artfromperry

by LindaPerry

Edited June 2023

Well, congrats for making it to this year, 2023. After a lifetime of survival bookmarks on earth, I feel like I’ve come full circle to where I am meant to be.

So, for now, I’m editing this entry to update my blog. In this entry there are old photos and newer ones.

For the pictures, somewhere in this entry, the first picture, the first guy in the picture is my father and some friends of his, decades ago. The second picture is of an old-fashioned movie theatre out in Pennsylvania, USA. The third picture is one of shells and pebbles and stones that I collected over years. And the last picture is of a very cool park area, out in the mini forest, in Staten Island, NY, USA.

Today, I’ve decided to post some photographs and talk a little about the photographs here in this entry.

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Yesterday, (not really related to the picture above, smiles), I purchased some beautiful BLUE Hydrangeas in the non-supermarket. A real treat, the small plant has three stems, so just the same as I did the year before, I am going to break the plant into three separate plants and re-plant them in the garden. Temporarily, I planted the beautiful, blue hydrangeas into the garden — as one plant– but sometime later this month, I’ll go out and create three plants from the one plant, hopefully.

The picture above is a beautiful hydrangea that I replanted from the back garden into the front garden. So, in the front garden there are pink, blue, and purple hydrangea flowers and as of yesterday, there are more beautiful blue hydrangeas there also.

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This picture, above, I took in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Three of us, that day, had travelled, on Memorial Day, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of my kids, and my husband, travelled by car, to Philadelphia. Ahh, this is the first time that any of us had seen the real Liberty Bell. Nice trip, nice scenes, and unbelievable, there was easy parking also, on a holiday! I think that everyone else had travelled to NYC to see the celebrations in NYC, so for the most part, Philadelphia was kind of empty –for a holiday.

The people in the picture are those that had dressed up in costume to ‘re-enact’ a scene from our historic past. Right there in the town square, they had this cool historic re-enactment, and it was pretty cool! This was totally unexpected, for us. Had no idea they are have this because we went to see just the city on that day, but also to get out of NYC for the bustling holiday. Highly recommended, if you are looking for a celebration for Memorial Day, try Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Yes, smiles, it’s a close up of the fabulous pizza at the ‘near the shore’ restaurant in Brooklyn, NY, USA. This famous local restaurant, serves roast beef sandwiches and as an added treat, if you spend more than thirty-five dollars, they give you a free pizza.

This is a good place to go to; yes, they have the best fries. I took this picture on a day that I travelled there with 2 of my kids and 2 of my grandchildren while this place is highly recommended, I suggest you try it there — off holiday-season. This place is totally packed, unbelievably. Yes, there’s practically a waiting line for the parking lot alone and inside , there’s always a waiting line for the meals. They do take-out and they have the sit-in restaurant. More pictures, unrelated, under this line there.

Portrait in Philadelphia

Portrait! Yes, this is a portrait! I took this picture of one of my sons. As I take photographs, I like to take the non-traditional portraits. And this is one of the, one of my favorites. Here is the Liberty Bell, along with one of my sons and also along with tourist people.

I stood, amazed, as the size of the Liberty Bell. I had heard of this bell throughout my school years and heard about it in the news, etc. but I had no idea how small the bell is.

I was so surprised! I thought the Liberty Bell was huge! Okay, so the size of the bell is small, but the impact is huge! Liberty is the biggest and best gift our country has to offer, true liberty for all here, in our country.

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I took the picture, above, in Newton, Connecticut. So you didn’t see this picture on the news, did you? In the middle of the Memorial, in the city square there, not far from the school, they placed a huge cross, and on the cross, many people put their rosary beads. In memory of the children and of the families, the students and the teachers of that huge crime that happened that day, this cross stood, as a solid reminder of faith, of strength, of courage, a reminder of the kids and students, of the sons and daughters, and all those in Connecticut, and in the world. There are times when you might experience something that is totally unacceptable, unexplainable, horrible, heart-reaching, times when you have no words, times when you just freeze, in numbness. That was one of those times.

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“Rain Makes Applesauce” is a beautiful book, that was removed from the library, (for what reason?). They has this on sale, at the library, and I was privileged to be the first one to see it and to purchase it. This book, to me, is marvelous!

As soon as I saw the cover of the book, I thought of my beautiful Grandmother, Antoinette. Decades ago, as a little child, I went outside to the apple tree in the country, and I chose all the apples for our day’s homemade apple sauce. My grandmother, Antoinette, took the apples and stood there in the small, almost-empty kitchen, and she created the most beautiful apple sauce that you could imagine. And the book, perfect, the one I found decades later, talking about rain, and about applesauce and the wonders of life. And there is totally-cool calligraphy throughout the book, and that, is my grandfather’s touch, his spirit brought to the book in the art that decorates the pages of this book.

Yes, for real, no joke, I had some great grandparents. But that’s enough for now about this. And just a few more photographs.

This picture is of our beautiful cat.

P1060554 — Just as some tomatoes, lettuce, mushrooms, baby corn, diced potatoes, and anything else that you like. artfromperry

Veggie Mix — done your own way , is one of the best meals you can prepare if you are hungry . Add some rice, and it’s almost perfect. “Almost?”, almost, after that you need to add some snacks, of one party cake from Trader Joes, and also a nice, sweet watermelon. Oh, a little whipped cream can’t hurt the watermelon

Smiles. Hey, it’s all good food.

June 2023 * The first– the first pea pod that I’ve ever grown. Friend gave the plant to me, just a tiny plant with a few green leaves. So far, there are two pea pods on the little plant.