Rosilia

I'm finally getting back to a CD of family pictures that one of my cousins sent me. Rosilia Theroux (above) was my father's mother - my paternal grandmother. She was 15 years old when this picture was taken. There was a pretty bad crack in the picture, so I put my Photoshop skills to work. I prefer sepia for these old pictures, so I adjusted the color too.

She later married my grandfather, Joseph Edmond Marchesseault, and they raised eleven children. My dad was lost somewhere in the middle of the pack.

Here's another picture of Rosilia. This one needed less work than the first one. Is anyone who is reading this blog old enough to remember when women wore real animal pelts around their necks? I remember a fox that one of my aunts had. She'd wear it over her coat when she dressed up to go to church. It still had the fox's head at one end, with some clipping mechanism that made it look like the fox was biting its tail when she fastened it across her chest.

At least this pelt doesn't seem to have a head on it!

July 4th At the Beach

Yesterday morning I decided on an early walk at the beach. This was a new stretch of beach for me - right in the town of Atlantic Beach. I went around 7:00 a.m. to beat the heat. Lots of folks were already there, getting set up for a day at the beach.

Other people were out walking.

There was a good surf and some cool waves.

Lots of kids were already in the water.

These umbrellas were further down the beach, waiting for occupants.

A dad and his son.

My best wave picture of the day.

I enjoyed my walk, felt righteous about getting some exercise, and was back home before the holiday crowds took over the town.

Etsy Treasury

One of my ACEO prints, called "Fireworks," made from one of my art quilts, is in a 4th of July treasury on Etsy today. It's in the lower right-hand corner. Clicking on the image will enlarge it. Here's the link to the Etsy site.