Old Books

Yesterday my sisters and I went on a vintage and antique shop escapade in Battleground with some of the ladies who work at the Fort Vancouver sewing department.
That was really fun! I found 2 100 yr. old books and I'm so excited!!!

One is a Spanish Grammar book, the other is called Ranson's Folly.

Here are some pictures:

The red one is in better condition, but both look pretty good. :)

the Grammar book

Ranson's Folly

This is written in the inside page of the Grammar book!! That's written in 1917 folks!!!!

This is on the inside of the Grammar book cover

I did a search for Ernest and Sari Szekely, didn't find much, but it looks like he was born in 1888 and her in 1883.
Not sure if that was the right Ernest and Sari, but they were married in 1911 which would lineup with the date in the book and lived in the state of Michigan. :)

And if they were the right folks, they were both Hungarian and she was a play-write in the late 20's!
Looks like she did several comical plays and her dad was a Hungarian Comedian. :)
And again, if I found the right people, her maiden name was Dodo.

I love history and learning about people from the past.
Just think, when Ernest wrote his name in that Grammar book WWI was still in play!!
What was life like for them? What did they look like?
I'll probably never find out, but its neat to think about while reading through the book. :)
And, ya never know, maybe it will help me learn Spanish! ;)

Anyways, thought I'd share my findings with ya'll. :)


Been raining a lot lately.
Had "my van" in the shop this week to repair the recalls on the airbag and another thing.
So hopefully it's safe and won't have anymore recalls!!
It's so nice being able to have someone ride in the front passenger side seat now. ;)

Have a great weekend!

Beulah Land

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Beulah land, I’m longing for you

And someday, on thee I’ll stand

Where my home shall be eternal

Beulah land, sweet Beulah land

I’m kind of homesick for a country

Where I’ve never been before

No sad goodbyes will there be spoken

For time won’t matter anymore

I’m looking now across the river

Where my faith is gonna end in sight

There’s just a few more days to labor

And then I’ll take my heavenly flight

Where my home shall be eternal

Beulah land, sweet Beulah land

Photography

Last week I was asked by my professional photography friend to be her second shooter at a wedding!!
It was my second time and so much fun! :D

Sarah loves to do weddings and is very good at photography and is willing to gives me tips!
If you'd like to see some of her photo's you can go to her FB page.
I don't do FB, but I can see business FB pages, so I get to see hers. :D

The wedding was at a place called Lucy's Garden in Ridgefield. It's such a pretty place!!!

I was able to get lots of good photos and thought I'd share some of my favorites. :)
Oh, I haven't edited any of the pictures, except for a a little cropping on one or two, so they're straight of my camera. ;)

The bride & groom

The grounds were so pretty there!

The bride

The bride, groom & best man

The bride & groom, brides daughter is maid of honor, best man & his wife

The rings, I thought the grooms ring was pretty cool looking! :D

Walking down the isle after the ceremony

I don't know why, but some of the pictures look a little bit blurry on here.... weird.....

The wedding was sweet and the couple looked so happy!!
The bride was a widow and the groom had never married so everyone was very happy for them both. :)


Except for that happening, nothing much exciting has happened, been busy on my work, finally got it done so can take a break! Yay!!

Yesterday our friend James C. came over and helped us do some fencing.
Got the first side done and both posts where the gate will go in!!
Hoping it will be nice again next week so we can get the rest of the fence up and the gate in. :)

This afternoon a "Columbus Day" like storm is supposed to come in and is said to possibly last through Saturday!
Hoping it won't be to bad, already lost power for an hour this morning and it wasn't even windy!!

Have a great rest of the week everyone!