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ON THE BEACH, BUT NOT TO SWIM

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  1926 – My husband’s maternal grandmother, Lillian Ross Pringle Brasier on the beach with her youngest daughter, Margaret, (Peggy) Peggy with her papa, Henry (Harry) Edgar Brasier Lillian Ross Brasier on the right with her daughters Virginia, Peggy, and Phyllis.   Sisters, Phyllis & Virginia Brasier pose on the beach. 1959 Yours truly with my middle sister, Meredith, on the beach at D.L. Bliss State Park, Lake Tahoe. 1962 in the middle of winter, wading in the freezing waters of Lake Tahoe at Sand Harbor. L-R: yours truly, my youngest sister, my brother, and my Mom – idiots, all. 1962 Having lunch behind the sand dunes of Stinson Beach, Calif.  L-R: My youngest sister, brother, middle sis, Mom, & Dad 1967 Lake Tahoe – My Mom & me carefully making our barefoot way along the sandy lake shore between Sugar Pine Point St. Park & Meeks Bay Resort. 1988 My two daughters enjoying ice cream waffle cones on the sand at Meeks Bay, Lake Tahoe.  Dig those s...
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CHURCHES CAN BE TRICKY TO GET TO

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  A floating church. – mostly used as a wedding chapel The interior At some point it was turned into a floating home & put on the market as a waterfront condo for $700,000.  It was finally sold for $250,000. to a woman who turned it into a floating library. A small wedding chapel Meaning all denominations welcome? Wish I could read the sign? Church boat in Rattvik, Sweden . A floating church on what appears to be a fjord. Church on an island The Church of the Mother of God on Bled Island in Lake Bled, Slovenia . Church on the beach. What a reflection! One of eight waterfront churches in Venice. The Holy Rosary Church of Shettihallie in Karnataka, partially submerged in the Hemavati River, is known for its dramatic rise & fall with the monsoon making it a striking & mysterious sight.        In 1985, the Venezuelan government deliberately flooded the small village of Potosí to construct a hydroelectric dam.  Approximately 1,200 residents were...
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YOUNG WOMEN: HOW THEY DRESSED IN THE 20th CENTURY

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  The EARLY 1900s The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1940s Formal pose from my 1958 high school yearbook 1950s daytime apparel I’m not sure what color the gal’s jumper in the photo above is?  I had a red corduroy one with a dropped princess waist. And I liked polka dots only these were navy blue dots outlined in red on white rather that white dots on a dark color. 1960s mini skirts 1970s minis 1970s The Maxi dress 1980s was all about hair! 1990s just about anything was okay including, for a softer look . . . Jessica McClintock And nowadays, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised at anything I saw - at least not on the younger generation. :-> La Nightingail
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