Thursday Odds and Ends

My great great grandfather, Ralph Henderson Holmes.  He died in Dover, NJ at the age of 38 leaving a wife and  4 children.  Tuberculosis.  

When it was discovered that he didn't have a tombstone, we as a family got together and got him one.

I got such a kick out of this picture.  We'd had a terrible snowstorm a few years back and garbage had piled up for days. I snapped a picture of it finally getting cleaned up, and one of the garbage men saw me, stopped work, and stared like he thought I was going to report him for something.  

 This is one book I will never part with.  Love the recipes.  

Hubby bought me this one day when we were strolling through Greenwich Village 25 years ago.  Times were different then, and the village was a great place to hang out in.  We used to love going there.  Haven't been there in about 30 years now so I don't know what it's like now.  Shame is, it's so close with so many memories and I just don't go.  Maybe it's because the memories should remain just that....memories.

My daughter and I.  She is such a beautiful woman inside and out.  I just wish she would realize this and stop with these crazy diets.

This is me and my little girl, Susie.  I still cry over her.  50 years later.

Guardian Angels at a red carpet opening of Donnie Wahlburg's Coney Island Restaurant.  Found out recently that my niece had been a member before she had her children.

Coney Island landscape at dusk.  Gorgeous.  Beyond the lights is the ocean.

Spicy peppers and onions. When I stopped using salt, I began making this  as a topping for my meats.  Very spicy and yummy.