retro slide show

Our (with mom & Tina)

first trek to see sister (Mary)

and her family (Ed, Luke, Sam & Maggie)

in the town they now call home...

Pittsburgh.

Pull up a comfy chair...

grab yourself some popcorn and a drink...

I'm about to share

snippets of our time together.

We'll call this 

the classic...

much loved...

(I kid you not...we had neighbors

from childhood days, who would torture us with 

a projector after their long vacations to...yawn...)

why-don't-we-do-this-more-often?

slide show.

Beautiful couple...

beautiful home.

I will try to keep

the sidebars and anecdotes

to a minimum

:)

What would 

sister-time

be

without a stack

of magazines?

Kitchen table preferred.

Pretty, pretties

everywhere.

No rhyme

no reason

in regards to order.

Hills...

hills...

and more hills!

Did I mention

how hilly it is?

Ed 

getting annoyed with me.

Oh, boo-hoo!

A cozy spot.

The perfect way to

describe 

their home.

Cool temps...

cool "gifted-by-previous-owners"

cherry

thermometer.

Orchard fun.

The tunnel to the

city.

Everything is more appealing

when you slap the word

retro

in front of it...

don't ya think?

So...what was

 our time together

really

like?

Something

like

that!

(Ed turned the camera on me

when he reached his

limit of early

morning

snapshots.)

Enjoy your day

&

Keep smiling

p.s. Thank you Mary

for taking such good care of us.

p.p.s. (or is it p.s.s.?) 

Thank you Ed for tolerating us.

p.p.p.s.(enough already!) Thank you for visiting

Old Maid New.

Okay, I lied...one more thing,

hey, I've been quiet for far too long

so we've got some catching-up to do...

after reading my own words

I realized how sweet those days were.

Sure, they were boring as a kid,

but

having neighbors who invite you

over to share

whatever...

those were the 

good times.

Makes me want to be better

just thinking about it.

To quote a learned man...

"Won't you please...

won't you please...

please won't you be

my neighbor?"

Signing off.

Really.