More Tags For Our Tree And Home ~ The Paper Collage

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjDdXDCd4RafOg667R0kJUV3qWi87jAVQZh8Zxt2GuenAwvomeMXcyCRdwrUQbaNeVPjqaXL9h7uVHE76b2fKMOfDMHyHm6bspc3LVkNthb0dJ9IR6RZsDQ0JVnU_KGJuJ3Bsvjl3dag/s1600/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjDdXDCd4RafOg667R0kJUV3qWi87jAVQZh8Zxt2GuenAwvomeMXcyCRdwrUQbaNeVPjqaXL9h7uVHE76b2fKMOfDMHyHm6bspc3LVkNthb0dJ9IR6RZsDQ0JVnU_KGJuJ3Bsvjl3dag/s640/052.JPG" width="528" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>My Friend Pamela Invited me over to an Altered Art Tag Workshop at her Shop <a href="http://thepapercollage.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #b45f06;">THE PAPER COLLAGE</span></strong></a> and to dye Seam Binding and do a Gypsy Trade of 'Smalls' with each other for Christmas.  Hey, you don't have to threaten me with a good time, so we spent a Fun filled Afternoon Creating, Socializing and Gypsy Trading.   Here's one of the Lovely Altered Art Tags she Traded me... LOVE IT, it's a Glorious Fibers Fantasy from her Personal Collection she's Cherished for Years!!!  I've attached it with a Vintage Clip Earring to my New Drapes.  Fabric Artists are particularly covetous of Fibers, Fabrics and Trims, we can't get enough of them and they're Priceless to us, especially as Gifts!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbhgjFgeM_gYb-v8AxYnCi9knsGZXx3no5QskU-JC7LOBOj_iOl6AI0FgCumSIkHGQVvaiP-3_czZkEoccoGskMxk98_FVU-lgMJiaVuyOhk4vzmc3rSAYN5fYaZ9Zx9Lt_gaAv2UJ74/s1600/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbhgjFgeM_gYb-v8AxYnCi9knsGZXx3no5QskU-JC7LOBOj_iOl6AI0FgCumSIkHGQVvaiP-3_czZkEoccoGskMxk98_FVU-lgMJiaVuyOhk4vzmc3rSAYN5fYaZ9Zx9Lt_gaAv2UJ74/s640/053.JPG" width="542" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So... when Pamela agreed to also Trade me this Beautiful Whimsical Christmas Tag she'd Created with some Hand-Dyed Seam Binding in a Hue I was Adoring, it was yet another Priceless Gift to me!  And so on our Christmas Tree it went as further Ornamentation.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJ9JDo9x23QcowNpBRDxxqtcMYGvfULu3PFXK9l8EYHhuHxy3d6XE5vTTipvm6AGUoSICLEMLu6LUKtqCllMzdoBSoFhvR8_Cebj1yKIR1d6jvZwANIfGSce6Z4vbBrJiq2GoG1afKeU/s1600/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJ9JDo9x23QcowNpBRDxxqtcMYGvfULu3PFXK9l8EYHhuHxy3d6XE5vTTipvm6AGUoSICLEMLu6LUKtqCllMzdoBSoFhvR8_Cebj1yKIR1d6jvZwANIfGSce6Z4vbBrJiq2GoG1afKeU/s640/055.JPG" width="595" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>In fact, I'd 'Picked' a bag full of 'Smalls' that Morning, which I'd brought in for her to rummage thru as 'Trade' because I knew I wouldn't have enough Time to Create as many Beautiful Altered Art Tags as I wanted and NEEDED to complete my Christmas Tree Decorating, the back of our Tree was still quite sparsely Decorated.  So I was totally Jazzed that she was Down for a good Gypsy Trade of Tags for Smalls!  I LOVE Trading because a Good Trade is so Mutually Beneficial and everyone can Afford to Trade what they already have for what they Want or Need.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uEzVgccmnYU4iUvYL0vyTXo5iRmL8OFsOwfENra18fh5pJRLq1TawlH7X5Z5kGbEHMfzBInZ3qRHD-p14J6kTKeILM4sR_GLota2_NXo8ZQNM4MSuWnZh4Infy1A0dIPdOhV-dQBMiI/s1600/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uEzVgccmnYU4iUvYL0vyTXo5iRmL8OFsOwfENra18fh5pJRLq1TawlH7X5Z5kGbEHMfzBInZ3qRHD-p14J6kTKeILM4sR_GLota2_NXo8ZQNM4MSuWnZh4Infy1A0dIPdOhV-dQBMiI/s640/054.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So here's another one of Pamela's Tag Creations I Traded her for... so Cute and so Boheme' and in my Favorite Hues... on the New Drapes it went.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRwdOfDwO-wi4Ia7iYgpunNmE9OvTCv79YZcnP6pSLJ_6q_uiU9b4PmY-Uqk60ci3icKg7zGJeinlfb36oIXHpqNOcjuTU4uH9ghZ1411nHjuHLCoZyDX-tghb5hfBGjYcgedLocfikk/s1600/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRwdOfDwO-wi4Ia7iYgpunNmE9OvTCv79YZcnP6pSLJ_6q_uiU9b4PmY-Uqk60ci3icKg7zGJeinlfb36oIXHpqNOcjuTU4uH9ghZ1411nHjuHLCoZyDX-tghb5hfBGjYcgedLocfikk/s640/022.JPG" width="566" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>As I said, I had also come to Create and Learn some New Techniques as well during the Workshop and there were so many Inspiring Examples that Pamela had Created all over the Shop and for every possible Occassion and Season.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuMJ2OU0y_BcJgqXeHXvxFgLrmO6AIXC5ZN4lKsGdimaz0I52Bcl4aj0w4mc_KBoWjZl6XnGwupZGvL6ckxyKDFzP7D5fHsABCEMrj2raITQEUjoDpV2GW1oVMri1z3yo8nVZwIFly8E/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuMJ2OU0y_BcJgqXeHXvxFgLrmO6AIXC5ZN4lKsGdimaz0I52Bcl4aj0w4mc_KBoWjZl6XnGwupZGvL6ckxyKDFzP7D5fHsABCEMrj2raITQEUjoDpV2GW1oVMri1z3yo8nVZwIFly8E/s640/025.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Big Banner Tags...</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFZz_z1K8Gzzx_WvMpSkJFpPQEwWP9b7xvzHPpONQwi6qkvRMyzYDfXilAiyjkpVygX97c8p-YhJ_f3T7Ziozl6G6VhtfKcKBl6ReQV-0yZSAPKY1YC0LlIdiKZaziccde-oghUDKgoc/s1600/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFZz_z1K8Gzzx_WvMpSkJFpPQEwWP9b7xvzHPpONQwi6qkvRMyzYDfXilAiyjkpVygX97c8p-YhJ_f3T7Ziozl6G6VhtfKcKBl6ReQV-0yZSAPKY1YC0LlIdiKZaziccde-oghUDKgoc/s640/024.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And tons of Supplies for Creating your Unique Altered Art Treasures you'd be bringing Home with you from your Workshop Experience.  I like nothing better than taking a Class or Workshop and Learning New Art Forms to Create!