Family

Pop -n- Coffee

By John on 18th Sep 2019 • ( 2 )

Here in the Desert Southwest people refer to Pop as Soda, this sounds so dumb to me! I use the word Pop in restaurants, I sometimes get that look which says your not from here are you? No, I’m not… Read More ›

The Happy Flower

By John on 30th Aug 2019 • ( 4 )

This is a different version of the sunflower at my folk’s place in Michigan. I softened it up and basically messed it up!

Dad, Circa 1967

By John on 29th Aug 2019 • ( 9 )

This is an iPhone photo of this old photo of a time in my life that is very special! Yours truly has race boats in his blood!

The Reception

By John on 27th Aug 2019 • ( 0 )

This morning I’m digging into my archives on the outboard SSD for some photos, nothing new to upload. This is my daughter’s wedding reception in 2017 at my sister’s home on the lake back home in Michigan. It was a… Read More ›

I Am A Michigander

By John on 24th Aug 2019 • ( 7 )

And will always be one! American by birth, Michigander by luck. No, I’m not considering moving home to Michigan but when I take these trips back up north it brings back so many fond memories and some bad ones too…. Read More ›

Tesla

By John on 23rd Aug 2019 • ( 4 )

Just the front fascia emblem! Sorry… 😂

No Flowers at The Potting Shed Today

By John on 23rd Aug 2019 • ( 0 )

My mother used the room behind this door frequently for planting or potting things up for different areas of the yard. I won’t go inside that room, it’s like being in the house. Makes me so sad that it’s been… Read More ›

Window Flowers

By John on 21st Aug 2019 • ( 8 )

I snapped this in Michigan recently, my mother always kept flowers in this spot. The tradition continues. 😍

Antique Petrol Pump

By John on 20th Aug 2019 • ( 0 )

This old pump probably doesn’t need electricity, it puts gravity to good use. It could use a little spiffing up!

Do You Remember These?

By John on 20th Aug 2019 • ( 0 )

I do, and I just dated myself too! Sweet memories with the family all together so long ago. 😍

A Family History of Boat Racing

By John on 20th Aug 2019 • ( 4 )

Here are some iPhone photos of old photos I took in Michigan recently. My family was involved in Roundy Round outboard racing in the fifties and sixties, then moving to quarter mile drag boat racing during the nineteen seventies. As… Read More ›