Throwback Thursday.
An ad from my maternal grandmother’s 1906 Rockford High School Annual
Rockford Lumber & Fuel Co.
click to see photo of business
“Our Thirty Gray Horses…”
Tag: horses
I still didn’t throw them out
I used to have a blog called Keep or Pitch. I’d put up a photo of an item in my house and take a vote. Keep or Pitch? The idea was to move items out the door, to the curb, downsize, discard. A few blog readers received a ceramic squirrel, a book. I only regret mailing off some quilt pieces.
But here are the farmyard animals in a cloth, smoked ham bag from yesteryear.
I’ve blogged these rubbery farm animals twice before in 2010 and 2018 with the title What I couldn’t throw out.
Well here we are in 2025.
And they resurfaced.
Again.
TAG: FARM ANIMALS
WHAT I COULDN’T THROW OUT
First posted almost 8 years ago. Mark is now 42.
The kids all grown up and gone now, I’m still going through stuff in my house. Trying to clean it all out.
These animals with their faces, ugh.
Do you find it easy to throw things out?
From 2010.
Purchased in 1977 in New York City at Creative Playthings. Rubbery farm animals. Nice to clutch and carry around when you’re almost two. I bought them for baby Mark who’s 34 now. Maybe the paint is unsafe for the grandchildren, plus they have a hole in their stomach so whatever dirt and mold in the basement the past 20 years is living inside them. I put them in the contractor bag to drag to the curb and I swear the cow’s eyes looked at me.
I took them out.
Photographed them.
Editors note: 2025. Mark is 49’now
Carousel at Idlewild Park
The horses, the lights, the Wurlitzer music- all of these evoke childhood memories of carousels past.
Sunday afternoon I rode the carousel at Idlewild Park
Idlewild Park came into existence when William Darlington, owner of the property, gave “the right and privilege to occupy his land for picnic purposes or pleasure grounds” to Judge Thomas Mellon, owner of the Ligonier Valley Railroad. The date was May 1, 1878”
I’ve posted other carousels these two I ride with my sister Mary. Coney Island and Jane’s Carousel in Dumbo, Brooklyn (you can click to see posts)
Columbus Zoo Grand Carousel and Kennywood n
And Joanne created a carousel guest blog from St. Augustine snd Switzerland
I’m the one on the right
Have a good week
Happy Birthday to my Brother
Hey David. Happy Birthday to you. Hope you have a great day. Some pics from the archives remembering my visits to see you out west in Okanogan. Love from your sister.
Your raspberries are delicious
Helping out at the sheep farm
Lavender in British Columbia
Glacial lake
Everyone loves your garlic
Your garden is amazing
Rescue Dog George Watches the Parade
Meet George.
He was abandoned last week. Now he’s sitting up in a doggie stroller with a squeaky toy and LOTS of attention from his new owners. One lucky dog!
He was watching the Etna Memorial Day Parade on Monday. I included some parade highlights so you can see what George saw.
He smiled.
And here is George with his favorite squeaky toy. He is very happy dog.
Nothing like a marching band to get the parade going! Anchors Aweigh they played.
Vintage vehicles.
Some of the Veterans
Horses
Twirlers
Firefighters from surrounding communities
I am created a Flickr album of the Etna Memorial Parade if you want to see if you are in one of the images. https://www.flickr.com/gp/ruth_e/6z3yA8
Yinz Irish?
“Yinz Irish?”
from Wikipedia (Yinz is a second-person plural pronoun used mainly in Western Pennsylvania including Pittsburgh, but it is also found throughout the Appalachians.[1)
1. Rehder, John B. (2004). Appalachian folkways. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-7879-4. OCLC 52886851.
No shortage of green t-shirts for sale.
St Patrick’s Day Socks
Green Hair
A few more photos in case the people look for themselves on the blog in Sunday’s post
and a link to the FB Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade Page
A family with stroller headed to watch the parade
A young horsewoman from the Victory Stables
A gnome gone Irish at COLLAGE gift shop, dressed for the occasion
Castle Shannon- Green Monster
Not sure if the parasol helped keep her dry!
Pittsburgh Allderdice Marching Band
Phil who promotes Pittsburgh’s Strip District, jumped in to get in photo two
(See photo one below!
My favorite shot of the day)
Rain on the St. Patrick’s Parade Doesn’t Dampen Pittsburgh Irish Day Celebration
Saturday moring around nine, I was driving through the Strip District and saw green in every direction.
Ahhh, St.Patrick’s Day Parade!
How could I have forgotten. Parked the car and got out in the rain and realized all I had was my cell phone camera.
Everyone was so nice when I asked if I could photograph them. The rain didn’t dampen their spirits.
Irish Step Dancers
300 members but with the rain not sure how many would show
Twenty-seventh parade !
Ladies of the AOH Auxilary Sue and Marian
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The Shriners
Hanging up green merchandise. Love the shades.
Check out Neighbors in the Strip page
The Parade Marshall. He thought I was lost. So nice.
Markie
Green everything for sale
Decked out for the rain
Orlando selling green tees
This group has placed first in their category!
New Dimension Comics and Steel City Ghostbusters
Pitsburgh Allderdice High School Marching Band
Mike Feinberg Party Supplies Window
Miniature Schnauzer Winston with a green bandana
Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival
My friend V said let’s go to the Renaissance Festival. She’d been with her niece more than a decade ago and they’d enjoyed it so much they went the next year. She saw it on the news.
We looked it up in the paper, got the details and set out for a fun Sunday, the last day before the students start school!
It was like taking a trip back in time. And a good photo opportunity.
Too bad I left my camera battery charging in the wall at home so I couldn’t use my camera. Yep. A cell phone captured the day.
This nice festival goer said that the festival is a break from his mundane reality,
Ohio State Fair – Columbus Ohio
Today’s post is primarily people. A few animals. Or people and animals. The food highlights will be a separate post. Stay tuned for a Deep Fried Buckeye. No, I didn’t eat it but someone let me photograph theirs.
I accompanied two moms and seven children! We had a wonderful afternoon. Perfect summer day. Last year our visit to the fair was cut short by a severe thunderstorm. If you are new to the blog you can check it out here
Fans from the egg farmers- outside the Taste of Oho Pavillion- four of them are my grandchildren. Three are their friends.
Thanks for letting me photograph your shirt in the Taste of Ohio Pavillion
No, not going to guess my weight or age today!
Union General from the Civil War Encampment checks out the cowgirl boots
Being taken back to the livestock/ stall area after showing
Abe Lincoln chats with fairgoers
Cowgirl Boots galore
Airbrush artist
Posting a No Firearms sign on the Dairy Pavillion
Jack and Drew talk to the Pirate about missing treasure
At the Cardinal gate.
Bent traffic cone and Ohio State Trooper giving directions
Jack milked a cow. Why he put the sticker on his mouth is beyond me.We did not put it there!
Watching the pig races
Weaving a scarf
Rousing band music
Checking the bags of wool
The horse barn
Sleeping near the livestock
Catching a quick nap behind the concession stands
Waiting in line to milk the cow
Looking down the walkway lined with horse stalls
Exhausted. This woman takes a nap on the grass.
Perfect summer day. Last year our visit to the fair was cut short by a severe thunderstorm. If you are new to the blog you can check it out here