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNu9juCrVzNevXay-60e7CSR1riw_4EH8jeE7gcK4Rh8F3XY7GX4_8Xkwrm0Gp2DE3nrkY8iEWAbH7OvUdhi9_weiiH3EZt90OKnOADqsUW1pQAq0D0H7LaWkGpdw-EOleC-x4L1Xs6PM/s1600/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNu9juCrVzNevXay-60e7CSR1riw_4EH8jeE7gcK4Rh8F3XY7GX4_8Xkwrm0Gp2DE3nrkY8iEWAbH7OvUdhi9_weiiH3EZt90OKnOADqsUW1pQAq0D0H7LaWkGpdw-EOleC-x4L1Xs6PM/s640/026.JPG" width="508" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And Pamela is a Superb Instructor and very Talented so she has all these Wonderful Techniques to Teach... if you haven't already taken some Workshops you should sign up for some.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVGpss-Z7Y5y14eKhjyLVzsrf93DG1uGY7C3roRN5nXjAKD-CShcxd1_uDVtKXruEh0HD3s6vKoxWzmL0HliCksYmDryeK4kVJm9tjMTLU7y-bDw49DF14rdAqoezmkXWTmS3RwIHN-Y/s1600/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVGpss-Z7Y5y14eKhjyLVzsrf93DG1uGY7C3roRN5nXjAKD-CShcxd1_uDVtKXruEh0HD3s6vKoxWzmL0HliCksYmDryeK4kVJm9tjMTLU7y-bDw49DF14rdAqoezmkXWTmS3RwIHN-Y/s640/027.JPG" width="554" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And of coarse another Project we would be Enjoying the Creation of was Hand-Dying our yardage of Seam Binding.   So, I grabbed my newly Acquired Snowman Tag so that I could be Inspired by the Seam Binding Bow as I got to work Dying my own Seam Binding Yardage.  You can Purchase your Seam Binding right at the Shop if you have had trouble finding your own to bring, it is notoriously difficult to find undyed.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbgZfZIfFyWqUoba6BscdeDP677Mj7n1r6RigBB1nPv8HVf3Rl4mNOGauCLlx1v6mitHEDTrJnNIjXpENajzmHUXO-zHLOUCQtdjjVAG31JQ7M0GiSKutwWupc-pJ-YNEEMo-ZzUsR-M/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbgZfZIfFyWqUoba6BscdeDP677Mj7n1r6RigBB1nPv8HVf3Rl4mNOGauCLlx1v6mitHEDTrJnNIjXpENajzmHUXO-zHLOUCQtdjjVAG31JQ7M0GiSKutwWupc-pJ-YNEEMo-ZzUsR-M/s640/028.JPG" width="504" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So... after I Dyed a bunch of Seam Binding {shown in the background} I now was ready to Create some Altered Art Tags with some of the New Techniques I'd Learned from Pamela.  This was my first Creation... but it needed a lil somethin'-somethin' else... because you KNOW how over the top Excessive I am, especially when Creating... More is just never enough... NEVER!  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrj3BTf-xR91CCXNbBJDBkqhM7uTG1x5gFwwQyFoVjeCD4Go2oW0f7Jvd-laCaNgvrvmH_h-PVfmWsg-0U7xtYAPjhbMlG82S40vvbWLMbT3syiltci_RAx4I4sWB_RwEfQsbLpb3ouKE/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrj3BTf-xR91CCXNbBJDBkqhM7uTG1x5gFwwQyFoVjeCD4Go2oW0f7Jvd-laCaNgvrvmH_h-PVfmWsg-0U7xtYAPjhbMlG82S40vvbWLMbT3syiltci_RAx4I4sWB_RwEfQsbLpb3ouKE/s640/030.JPG" width="494" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>So we decided to use another Technique, Waxing the Tag and then adding some Sparkle Glue to the Florals... which gave the Tag the Aged Muted look that I was going for and brought some of the background thru the Portrait ... PERFECT!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3i41QWn2npP0s7S0P9wHOq_yL02omg1tR4qtt8z-boJYsugrDfrWpx9H4B-qHSbkI-uxl0B3hq4J_U0IACxCxdkE-OdVxEk49BmixSXwmQYR1kbx96xWdsdibDY-PMb7RZFWI2BHTK2M/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3i41QWn2npP0s7S0P9wHOq_yL02omg1tR4qtt8z-boJYsugrDfrWpx9H4B-qHSbkI-uxl0B3hq4J_U0IACxCxdkE-OdVxEk49BmixSXwmQYR1kbx96xWdsdibDY-PMb7RZFWI2BHTK2M/s640/029.JPG" width="508" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And here's how the back of the Tag turned out... as I Experimented with some more Techniques of Dying the Tags with Tim Holtz Distress Stain Products which are my Personal Favorites!  I mean, who doesn't Love Tim AND his Amazing Products, right?  I'm a self-professed Tim Holtz Groupie, I should buy Stock in his Company since I own practically everything he's got in his Line!  *Smiles*  And if you've ever met him, he's such a Super Nice Guy too!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXVb2zbf0xeDPonMG2fJqsWWu_Cf4_DpkaX3FEb-LucuSCaHZQiKvWK_94oVd676AKGQsjqySTCcuc7Xms8Et4sNcmDOlOHXe-WgtreL-whClMQ9EfPaLTkXEbPn1sNDJxD2AwG0aFOs/s1600/TH103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlXVb2zbf0xeDPonMG2fJqsWWu_Cf4_DpkaX3FEb-LucuSCaHZQiKvWK_94oVd676AKGQsjqySTCcuc7Xms8Et4sNcmDOlOHXe-WgtreL-whClMQ9EfPaLTkXEbPn1sNDJxD2AwG0aFOs/s640/TH103.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>Okay, so I couldn't resist, rehashing the time we ran into Tim while he was in Town and I met him for the first time at our Friend Wendy's Shop and he Graciously got into the Photo Shoot for our Girl's Day Out Blog Fodder Post!  Don't we look positively Radiant while in his Presence?!?  *LOL*</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbNYvMD_fs4FrN0Tn3m0GFHJRXnStKwsvXttK9h-NvvjE0bw_4HPWsWuo-vYtpPuVhVg8iGZFBsVcDQsLymvFra9C9JJVdg50yC349ni0HMg1UynlqqDr-P8fecD0Jv6FM21HJvm371Y/s1600/057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbNYvMD_fs4FrN0Tn3m0GFHJRXnStKwsvXttK9h-NvvjE0bw_4HPWsWuo-vYtpPuVhVg8iGZFBsVcDQsLymvFra9C9JJVdg50yC349ni0HMg1UynlqqDr-P8fecD0Jv6FM21HJvm371Y/s640/057.JPG" width="614" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Okay, so back to my Tags... because this Outing was all about ME so that I could get a Respite from the Family.  *Smiles*   BTW they ALL came down Sick the day the VA Respite Caregiver, Magdalena, was supposed to come to the house for the first time to cover The Man!  *Le Sigh*  And so since I had Sickness AND the G-Kid Force there, we had to Cancel.   Probably just as well since The Man was having considerable Anxiety about a Stranger coming to Care for him for up to six hours... he'd wound himself up into high blood pressure about it so we had to have the Home Care Nurse do an Emergency Visit instead... so maybe he's not quite ready for Respite Care just yet... I'll have to ease him into that slowly since Change, Routine Interruption and New People is still very difficult for him.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QXjXgiWpFOjY3x87vCks0n3ZL9wlaMdgIJ0AApBLlsXTYhKIBMaa-M_LPJ5lQhnYfPeEb-YqzXrMYNG84TFNXSdD51j3YbkzOeUK0cVCzjUWn5lHyzbLs686_6gNL74KI7afdOXKE8A/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QXjXgiWpFOjY3x87vCks0n3ZL9wlaMdgIJ0AApBLlsXTYhKIBMaa-M_LPJ5lQhnYfPeEb-YqzXrMYNG84TFNXSdD51j3YbkzOeUK0cVCzjUWn5lHyzbLs686_6gNL74KI7afdOXKE8A/s640/059.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Honestly, it Touched my Heart since I'd already Scheduled the Workshop and he's begging me to come along and Dye Seam Binding and Make Tags with me... something he has absolutely NO Interest in!  Or that he could sit in the car... Okay, now I knew he was Desperate not to have to stay with Magdalena!  He was actually relieved when that Morning The Force woke up too sick to attend School and Prince R and Princess T said they could 'Babysit' Grandpa instead of Magdalena so that I could go to my Class.  Since everyone wasn't feeling well they're way more Low-Key and Manageable towards each other, so everyone Behaved and I didn't have to Cancel my Workshop too! *Whew*  I kept Calling Home just to check in... Princess T was busy Cleaning the House while Prince R cooked Grandpa's Lunch in the Microwave and made him Tea... Damn... they CAN Survive Intact without me for a little while... GOOD!   'Cause if I don't get my Respites, I might go Wheels Off the Rails!  *LOL*   </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiFpzMuqyMsudcV85tp-cG4ODj1cz5rUf9XWLpwteuN5xqIC5EQ-BJw2puyFYwW78q9Mb2UY5k7cCln2Pimjajf3gaxkQ-cOjGisPB6wkaiafJK-bZXEhhU5SIKmEqTxei7Vq0G_pL08/s1600/059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiFpzMuqyMsudcV85tp-cG4ODj1cz5rUf9XWLpwteuN5xqIC5EQ-BJw2puyFYwW78q9Mb2UY5k7cCln2Pimjajf3gaxkQ-cOjGisPB6wkaiafJK-bZXEhhU5SIKmEqTxei7Vq0G_pL08/s640/059.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div align="center"><em>Okay... so above is another Tag I Created... Loved how the Dyed Seam Binding Hues matched up very well with my Tag Dying with the same Products.  I will Glitterize this later, didn't have enuf Time in the Workshop to do every Element I Desired and I have all the Products at Home anyways too.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzC_C-JdPFN7sBEyfQJ-Qw564lJSJ8Wt6Jj_RP0mIMgUHu-D4wXnsrdincYptICDoRK4Rk_4gxSA8KyLyeR9Xu-59jAPoGTOg6awvRxQjZp_rSS3Z5RKklzcZt7aSwxohjnrqrgSkGSC8/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzC_C-JdPFN7sBEyfQJ-Qw564lJSJ8Wt6Jj_RP0mIMgUHu-D4wXnsrdincYptICDoRK4Rk_4gxSA8KyLyeR9Xu-59jAPoGTOg6awvRxQjZp_rSS3Z5RKklzcZt7aSwxohjnrqrgSkGSC8/s640/060.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>For this Tag we were Experimenting to see if the Products would Dye Velvet Trim as nicely as it does Seam Binding... I Love Experimenting so I'm Down for being the Guinea Pig Art Student with my Creations to see what happens, why not?  Most of the best Creativity Results often comes from Happy Accidents we didn't Intend or Predict!  Especially when you're Dying Stuff... I particularly Love the Art of Hand-Dying items because it is always Unique and no two Dye Lots will ever turn out Identical, there will always been Sublime Variances!</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpvx18DgzLuRyDDdl9XkibmDw2CgVQ1kIzPthJVlzc6NbiKHZITlyrAPKhrU5L3vTw2PKX6AKZ_3OdiBNuPD088fsjaomqslEZ4gi6JBpWf0HOFnKVqzjezT_mOFVLPZ5wD4yHkEDC5Q/s1600/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpvx18DgzLuRyDDdl9XkibmDw2CgVQ1kIzPthJVlzc6NbiKHZITlyrAPKhrU5L3vTw2PKX6AKZ_3OdiBNuPD088fsjaomqslEZ4gi6JBpWf0HOFnKVqzjezT_mOFVLPZ5wD4yHkEDC5Q/s640/060.JPG" width="610" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And Yes, Velvet Trim took the Dyes quite well and I Loved the Results and it matched a Tag I Created quite nicely I thought.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOuFcu-rLMDt6L86NOXTocM6Fwbh39l8QQnnP86gEWpV6OcPGHyr_3oXsnw3ThknBkfRhzfpkNKOqMrF7wFatlgER84d-mI4Sf1vU7P60LSYxh3Hhs6rXVQME7XRnjTMXqwaQkvzlpcc/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOuFcu-rLMDt6L86NOXTocM6Fwbh39l8QQnnP86gEWpV6OcPGHyr_3oXsnw3ThknBkfRhzfpkNKOqMrF7wFatlgER84d-mI4Sf1vU7P60LSYxh3Hhs6rXVQME7XRnjTMXqwaQkvzlpcc/s640/061.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Here's one of the last Tags I Created...</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5s8dwHhlfx7qi4R9bsJWaJms7kMPzDXIHbxUoHRuyYdDyvCgCviEyAV0tjUpa7wSwSbo0e5BLBeNpqX8jjSDFRLrjn5WD0jHXjCERIMaboarYIvwJc5K87KcxcwqfLR6cXwvQRwl2IrM/s1600/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5s8dwHhlfx7qi4R9bsJWaJms7kMPzDXIHbxUoHRuyYdDyvCgCviEyAV0tjUpa7wSwSbo0e5BLBeNpqX8jjSDFRLrjn5WD0jHXjCERIMaboarYIvwJc5K87KcxcwqfLR6cXwvQRwl2IrM/s640/061.JPG" width="595" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>We spritzed this one with Water to see how the Dyes would react and to give it some Texture.