I wanted to show my granddaughter Anna the Pickle favored Soda at Grandpa Joe’s Candy Store in the Strip District of Pittsburgh.
I’d no idea there were so many unusual flavors. We were window shopping and did not purchase or consume any. They certainly were colorful.
Ketchup or Kettle Corn? Bacon?
Blue Cheese? Mint Julep?
Saturday afternoon, Anna and Steve and I drove up to see Aunt Linda and Uncle Frank. You might remember Uncle Frank and his 1955 Ford Pick-Up Truck post Uncle Frank was in my People at Work show. He is a master at restoring vintage vehicles.
Here he’s showing Steve the interior. Steve loved getting behind the wheel.
Here’s his 1933 Plymouth
Guest blog. Michael was waiting to get his “new” car checked out. Look what he saw on the passenger’s side.
Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock PA as viewed from Outlook Drive in West Mifflin.
Taken by granddaughter Anna who came to visit.
Three decades of knowing one another, these two neighbors lived in the next block. One still does. We reunited today to share stories of past times remembered.
My grown up children have families of their own now. This little grouping of their special childhood toys is one I took using a Polaroid transfer process. If you’ve been a follower for a time you might remember this picture. That was the first sock monkey I ever made, about 47 years ago. You know I have trouble disposing of anything with a face looking at me. I actually matted and framed it. Was dusting it today and felt nostalgic. Thought it was a good Throwback Thursday from the archives.
