My grandfather Ivy was a painter who was fairly well know in the Cleveland area .   When he died at the age of 96 in the year 1985, I was very pregnant with Ben.   This is one of many paintings I own that was painted by him.   I am presenting this as a weird object Friday post because his paintings were really quite unusual.   To see more of his body of work go here.   This link is a web album of his paintings that my dad is putting together.

Ben walked around our yard today with my camera and took these pictures.

It has been snowing all day and there is over a foot of snow in the driveway. This is what my front porch looks like today.





And I seem to have lost my front steps.





And here is today’s view of my back yard.
Tonight we set the clocks to spring forward. I wish it were that simple.

This must be the calm before the storm because a blizzard warning has just been issued.
I took this picture at noon today. Perhaps tomorrow I will add a picture of the same view in more blizzardish conditions.

It’s Weird Object Friday Again

Megan is wearing a necklace that my mother bought many years ago at The Cain Park Arts Festival.  It is made of horse shoe nails.   I love it because it is so unusual.   And it reminds me of my mom. 





Here is a closer look.

Chris can eat a sandwich, watch soccer on TV and defend his meal from you know who, all at the same time. You can tell by the expression on his face that this type of thing goes on all the time.