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyX67cBIQzsDWinkv_3pHriBG-zqEGsG84Bka73-kOxYssonNxLaivTFJtv1y28t_X-R6s2PMpWW7xCvSpKrDUJxSfdfttgZGhX4UIQ_JL1qDqo3a7gzQ7gGscXFKdnnbO1Re_qtzA5M/s1600/062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyX67cBIQzsDWinkv_3pHriBG-zqEGsG84Bka73-kOxYssonNxLaivTFJtv1y28t_X-R6s2PMpWW7xCvSpKrDUJxSfdfttgZGhX4UIQ_JL1qDqo3a7gzQ7gGscXFKdnnbO1Re_qtzA5M/s640/062.JPG" width="640" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Some of my Hand-Dyed Seam Binding... so much Fun to do this!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAxYrvFyLzJGcCKMZG2OY2RQekHzYkia3ipqMYCRiIMXLb-ObE12OqE0ghn-vafwuUNocPbSFlXbDYrkcV6yokdhHl3fpysE_yQh691CtZPEckEBsbuZQ9QuIdEltHOHmM517V7l8I3o/s1600/058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAxYrvFyLzJGcCKMZG2OY2RQekHzYkia3ipqMYCRiIMXLb-ObE12OqE0ghn-vafwuUNocPbSFlXbDYrkcV6yokdhHl3fpysE_yQh691CtZPEckEBsbuZQ9QuIdEltHOHmM517V7l8I3o/s640/058.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>A couple of the last Holiday's Tag Creations by Pamela that I had been Admiring during her Halloween Event so she Gifted them to me!!!  My Goal is to keep Practicing with Tag Dying until I can get this Quality of End Result on my Tags... Divine!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iuEzhsaRaxwz9Qgz7f24ty3ccX0dF8iszhyMHSfuHkQd-wRfjpp07FGPai5A0By4YG8DOBSjTy3Ut31V99XvDAHdeJ1uLKv15O54urbq9q9mTLEXhzWgsClSpbKoXwEuxTJrFujQkgo/s1600/063.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iuEzhsaRaxwz9Qgz7f24ty3ccX0dF8iszhyMHSfuHkQd-wRfjpp07FGPai5A0By4YG8DOBSjTy3Ut31V99XvDAHdeJ1uLKv15O54urbq9q9mTLEXhzWgsClSpbKoXwEuxTJrFujQkgo/s640/063.JPG" width="524" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And check out the Sweet Navajo Vintage Pincushion Pamela gave me for Christmas!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ac0p6MrLrLlFkFkyzLhkvDuX2SdDTCza3AbKvQiVCVpKASqsl9HWeZ5QuPQUfIyTXbQx7acDIUSGWLLYIxmRx2wHidX819Tm6u_WVM2YpJ95llEIePSBOxPwKcBEn_H4g-jWEduA9VQ/s1600/064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ac0p6MrLrLlFkFkyzLhkvDuX2SdDTCza3AbKvQiVCVpKASqsl9HWeZ5QuPQUfIyTXbQx7acDIUSGWLLYIxmRx2wHidX819Tm6u_WVM2YpJ95llEIePSBOxPwKcBEn_H4g-jWEduA9VQ/s640/064.JPG" width="562" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I just Love it, Traditional Navajo and Hopi Velvet Wardrobe are among my Favorite Tribal Ensembles.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERIgoZz9LF3aHmb0ia7KJmaV4T9c5_OtRpZrF1MalA6bwfLyiq2tLGVuCnZL5yAeGMLLIhRIRjORg6IYq3p2I-bd5Ohg2f2j9GzRjU4B2c1gmZBd7gl1rpEd9UONIDfUOyr7YInnWDRE/s1600/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiERIgoZz9LF3aHmb0ia7KJmaV4T9c5_OtRpZrF1MalA6bwfLyiq2tLGVuCnZL5yAeGMLLIhRIRjORg6IYq3p2I-bd5Ohg2f2j9GzRjU4B2c1gmZBd7gl1rpEd9UONIDfUOyr7YInnWDRE/s640/065.JPG" width="520" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Here she is from the back.   And check out how Princess T had 'Decorated' my Mini Black Christmas Tree with her Zoobles while I was gone!  *LOL*  And she'd worked tirelessly to dust many of Gramma's Chachkes as well Bless her Heart!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedY4H4tFvt5AHSoKW64Y3OalFlVQdW6NvENCzgbk5J2SbqFUmExyt17cWpCOuS9cmypM6iIYRM657U7Z8jvoq69H1rSHNJIFuRJ_ha6s140Z61XhwXLwE-UFk-gbqUbqoeOIQ62s-7Uk/s1600/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedY4H4tFvt5AHSoKW64Y3OalFlVQdW6NvENCzgbk5J2SbqFUmExyt17cWpCOuS9cmypM6iIYRM657U7Z8jvoq69H1rSHNJIFuRJ_ha6s140Z61XhwXLwE-UFk-gbqUbqoeOIQ62s-7Uk/s640/002.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And it WAS a Fun and Productive day for Yours Truly... I stopped and had some Guilty Indulgences... BR Ice-Cream Nutty Coconut and Pralines N Cream in a Waffle Bowl... Yum!!!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAslnC_WPEY0X0HLP3yQBff543lAw9mZK2cpOMHi283N2tJFE-knSCbEnTugXOnUO7xvd7mB_ZtXbAYEcmiG2WvW4-G1P6FyG8HSlc6MrweIsdOvxHBbzMphCnrqKjnVO2wW_8DonV_pg/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAslnC_WPEY0X0HLP3yQBff543lAw9mZK2cpOMHi283N2tJFE-knSCbEnTugXOnUO7xvd7mB_ZtXbAYEcmiG2WvW4-G1P6FyG8HSlc6MrweIsdOvxHBbzMphCnrqKjnVO2wW_8DonV_pg/s640/004.JPG" width="624" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Pickin' is always a Rush... and Helps to fill the Showrooms back up so that I can keep on top of the Holiday Rush as well!</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlbJvdUHWxbafunR9FA0tnf-g7Nj3wFq5JAojyUQAnsWzVeRnFGK2lrRS_7-KoBEM7GkldxxKc_lLW9QkwqKZwxclysGy4FSAHOfKCO-R8NzFZkasOiCpa-1rfDiVRGe0ZJBd5xR0Too/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivlbJvdUHWxbafunR9FA0tnf-g7Nj3wFq5JAojyUQAnsWzVeRnFGK2lrRS_7-KoBEM7GkldxxKc_lLW9QkwqKZwxclysGy4FSAHOfKCO-R8NzFZkasOiCpa-1rfDiVRGe0ZJBd5xR0Too/s640/006.JPG" width="520" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>It's not that I found a lot, but what I did 'Pick' was really Special to me and I Hope will be Special to my Customers as well?</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFZVCc7DF8roQMlje7RNWDX76EE9ipFVyvacxglKdCjS5jtMgEnhfDVfAbCWKaefUsc0kBGEHpSQwdBlAKvO57xnTFsLkdRIZmiC4tH-w-P95pXwA02HfQalxj-tvQ6sQJuc_gKmZ4YU/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFZVCc7DF8roQMlje7RNWDX76EE9ipFVyvacxglKdCjS5jtMgEnhfDVfAbCWKaefUsc0kBGEHpSQwdBlAKvO57xnTFsLkdRIZmiC4tH-w-P95pXwA02HfQalxj-tvQ6sQJuc_gKmZ4YU/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I have a Passion for Botanicals and was Jazzed to find a matching Pair.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4gdyKhvo0XTizPQJu6obEqGHyeasZ-JDyR1guW991gcBd70Go3s7tnq5kKoyi_bsGRecQEwG5YE_nACLFFTQcogwO6OreVjLXCzhKSJjVW3z9WXmnhflo4WY-YwWaSv7ayz6kXvAZEo/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4gdyKhvo0XTizPQJu6obEqGHyeasZ-JDyR1guW991gcBd70Go3s7tnq5kKoyi_bsGRecQEwG5YE_nACLFFTQcogwO6OreVjLXCzhKSJjVW3z9WXmnhflo4WY-YwWaSv7ayz6kXvAZEo/s640/009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>This Sconce Shade reminded me of Italian Millifiore or Chuhuly Glass.