Back in days gone by, before Christmas trees were a major crop, bailing hay in the summer was a back breaking process. Most men of a certain age and more than a few women remember it well. Walking behind a large truck or a farm tractor with a trailer, over…
A customer brought an old wrinkled image into the studio one afternoon. It was a snapshot from the late 1940s that had some fading and a few wrinkles. She said, “That’s my grandpa with my cousin. My cousin was such a brat, he always took up too much of my…
An elderly man came into the studio one day and said he had a picture of himself that he wanted me to look at. He wanted to see if I could make a copy for him before his picture ‘wore out.’ He opened his wallet, looked though the folded and…
Have you ever wondered why your ancestors are not smiling in those pictures you inherited? Very early pictures usually showed people not smiling. There are several theories as to why most people in those images look so stern. Sometimes one had to sit very still for a good while, because…
You just never know what objects will find their way into my studio! Every day is an adventure and a mystery waiting to be solved! This man’s image was on a very large button that was brought to me. Unfortunately, It had turned a dreadful shade of yellow. Known as…
Memories can be triggered by so many different things, a photograph, a smell or even objects. Take for instance the old iron pot that hangs in my mothers yard as a planter. It has a purpose and looks nice, a sort of retirement from a long life of hard work.…
Remember the fun you had as a kid? Playing with the neighborhood kids or cousins was your chief form of entertainment and exercise. We didn’t have to come indoors until the street lights came on. This was fantastic at my grandparents’ houses – they lived in the country where there…
I am so happy to share all these memories from childhood and I am grateful that others find them interesting as well as entertaining. Best of all are the folks who are reminded of their own memories. Lets go for another drive. As we know, money was always in short…
Canvas paintings have been around for hundreds of years. They consist of three parts: the canvas, the pigment or paint, and stretcher bars. The stretcher bar is made like a wooden frame. It really protects the back of the canvas while the frame protects the front of the painting. The…
Good morning everyone! Time for another memory. This trip will be about my beloved Uncle Rudd. Rudd Sheets was my grandmother Wyatt’s younger and only brother. Five girls and one boy in the family. They grew up in a traditional chestnut log house on the site of my mothers current…
