Michael's Vintage

I live in a house built in 1957 yet I have procrastinated til the last two hours of the month to post.

This is my grandfather's pocket watch.  He had a couple of them when he retired from the bus company, and I got one.  He didn't really leave it to me, I just said I want that.  I probably need to give one of my brothers a turn with it.

I had an old slide rule, or a couple vintage guitars, but this what I had time for.  (pun intended)

Quentin's "Vintage

 $50 bread

Annemarie's "Vintage"

This old horse lives on one of the balconies at my apartment complex. Someone gave him a saddle blanket when the weather got colder and it makes me smile every time I walk by.

Carolyn's Vintage

Some things that are vintage find a new life; others are forgotten.

Ryan's "Vintage"

This is the Ozark Mill at Ozark, MO on the Finley River.

Currently owned by the founder of Bass Pro Shops, the mill was originally called Hoover's Mill (as was the town of Ozark). The town was apparently founded in 1839, but I can't find any info about how old the mill is. Rumor has it the owner isn't exactly open to letting people explore the place with cameras.

Fred's Vintage

Headlight of an old International pick-up truck.

CharDale's Vintage

St. Cecilia's Cathedral built in 1905. 

Laurie’s Vintage

1960’s baby shoes on a 1960’s Midwest Company tricycle.

Cory's Vintage

Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood sits on top of Queen Anne Hill, appropriately enough, and is one of the older parts of the city.  The hill started being developed in the late 1800s, and by the early 1900s had cable cars taking people up and down the hill to get to and from homes and businesses in the area.  But cable cars can't go everywhere, and some parts of the hill were too steep for sidewalks, so the city built a lot of staircases around the neighborhood where sidewalks might have gone.  Today there are more than 120 sets of public stairs on the hill, and their history has been nicely documented.  This particular staircase is rather vintage, having been built in the early 1900s as part of a retaining wall that holds up Queen Anne Boulevard.  I'm impressed with the amount of effort that went into building what is essentially a sidewalk that crosses 8th Avenue West at Garfield Street, but the fact that it is still there 100 years later probably proves that it was a worthwhile investment.

January's Topic - "Vintage"

The next topic is "Vintage", due by Jan 31.

There's a poll to the right - vote for your favorite "Joy" photo! Tell your adoring followers to vote! Chicago rules apply - vote early, vote often. The poll will be active until Jan 31.

CharDale's "Joy"

*** EDIT - Originally titled "SnowBored Kids". Changed by Ryan to match other titles.

When you're stuck inside on a cold winter break, pull out the ATV, attach a snowboard. Joy is sure to ensue!

David's Joy

My brother Nick and his daughter Allie at Christmas!

Ryan's "Joy"

A couple of kids showing the joy of being cousins and kids at Christmas.

Cory's Joy

Those who have been following the predecessor of this blog may recall that my branch of the Lueninghoener children has been living in New Mexico for the last several years.  Well, not anymore!  In July, we packed up the house and the kids and made a 1400 mile move to Seattle so I could start working for a big social media company.  It's been quite the adventure.  One of the big changes is living in a city again instead of out in the middle of nowhere, which means there are all kinds of big-city things that we got used to not having around in Los Alamos.  Things like busses.  And a nearby airport.  And Ikea.  And people.  It's kind of like being back in Chicago again, where we lived before New Mexico, but with a more exotic west-coast feel.

Remember how I said the move has been quite an adventure?  Part of that is the result of me crashing my bike and breaking my arm back at the start of December.  After riding the bus to work for a week or two while it healed some, I've been walking the two or three miles each day since then.  It takes about an hour, but gives me a chance to explore all of the nooks and crannies between the office building and our house.  One of the routes I can take goes past this radio tower, one of several on top of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle.  This particular one has been decked out in Christmas joy ever since Thanksgiving, and is one of the fun things I wouldn't have gone past between my house and the lab while we were living in the great southwest.

Craig's Joy

We were supposed to spend the last two weeks of December in Europe, and I thought I'd have a slam dunk awesome picture that would come out of those travels. Then, in mid November, one of our kitties got sick, and as the date for the trip approached it became obvious he was going to require more care than we could trust to a cat sitter, even if we had the sitter come every day. So we canceled our trip and spent the holidays here at home. My subject for "Joy" is said kitty, Lemur. Here he is in his two recovery collars, since he kept figuring out how to get out of (or bypass) every one we tried on him. He's my joy for a number of reasons, but the main one at this point is that he's much better and well on the road to recovery. We just took him to the vet for a check-up yesterday afternoon and everyone agrees his horrible skin infection is recovering wonderfully (and, as expected, slowly), but no complications and he may only have a couple more weeks in the collar.