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdC_rFnMqHTZCI-CAr-zbRYz3yU-YGzON-0wd-6kGG3VAdzC38Qie3_V8AWMCPGADbCl8rDuQJSn3_WAYtJcb-h1CBPRjvegC38iZ9dX57q1AYtA378bjZ6DzUOu7ZOtvKBjXh6tzjrg/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdC_rFnMqHTZCI-CAr-zbRYz3yU-YGzON-0wd-6kGG3VAdzC38Qie3_V8AWMCPGADbCl8rDuQJSn3_WAYtJcb-h1CBPRjvegC38iZ9dX57q1AYtA378bjZ6DzUOu7ZOtvKBjXh6tzjrg/s640/010.JPG" width="516" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And I can never pass up a Crystal Sconce... even if this was a lone Orphan one that might have once been part of a matching Set?</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL98MmqvqNRaaF005XPKRVYRrTpUXmmHmJOmrF48sEvDK4L18nVFJ7SPRBn3p54vAArlOQqvvpMEllX3wjcOdG689GDUU2WLdUyW04vsHJzp8uiUx5ZhZjFvS73JG4OsEEIS5UgSDfHg8/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL98MmqvqNRaaF005XPKRVYRrTpUXmmHmJOmrF48sEvDK4L18nVFJ7SPRBn3p54vAArlOQqvvpMEllX3wjcOdG689GDUU2WLdUyW04vsHJzp8uiUx5ZhZjFvS73JG4OsEEIS5UgSDfHg8/s640/017.JPG" width="490" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>I decided to keep a Pair of Unknown Masters Unframed and Unsigned Original Oil Art that I 'Scored'... don't know who the Artist is, but I Loved their Style.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dnoGQgllNS4EYP6h7C4LaI9Hk4DIs7zD-ufEl_Q2QliwAdoZhc10VqRuuP4epv_VCXN6-65jjj4DzjdRovvR8D85tenLBmV2ylmznMpW83webWFrz7yi7jYx3saarjExU38F9Wjnk0g/s1600/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dnoGQgllNS4EYP6h7C4LaI9Hk4DIs7zD-ufEl_Q2QliwAdoZhc10VqRuuP4epv_VCXN6-65jjj4DzjdRovvR8D85tenLBmV2ylmznMpW83webWFrz7yi7jYx3saarjExU38F9Wjnk0g/s640/018.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>I also found another Guilty Indulgence of mine... Spa Soaps in Gorgeous Packaging!  I got a huge Bag of them for under Two Bucks!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGfy0ve-SgpjQNlE6sXHFBRchQjAH3clcTFXW7_16P9Jt02o4QeoWYxvNT12hzG1QdCceuVXzSQiq0CNO9jv_aLDGpkhs_gfqGG8R9wIdoxLWLS-BSw0EdmQyk1As0F85X4EMpyTxfO8/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGfy0ve-SgpjQNlE6sXHFBRchQjAH3clcTFXW7_16P9Jt02o4QeoWYxvNT12hzG1QdCceuVXzSQiq0CNO9jv_aLDGpkhs_gfqGG8R9wIdoxLWLS-BSw0EdmQyk1As0F85X4EMpyTxfO8/s640/020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>And lastly, but certainly not leastly... another Favorite Passion of mine is the Exploration of Old Abandoned Homes or Ruins that have always Intrigued me and I might be Documenting for perhaps the last time before they are Gone Forever?  This particular one I had driven by for Decades when it was occupied and always Loved the Old Adobe Two Story Structure on Two Agricultural Acres in the Heart of the City which has Urban sprawled around it. It had an Artist Loft Style Window taking up the entire front of the Building and always Intrigued me because it has several exterior Adobe Stairways leading up to the Second Floor and I Envision the Second Floor being an Artist Loft Style Space?  Sadly, it has had a Fire now and is Vacant up for Sale... don't know if it will just be razed and developed if a Restoration is too Costly for a New Owner?  I'm sure an Investor can get more bang for their buck razing it and re-developing it with a Cookie Cutter Subdivision or Apartments... sad though that it will be Lost.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_aa_X7CDjhmSZcqFES3SasTxQ3qmNioHkX3z18Q4JN7Sm5zDUFdSpCQfy4PjaTtLmv_EYNl1I8l5F5xvLypFv0oIuAh-Ljs94V9LPHdKsOaXLdOVLTUeoOW61StBeCAxdbB0IPOUas0/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_aa_X7CDjhmSZcqFES3SasTxQ3qmNioHkX3z18Q4JN7Sm5zDUFdSpCQfy4PjaTtLmv_EYNl1I8l5F5xvLypFv0oIuAh-Ljs94V9LPHdKsOaXLdOVLTUeoOW61StBeCAxdbB0IPOUas0/s640/021.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Old Sentinals like this are Rare in the Heart of the City as Urban Sprawl Encroaches the Rural Areas and like a swarm of insatiable locusts devours the Agricultural Historic Homes of the Area that used to be out in the boonies and are the last hold-out bastions of what 'Once Was'. It is actually a very large deep building that only looks small from the Street, it is an enormous Old Home and I would Love to get an Appointment to see the Interior and the Potential... but sadly, can't Save 'em all can we?  And this Old Historic Beauty may be on borrowed time for Existing at all? </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UGL8GlZqggOAt3k0gCnJ6ulQd6zjCihrluZy9sfysBc59UslXWcOwyx6BBcNZy1RsVu0kI9w1_R8OOIcHNQLcEhBpxiaKRH94let497VJ2ijk8ltp8Kphutn5yRm3pXDHxUD0acAyvQ/s1600/show_and_tell_fridays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UGL8GlZqggOAt3k0gCnJ6ulQd6zjCihrluZy9sfysBc59UslXWcOwyx6BBcNZy1RsVu0kI9w1_R8OOIcHNQLcEhBpxiaKRH94let497VJ2ijk8ltp8Kphutn5yRm3pXDHxUD0acAyvQ/s640/show_and_tell_fridays.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And please join us for <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2013/12/vintage-and-vogue-at-christmas-show-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyRomanticHome+%28My+Romantic+Home%29"><strong><span style="color: #134f5c;">SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY</span></strong></a> Blog Party, Hosted by Cindy at <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2013/12/vintage-and-vogue-at-christmas-show-and.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MyRomanticHome+%28My+Romantic+Home%29"><strong><span style="color: #45818e;">MY ROMANTIC HOME</span></strong></a>.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... 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A Casualty Of Time And Neglect Revisited ~ Sort Of

