Tag: nostalgia
group name: nostaligiapix
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May 20, 2008 07:21 PM EDT --
Baking day on the farm was also churning day and scrubbing day. The old farmhouse was alive with excitement. Each child had his or her duties to perform while Mother worked and supervised each . . .
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October 25, 2007 03:04 PM EDT --
1988. The year I graduated high school. I don't think I could have gotten it any higher.
1996. Long and natural.
2000 or so. Getting shorter.
2001 or 2002. Getting . . .
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April 13, 2008 10:23 AM EDT --
For Capture This Quickie. Random family shots.
My sister and her husband Tory:
My cousin and his new wife:
My favorite nephew, Cal:
Robin, Me and my niece Ashley: . . .
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March 11, 2007 05:14 PM EDT --
I posted this picture with a poem to say good night last evening.
Someone commented, "Heh, you know we have two bed-steads stored in our basement like that one in your picture. . . .
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October 30, 2006 06:29 PM EST --
Thirty years ago, while moseying around ye olde book and junque shop, I came upon a set of The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia published by The Century Company of New York.
A few dollars plunked . . .
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October 24, 2006 08:44 PM EDT --
No, not the government kind--that nag is out of the barn and grazing.
I'm talking about growing up with a brother several years older than a skinny, Care Child-looking girl who never had a moment's . . .
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October 29, 2006 07:37 PM EST --
This evening I was clearing out a seldom-used kitchen cabinet. Exciting stuff, I know, especially for a Sunday night.
It was with some small amount of mild surprise that I discovered a piece of paper . . .
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July 10, 2007 10:59 PM EDT --
As we moved into our own home in the 80s, my 9 year-old-son naturally wanted a dog of his own.
Brian preferred a puppy but as things turned out, a friend had taken in a stray coon . . .
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March 17, 2007 11:45 AM EDT --
No, not the noggin kind--the vine kind.
My father was an excellent gardener tending large vegetable gardens all through my childhood which provided fresh corn, beans, tomatoes, and yes, okra, among . . .
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October 22, 2006 10:09 PM EDT --
It is with regret I mention that I have just noticed my misspelling of the Group's username/address with the addition of an extra "i" to gum up the works.
Can I live with this untowardness? . . .
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October 22, 2006 08:37 PM EDT --
Welcome to all members joining Nostalgia Pix and guests!
I wanted to mention the icon for the group: it's a snapshot of my Aunt Sally, circa early 1940s and it looks as if she's a bit of . . .
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April 02, 2007 01:13 AM EDT --
In your hand are several invitations to a casual dinner which you are hosting at your home. The menu choice is yours, as is the drink menu, candles or not, tablecloth or formica-toppped kitchen . . .
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November 06, 2006 12:06 PM EST --
Here's a study I drew of my son, Brian, in a just-like-him pose, February, 1990.
Well, he wasn't posing, I simply proceeded without permission to draw my camera-shy child, and . . .
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March 04, 2008 06:32 PM EST --
What's for dinner?
Supper's for dinner
what's for breakfast?
Brunch
What's for snack time?
only rice cakes
just don't call them lunch.
(now you know why I'm . . .
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May 12, 2007 09:15 PM EDT --
Guess I'm succumbing to the Mothers Day mystique after all.
With this evening's thunderstorm passed, I'm now attempting to publish a photo-collage of my mother, Mary Agnes, in three . . .
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October 23, 2006 01:32 PM EDT --
Having an older sister was a something of a challenge--she existed, but wasn't really "there" in my life.
Eloping with the only man she ever loved, age 16, had broken my parents' hearts. . . .
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December 16, 2007 05:39 PM EST --
Okay, I wasn't exactly a "drop out" I suppose, but my primary school career at the local Catholic school was ended after the first year because, as my mom said, "my daughter won't . . .
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