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ONCE UPON A TIME

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Once upon a time there was a young, newly engaged couple who were planning to marry and go on a honeymoon. For her wedding on the 16th of June in 1909, the bride wore a beautiful gown. Once married, they prepared to take off on their honeymoon. The bride appeared in a handsome ‘Going Away’ suit carrying her luggage. And the happy couple boarded a large boat to carry them to their honeymoon destination.  Unfortunately, we do not know where that destination was. They took pictures of themselves on the boat. Looking exactly like the love birds they were, the bride and groom, having arrived at their honeymoon destination, apparently posed for a photograph. They had 3 daughters. Daughter #1 was born in 1910 in Toronto, Canada.  Daughter #2 was born in 1912, also in Toronto.  Daughter #3 was born in 1925 in Chicago! Sometime around 1925, for reasons unknown, the bride and groom decided to move to southern California – driving there themselves.  At some point along the ...
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THE CABIN THAT NEVER GOT BUILT

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  From the time I was 7 years old my family spent vacations camping at Lake Tahoe on the west shore– either at Meeks Bay Resort, or D.L. Bliss State Park.  Unfortunately, as the years went by, signs like the one above were all too frequently seen.  That’s my Dad standing there hoping somebody will check out so we can grab their space. In the summer of 1963 a new subdivision of lots opened for sale in the Rubicon area between Meeks and Bliss.  Mom & Dad took a look, found a perfect lot with a tiny peek through the trees at the lake, and decided to buy it, went home, and began drawing up floorplans. That November they went back up to the lake.  There was a light layer of snow on the ground, but it didn’t deter them from cutting down a few smaller trees that needed to be cleared from where the cabin was going to sit on the lot, so that year many of us had  beautiful Christmas trees from the lot including me who had just moved into my own apartment. My ...
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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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