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4HY8lBX4zfGo5uUC5MoQ9jcS4-3o-IkUs-Q51Nmy2PudxHcef_7TnzpHMN8w20nmCK1nIt291tz1-4fgUcd-OqJwm6qbMmxgt_bRMkF_dmXSh4XfCTrKad4kM9gb4Xt5zlosMcEGW56t/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl4HY8lBX4zfGo5uUC5MoQ9jcS4-3o-IkUs-Q51Nmy2PudxHcef_7TnzpHMN8w20nmCK1nIt291tz1-4fgUcd-OqJwm6qbMmxgt_bRMkF_dmXSh4XfCTrKad4kM9gb4Xt5zlosMcEGW56t/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Back in late 2010 I took you to one of the last bastions of West Side Historic Ruins in my area... which had been an Original part of Wildlife World Zoo I came to find out later.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLzm3zcWT0nLvEiIdMoXXWsCTknJH0vI0v6ijH21fsXl9P7emlw75n9lMMch93WFcYkRNGgNt-NTlOG5CmrpUq3BUEPat2RxUJLtD9D-wEaT9AMwOQw99cHamTmhov_YWvWX4RQCt4OoT/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLzm3zcWT0nLvEiIdMoXXWsCTknJH0vI0v6ijH21fsXl9P7emlw75n9lMMch93WFcYkRNGgNt-NTlOG5CmrpUq3BUEPat2RxUJLtD9D-wEaT9AMwOQw99cHamTmhov_YWvWX4RQCt4OoT/s640/006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>The current Zoo now sits on Acreage to the East of this Original Property and a Modern Freeway Bypass runs beside it.  I have driven past this large Acreage of Interesting Ruins for well over 35 years now and it always fascinated me.  It used to be out in the boondocks when I first moved to the Valley in the early 70's.  And it remained in the boondocks for a couple of decades afterwards.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieFsFU5IxyeNFhtwHQAh_5dyKTE-hn9b4EJK3H8fmXSLMFltD6ZxM7YuowVM9dmkS56p5KsPfxDWb9F53VfZHGbfNrHN9AlcdX4Z27LrbBIcogXIcac3Wk2WSa3741sPcEVHFVNaYGd5o/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieFsFU5IxyeNFhtwHQAh_5dyKTE-hn9b4EJK3H8fmXSLMFltD6ZxM7YuowVM9dmkS56p5KsPfxDWb9F53VfZHGbfNrHN9AlcdX4Z27LrbBIcogXIcac3Wk2WSa3741sPcEVHFVNaYGd5o/s640/010.JPG" width="574" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><em>And I'd always felt compelled to Photograph it, but until late 2010 I didn't have a sudden sense of Urgency about doing it.  But given the rapid encroachment of infrastructures, subdivisions, Commercial and Industrial properties sprawling out across the Westside now and consuming the Desert, Agricultural areas and once remote Historic sites and Ruins, I felt it was Time, before it was too late. </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheY67Seyjoh11W3rgUqHLBTfzry_GnfBVnGiMk85PvS73Po88v76aNN9-peT4sOLpbsM-GKB6cGFNuJQ1sMrae_s5na1bKJ1EiFX9ZyVwr_yDUcrJQX50OqFVR6Pvz7xyDWLHrihpynNnV/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheY67Seyjoh11W3rgUqHLBTfzry_GnfBVnGiMk85PvS73Po88v76aNN9-peT4sOLpbsM-GKB6cGFNuJQ1sMrae_s5na1bKJ1EiFX9ZyVwr_yDUcrJQX50OqFVR6Pvz7xyDWLHrihpynNnV/s640/017.JPG" width="614" /></a></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em> I Secretly Hoped it would remain untouched and left alone to either to be a ruined bastion & remnant of the Past... or purchased and Restored.  Or at the very least be properly Salvaged when it's Time came to be razed in the name of 'Progress' so that the wonderful Old Wormwood & Architectural Salvage of the Period could at least be Saved. </em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2QP2pz7xEuEvQvEk71MwFleHZWa60bz74BBEY4Lz57x1j8NByV4q0H6wW5MTLnI-G3eyuMhW7XHqOdX8X5gIFwv7MrPrZIGebe7WpFz01pyDajYAKbhfqT7f2rBqmIaopiRtH0bu4cVN/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2QP2pz7xEuEvQvEk71MwFleHZWa60bz74BBEY4Lz57x1j8NByV4q0H6wW5MTLnI-G3eyuMhW7XHqOdX8X5gIFwv7MrPrZIGebe7WpFz01pyDajYAKbhfqT7f2rBqmIaopiRtH0bu4cVN/s640/011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em> Or maybe even some of the more sound and Salvageable Structures of it moved to some other location such as Pioneer Village as Historic Monuments.  But I always Hope for such things when I see an Abandoned Historic Property, even if it lays in Ruins.  I just Hate seeing one after another razed and become only a vague Memory in some Old Photograph or someone's recollection.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2psKRFrDNUPw2zsYi0jeSgYnujYNN84pdvvMFeS47U_P_9Gx9ylg1etCwqL3TzeBRtdrOVhahk8XgEx9P9u2PvilyJEM7wd-9Ow5KoUPtyEOeB5Jcjrn_pti56qPAm-h4znTB8mRtfvng/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2psKRFrDNUPw2zsYi0jeSgYnujYNN84pdvvMFeS47U_P_9Gx9ylg1etCwqL3TzeBRtdrOVhahk8XgEx9P9u2PvilyJEM7wd-9Ow5KoUPtyEOeB5Jcjrn_pti56qPAm-h4znTB8mRtfvng/s640/023.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>And wiped off the face of the Earth as if they had never been... leaving not a Trace... regardless of Historic Significance or Original Grandeur and any lingering Possibilities or Potential for being Saved, Restored and Enjoyed for many more years to come. </em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCwxYAUEHUzzEoiJ2CWnve727RUIOUCLIGsSmFvXJstX9Qqv_5u-wdxH3ZDDnCk-yC1GicFxnl0ifXC3LWkOPYtBWUsqqYcCJQbC7sx1YBM1HmYuTsPrVcIRknoy2KBdpiInqiVk56Aqc/s1600/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCwxYAUEHUzzEoiJ2CWnve727RUIOUCLIGsSmFvXJstX9Qqv_5u-wdxH3ZDDnCk-yC1GicFxnl0ifXC3LWkOPYtBWUsqqYcCJQbC7sx1YBM1HmYuTsPrVcIRknoy2KBdpiInqiVk56Aqc/s640/014.