Yesterday, nosotros paid a see to the town where nosotros both lived for a expert purpose of our youth, Vista, California. It's likely non the identify where actual time began, but it's where Mike in addition to I began every bit a couple. Mike grew upward there. My state of war machine household unit of measurement didn't teach inward until I was 11. My dad deployed to Vietnam 3 times patch nosotros lived inward Vista, in addition to so nosotros managed to rest seat for the residuum of my teen years. Mike in addition to I married inward 1975 in addition to moved away, returning entirely occasionally for visits. We were at that topographic point to receive got tiffin amongst some friends, but took a drive roughly the identify afterwards only to run across if nosotros could notice old landmarks. We establish a few, but mainly, nosotros saw lots of changes.
When nosotros left the kitties, they were inward their common morn napping positions. It's never rattling hard to locomote out them inward the morning, in addition to nosotros intend they are only every bit happy for us to clear out in addition to allow them sleep.
Don't allow all that cuteness brand you lot nauseous.
Okay, so I'm well-nigh to demo you lot a serial of truly terrible pictures, but they'll aid me tell the associated stories. Please behave amongst me.
This initiative off i is a streetlight that was at the sometime intersection of Valley Road amongst Monte Vista Drive. The intersection has been realigned at nowadays for reasons I'm well-nigh to explain. Prior to that, Mike turned off hither to teach home. Monte Vista Drive was the principal thoroughfare through this formerly sparsely-populated area, in addition to because of the agency it followed the contours of the hillside, it was impossible to run across oncoming traffic when he made his left plough there. He specially depended on the black of black to live on able to run across oncoming headlights. At some point, the city, inward its wisdom, decided to seat upward a streetlight here, in addition to it lit upward the intersection so that Mike could no longer run across oncoming headlights. And this caused him no terminate of internal grief.
Now this may live on the get-go of our love story because i night, he decided to receive got a pellet gun in addition to shoot out the light. He in addition to 2 of his friends in addition to me (dating i of the friends at the time), headed downwardly at that topographic point in addition to Mike took well-nigh 3 shots amongst his pellet gun to shoot out the streetlight. I was never a daughter to engagement the bad boys. I was looking for someone amongst to a greater extent than ambition in addition to drive, in addition to Mike has ever been a at i time arrow. Something well-nigh seeing him standing there, tall in addition to lean, pointing a gun at the streetlight in addition to looking all badass caused the initiative off stirrings of affection inward me. Funny, huh? We didn't truly start dating for at to the lowest degree some other 2 years, but I'm telling this story because this is where I grade the minute I cruel inward love amongst Mike. He had no idea.
Okay, at nowadays Vista was a town of well-nigh 20,000 dorsum then. It was modest inward population in addition to fifty-fifty smaller inward attitude. I was inward the high schoolhouse band, in addition to nosotros truly seat on our uniforms inward the middle of summertime in addition to marched through the i large intersection inward town to celebrate the installation of the 1,000th burn plug. Truly, this sort of affair entirely happens inward a modest town. This adjacent photograph shows the initiative off McDonald's to come upward to town. We already had Jack inward the Box, in addition to McDonald's came before long thereafter. When the McDonald's opened up, nosotros band members all dressed upward inward our pep band uniforms in addition to had a piddling dedication ceremony at that topographic point too.
Here's the intersection where the old high schoolhouse is. It used to live on the intersection of Escondido Avenue in addition to Eucalyptus. Now, the advert of Escondido Avenue has been changed to Civic Center Drive. My class of 1972 was the terminal class to graduate from the old high schoolhouse when a novel i opened upward across town. I intend at that topographic point powerfulness live on 3 high schools inward Vista now...I know for sure at that topographic point are two.
As for the old high school, it's at nowadays the Vista Magnet Middle School. And what is a "magnet" schoolhouse anyway?
