

Great balls of fire! jerry lee lewis

The Rabbit Hole.


Met a very Sweet Friend, down The Rabbit Hole, today.
; )
<3
{Love... Love... Love, Frogs, and Toads. : )}



Walked through...


moved a few mountains.
<3


The Sweet Annie is Growing Tall and Proud, this year.
: )



<3



<3

Priceless.

Love to Ya...
Prayers for All.

Barb C.

{Stay tuned, more... coming. <3}