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em>Sure, there are some past any Hope of that... but that is what was alleged about this Ole' House when the City initially Condemned it and was Jonesin' to raze it before our Purchase.   And we proved that to be an incorrect assumption because we could see past perceived impossibilities with the Vision of Possibilities and a Love for the Property and it's Significance.</em></div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div align="center"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfs7pYlUfpusUBasr-UcW-cVdObKg0c4-dEmbvEVmTLgsBwtpHfb0RXzeWG6pjY86RubgUrGRdqxrY-_3vHNU3Dw2hvgVP4AMQgrqs5KSfKMZBpeh-1EF0WzR4QvAX-VsCeDj14Kt57YA/s1600/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfs7pYlUfpusUBasr-UcW-cVdObKg0c4-dEmbvEVmTLgsBwtpHfb0RXzeWG6pjY86RubgUrGRdqxrY-_3vHNU3Dw2hvgVP4AMQgrqs5KSfKMZBpeh-1EF0WzR4QvAX-VsCeDj14Kt57YA/s640/019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em>And I'm just sayin' that with too many it's not even Tried... Considered... made an Option... there is too much eagerness or greed to do away with the Old and make way for the New even if there are alternate locations the New could be placed at without all of the Old being compromised & Forever Lost.  The History not properly appreciated or Preserved for Future Generations to Experience and Enjoy.  Because once it's gone... it's gone... and hindsight is 20-20.</em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtU_xSMi6THTciAhDfZGbpBuYLRN4sF8ac-64njSTEb-wQasbGkkDmMfXMWvvgmKHj71mURj4ox17hDyhNnLg0dMimtrafhQ6bpSE7_pO_Wfo6pkhkB427DPZLPOrjvr6935nXLBnxTGn/s1600/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtU_xSMi6THTciAhDfZGbpBuYLRN4sF8ac-64njSTEb-wQasbGkkDmMfXMWvvgmKHj71mURj4ox17hDyhNnLg0dMimtrafhQ6bpSE7_pO_Wfo6pkhkB427DPZLPOrjvr6935nXLBnxTGn/s640/009.JPG" width="612" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And really, do we always need another Freeway, Parking Lot, Expansion of some eyesore or another that blights the Natural Landscape or Erases History?  And sometimes it's not even Necessary... because I've seen things destroyed, be they Natural Elements or Historic Man-Made ones, to make way for... nothing... that's right, sometimes the bulldozers come and just level or cut down everything and then nothing happens with a Future Project... sometimes ever... or at least not for a very long time... so what was the Rush?  A great Mystery that is... at least if something takes the place of what was it makes a bit of sense & has some logic or grandoise Plan behind it.   I think you know where this is all leading don't you?</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlolpQdRkEaAGPRBl9hRtBBjATxcVQyZMWbC_qtC2FihdlHKU4XpgwChmFSnhPztsFLd7Vacl6Q4r4LKLVlM_AQf6gHk0ASUYpIvCbcCoSm-DcSgjXJlJjnWIufIZJx9FQAqnpktvhvzN/s1600/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlolpQdRkEaAGPRBl9hRtBBjATxcVQyZMWbC_qtC2FihdlHKU4XpgwChmFSnhPztsFLd7Vacl6Q4r4LKLVlM_AQf6gHk0ASUYpIvCbcCoSm-DcSgjXJlJjnWIufIZJx9FQAqnpktvhvzN/s640/007.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Yes, I was probably the last person to Photograph this Historic Ruin before it's Time finally came... early this year in fact.  And quite suddenly... one day it was there... and the next it was just a bulldozed bunch of Acreage beside the Freeway looking now like a strip mined piece of Earth... not a single Tree or Building left standing... and no Salvage efforts whatsoever to Preserve or Save a thing.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFjJxvhFCoCwaljz2RMCsIpDIvU7Ufh9dOw23aETuegd5lo9BkhCE2BhBUaRn8SK3bXYRqDFTW6ZzcUzAsdMQn-RMRHBMGt-_dMBxG5QbcmX3OkornKLOsU56w8O2Mp4tf7b2Nw_AgZcx/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFjJxvhFCoCwaljz2RMCsIpDIvU7Ufh9dOw23aETuegd5lo9BkhCE2BhBUaRn8SK3bXYRqDFTW6ZzcUzAsdMQn-RMRHBMGt-_dMBxG5QbcmX3OkornKLOsU56w8O2Mp4tf7b2Nw_AgZcx/s640/012.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>   </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And probably not too many people will even notice or miss it or care.  But as for me I will... and as always I felt a mixture of Emotions... of Sad and Mad.  The Man had noticed the demolition first and was almost afraid to tell me because he knows only too well my reaction and Love of Old Places and Ruins and unspoiled Natural Places.  Of how many have been Lost already over the years and how precious few are left... especially in the Rural Areas.  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdImkb2Bn2r5cJkmUDha5Vuw4ZnMfBDZ7Np8o4zmPRJUWSdIIV2gxvBE-vionIFJ4VJEr8t8UxuDi5hZggB8XjW3jsraVzfqJQQ9deVlRbPRyGt_i-NXuxItgBnkeS2nNz0qXQIFQjeFu/s1600/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmdImkb2Bn2r5cJkmUDha5Vuw4ZnMfBDZ7Np8o4zmPRJUWSdIIV2gxvBE-vionIFJ4VJEr8t8UxuDi5hZggB8XjW3jsraVzfqJQQ9deVlRbPRyGt_i-NXuxItgBnkeS2nNz0qXQIFQjeFu/s640/030.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And of Pristine Desert not yet 'Developed'.  And I'm certain much of the Wildlife is confused about that loss of Habitat since we're hearing more and more of the newely Developed areas having to Endure "Nuisance" critters like Coyote, Bobcats, Javelina and Mountain Lion that are Displaced and yet expected to go... WHERE?   Where ARE they supposed to go or to understand that now People occupy their Territory that has been taken from them?  They no longer have a Home to go to, and so if they linger it is because they simply must try to adapt, improvise and Survive... and yet they're the ones labeled a "Nuisance" and therefore have to be Eliminated if they can't manage to move on or be relocated.  