Okay, at nowadays below is the initiative off line solid nosotros lived inward after nosotros were married. It was a modest line solid built, essentially, inward the landlord's dorsum yard. It had i sleeping room in addition to i bathroom, in addition to tiny living room, in addition to laundry room, in addition to a combination kitchen/dining area. There was no dishwasher, in addition to sure enough nosotros didn't receive got a washer in addition to dryer. We parked our bicycles inward the laundry room, in addition to nosotros washed in addition to dried many a dish inward that kitchen. When nosotros moved to Phoenix after only 3 months, our floor had a dishwasher, in addition to I truly missed that fourth dimension when nosotros stood washing in addition to drying dishes together.
Below is Crozier's Flowers. We were so happy to run across it all the same there. Crozier's was a family-owned concern in addition to Mike worked at that topographic point inward the years earlier nosotros were married in addition to for the curt fourth dimension earlier nosotros left for Phoenix. Bob Crozier was a wonderful boss in addition to a variety man. He was old plenty to live on Mike's father, but nosotros were both happy to receive got him every bit the Best Man at our wedding. They also did the flowers for our wedding, which were beautiful. Mike worked his agency upward to a blossom designer from delivery driver. We used to refer to him every bit a "petal pusher." Bob Crozier passed away many years ago, in addition to nosotros believe the concern was purchased past times someone exterior the family.
Okay, this adjacent image...this Lowe's shop is standing where the United Methodist Church used to be. It was the church building where nosotros got married. We aren't Methodists, but the church building had a pipage organ, in addition to I wanted classical pipage organ music at our wedding. My dad walked me downwardly the aisle to Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," in addition to nosotros walked out to some other Bach Prelude. It was all rattling grand. The church building eventually became some sort of Asian religion. I entirely tell that because the advert of the church building was written inward symbols sort of similar Sanskrit. Now it's completely gone...replaced past times a Lowe's amongst a rattling large parking lot.
In this adjacent epitome is the Palomar "P". Both Mike in addition to I attended Palomar College, a community college at the time. There was originally only this i campus inward San Marcos, California, but now, at that topographic point are half-dozen campuses (campi?) scattered throughout San Diego County. The "P" is at nowadays the landmark that marks its location. There is a modest airdrome nearby, in addition to I'm told that pilots ofttimes navigated according to their visualization of the Palomar "P".
The surface area has built upward significantly, of course, but the campus used to live on distinctive for the Palomar Dome. Here's an epitome I swiped off the internet:
It covered the gymnasium at that topographic point at the college, in addition to the architecture was unique for its day. Here's a little blurb well-nigh it from a local newspaper. Behind the dome was the swimming pool, in addition to I spent 2 summers every bit a lifeguard in addition to swim teacher there. Those were heady days.
Okay, so if I haven't bored you lot to decease amongst this trip dorsum through the ages, I receive got some to a greater extent than pictures from the Fiber Arts Show inward Hemet. As before, I'll demo you lot the advert of the creative individual first.
I intend this barn was i of my favorite piddling quilts at the show. This existence identified every bit "mixed media," I'm thinking that at that topographic point is some pigment involved inward the colors of this barn.
I only love the details. I'm gearing upward to brand my ain barn quilt, in addition to so I'm paying closed attending to what others receive got done.
Here are the remaining 2 panels.
This i makes me intend of my honey mother in law who loved agapanthus. They grew inward abundance inward her garden.
It took me a fleck to figure out this adjacent one. I'm interpreting this every bit a zipper.
This adjacent i was behind glass, in addition to so it was a piddling hard to photograph without a lot of reflections.
So, I'll receive got to a greater extent than of these to demo you lot tomorrow.
As for my ain sewing, I finished the 4th wearing clothing for the Sundress quilt. It was all stitched upward inward i day. Sometimes I surprise myself. There wasn't every bit much fancy stitching inward those flowers every bit I take in at that topographic point would be.
Today I'll draw out in addition to teach a start on the adjacent of the Snow Globe blocks. Also, my hip has quit hurting, in addition to so I'll teach dorsum to my walking. The Sun is shining, in addition to it looks every bit if it's going to live on a overnice day.