tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post979095064971585541..comments2023-09-03T15:10:00.180-04:00Comments on casey/artandcolour: Tranquility Base, 1950s Style—The Koi PoolCasey Shainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-44371422367275298992010-08-06T16:36:34.884-04:002010-08-06T16:36:34.884-04:00I love coy ponds and have had one for almost 15 ye...I love coy ponds and have had one for almost 15 years. I built it as a tribute to my friend John, who always wanted one and ignited the spark in me to have one myself. Ponds are sooo relaxing and entertaining. Sitting outside on the patio listening to the water, watching the birds use the waterfalls as their private birdbaths, watching the coy swimming in formation chasing each other - there phantomXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250791056393523096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-8983918829740463112010-08-05T13:18:38.764-04:002010-08-05T13:18:38.764-04:00Granny: You're absolutely correct. If my Dad h...Granny: You're absolutely correct. If my Dad had been healthy during this period, none of it would have gone down like it did. I didn't even go into half of it, but we didn't even get any money from the sale, just whatever belongings we could take in 2 weeks while the new owner was trucking stuff out too.Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-37101902289139620062010-08-05T12:24:33.926-04:002010-08-05T12:24:33.926-04:00HOW HORRIBLE.A SAD ENDING TO A MANS' LIFE. IF ...HOW HORRIBLE.A SAD ENDING TO A MANS' LIFE. IF ONLY YOUR DAD KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN I'M SURE HE WOULD HAVE PUT A STOP TO IT. I KNOW WHEN MY UNCLE SOLD GRAMPS AND MYSELF MY ANUTS' [HIS SISTER] HOUSE THERE'RE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT COULD ONLY SEE $$$$$$$$$$$ IN IT FOR THEM WHEN SHE DIED. BUT YET, NO ONE EVER WENT TO THE NURSING HOME TO CHECK TO SEE IF SHE WAS OK IN HER SENILE Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-47233325691139850822010-08-05T11:43:29.600-04:002010-08-05T11:43:29.600-04:00Mare: I have all sorts of garden gnomes and frogs ...Mare: I have all sorts of garden gnomes and frogs and stuff. I've given most of them intricate paint treatments, so they stay inside now, but a few are outside right now. Not surprised you could get confused about the homes, lol. My grandmother's house, the 1766 colonial extended saltbox is the house she moved into in 1925 when she remarried. She raised my mother and aunt in the house. Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-23112275628678727392010-08-05T11:13:59.027-04:002010-08-05T11:13:59.027-04:00Good Morning to all Casey BLoggers. I can't be...Good Morning to all Casey BLoggers. I can't believe your aunt had a little cement frog! That was very much ahead of the times I believe...at least around here. Is that the same house you grew up in? I am getting them confused in my mind (surprise?? NO!) Anyway, that is hard to imagine that they had a safe place to retreat...all fascinating as usual..<br />TG: What a wonderful thing that you marejohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903554421867897659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-53607216626098133152010-08-05T10:04:34.323-04:002010-08-05T10:04:34.323-04:00GOOD MORNING CASEY AND ALL, WHERE DID THE NIGHT GO...GOOD MORNING CASEY AND ALL, WHERE DID THE NIGHT GO? I FEEL LIKE I JUST WENT TO SLEEP. I CAN'T GET THE OTHER GREAT AUNT OUT OF MY MIND SO I'LL ADD A STORY ABOUT HER. NOT LIKE AUNT LUCY BEING RICH, AUNT MAY WAS RICH IN A DIFFERANT WAY. SHE HAD A FARM. A NARROW RIVER RAN THRU HER LAND WAY BACK IN THE BACK PASTURE. ON THE EDGE OF THE RIVER SHE AND UNCLE GEORGE HAD A SUMMER CABIN. I GUESS THEYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-64886253406656033582010-08-05T00:11:45.234-04:002010-08-05T00:11:45.234-04:00Thanks for your memories once again, Granny! I thi...Thanks for your memories once again, Granny! I think fish pools must have been more common back then than they are now. Of course so many houses have big swimming pools and even man-made lakes nowadays, little stone fish pools would probably seem too quaint.<br /><br />My mother's Uncle Art that I've mentioned a few times in this blog was probably gay too, but like you said, it was just Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-68743874540214575052010-08-04T23:58:22.281-04:002010-08-04T23:58:22.281-04:00I'M FAVORITE GREAT ANUT HAD A GOLDFISH POND IN...I'M FAVORITE GREAT ANUT HAD A GOLDFISH POND IN HER BACKSIDE YARD. I ALWAYS LOVED GOING TO VISIT HER. SHE WAS ABOUT FIVE FOOT TALL AS WAS MY GRANDMOTHER AND THEIR OTHER SISTER. THERE'S A STORY THERE WITH THE OTHER GREAT AUNT. ANOTHER TIME.BUT TO GET BACK TO GREAT AUNT LUCY, WHAT A LADIES LADY. VERY PROPER IN EVERYWAY. WHEN YOU WENT IN HER HOUSE YOU KNEW YOU NEED TO BEHAVE. NO ONE EVER HAD Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com