In the Past many Indiginous Peoples suffered the same fate, so why should I be surprised that our Wild and Free Animal Friends aren't being given a fair shake either.  But it makes me Sad and Mad too.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRY0foSt8nfe-FvWHfMpTUJ2Wr-q-lMx8g-Ry1jRLQpGkCiQ9If4yw9Jq-k0NH7VKz9M1iLbyKjFntNI37tlZJNO9tVcWY2_mqUy4_9qQ7YIRZSxb9MHfFE4JS61tWE2TUUqyW0nFeXsb/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRY0foSt8nfe-FvWHfMpTUJ2Wr-q-lMx8g-Ry1jRLQpGkCiQ9If4yw9Jq-k0NH7VKz9M1iLbyKjFntNI37tlZJNO9tVcWY2_mqUy4_9qQ7YIRZSxb9MHfFE4JS61tWE2TUUqyW0nFeXsb/s640/015.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And no, I'm not an Extremist who is against Change or Progress, Improvements and Development, if it is done in a Balanced way with Good Stewardship and Sensitivity to Nature, who or what was there first and to what is left of the Past.  But so often it's not and I guess that is where my sensitivity to it is heightened and I Feel so conflicted.  </em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhGIenKQeO4hRj4G5ojZh6tmxtGjxFD5wweplQmoW2edryqMwiDMPTTBOpy8IF9aQ4henVs_KwSoNfOZkSeykCDPjsxsppNMJNDm_dGD6BUtWBsQXw7-JANJ0txWBkGyxQIqoAJl5WVRK/s1600/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhGIenKQeO4hRj4G5ojZh6tmxtGjxFD5wweplQmoW2edryqMwiDMPTTBOpy8IF9aQ4henVs_KwSoNfOZkSeykCDPjsxsppNMJNDm_dGD6BUtWBsQXw7-JANJ0txWBkGyxQIqoAJl5WVRK/s640/021.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>When I'm Documenting and Photographing a Ruin I am careful to take only pictures and leave only footprints.  I have been known though to ask a Demolition Crew if I can Salvage something from a site they're in the process of razing and carting everything off to the Landfill though.  But if I don't get the chance there is always that nagging regret that perhaps I should have Salvaged something?  Some small piece of the History so that every speck isn't Lost and discarded like Trash?  Perhaps a Brick... a piece of Old Hardware laying on the ground... especially if nobody cared enough about any of it to Salvage a single thing or let anybody else either!</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3h48vCqXsrrQCsOumYvj7j7peNoCvt9t_3DS29LN2aIzr_qwd11OY73vGRAAG75gKIHhPsCoWoGGr_95OykOrvs9Yf_NEyeaYf_X5TLprKU1ZWuA7S605U8dhub33bJuDCD8WiEr81zkC/s1600/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3h48vCqXsrrQCsOumYvj7j7peNoCvt9t_3DS29LN2aIzr_qwd11OY73vGRAAG75gKIHhPsCoWoGGr_95OykOrvs9Yf_NEyeaYf_X5TLprKU1ZWuA7S605U8dhub33bJuDCD8WiEr81zkC/s640/020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And now nothing at all is left... not even a stone or living thing... no... nothing is replacing what once was... it's just sat vacant and unimproved... and who knows for how long or what Grand Plan there is to replace the piece of History?  Perhaps the Freeway Bypass will be widened a smidgen on the East Side where this once stood... even though the West Side of the Freeway Bypass had absolutely nothing and could have been widened without disturbing anything?  Maybe they'll build something eventually or make a huge Parking Lot?  Or maybe it will just sit for years "as is"... a testament of Man's impatience, greed and inability to just leave some things "Be".  I'm sure multitudes will disagree with my viewpoint because if multitudes agreed perhaps less would be Lost... perhaps... I don't know... but I do Care.  Because it Grieves me deeply for reasons I don't entirely even understand myself.</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixftswlFnYMAaqZP2U9xgJdn9aA56e9SdsPCnbzEswt3lINrZcXl0hHactjjI3JcHNxEhXWrcS-bFupkrBO-QsovTOjfzv899MygmoADK_dumDMtS4pNEw_cY5BXW0BwcbI5OJvlhG7yNk/s1600/Carnylmcbannerparty3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixftswlFnYMAaqZP2U9xgJdn9aA56e9SdsPCnbzEswt3lINrZcXl0hHactjjI3JcHNxEhXWrcS-bFupkrBO-QsovTOjfzv899MygmoADK_dumDMtS4pNEw_cY5BXW0BwcbI5OJvlhG7yNk/s640/Carnylmcbannerparty3.jpg" width="612" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMP-TWX5zyHBH0H8dTGZnFEgbf8e10MPsr33QnTZY4yWtjUupUAmowncA3Ewy3Tz-ws-jshOp4uw4-_NKmZYXOS9f27qtLgrjIr1HYM1hODcO9m6JXaEhKB15h_v7PqfbpbD9kGMEVzmPm/s1600/Carny0c2194fe.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMP-TWX5zyHBH0H8dTGZnFEgbf8e10MPsr33QnTZY4yWtjUupUAmowncA3Ewy3Tz-ws-jshOp4uw4-_NKmZYXOS9f27qtLgrjIr1HYM1hODcO9m6JXaEhKB15h_v7PqfbpbD9kGMEVzmPm/s400/Carny0c2194fe.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: #990000;">This is it Carnival Lovers and Freaks! Carnival Week starts today and we're counting down to the Big Party Hosted by Anna & Marfi. We're still getting last minute sign ups so if you think you can get a Party Post together by the end of the week you're welcome to join in the fun.  I have provided a Linky Button on my Sidebar that will take you directly to the Party... just click for your Admission!  I can't think of too many things that rival a good Carnival for a Festive Atmosphere and Fun that brings out the Inner Child in each of us!  I mean, who doesn't Enjoy winning those Cheezy Carny Prizes, huh?! *Winks*  </span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em></em> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... 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A Casualty Of Time And Neglect Revisited ~ Sort Of

    Back in late 2010 I took you to one of the last bastions of West Side Historic Ruins in my area... which had been an Original part of Wi...

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