Friday, July 24, 2009

THEN and NOW

My writing well has run dry.
THEY say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here is my message for today.






















Remember this Blog the next time you say, "Oh, for the good old days."



15 comments:

Madeline said...

Love the whole blog. The Carpenters, the animals, the children, etc. Good work! I am one of those who says frequently, oh for the old days. I repeat, Oh for the old days!

MadSnapper said...

testing 123

My Mind's Eye said...

Oh I remember so many of these blasts from the past.
Stove top coffee pot, hurricane lamp, out house YIKEs
Hugs Cecilia

photowannabe said...

have to admit I REALLY like my conveniences and don't want to go back to getting water from a pump and the outhouse.
Did that enough in other countries..
I do have to say that I like the red stove coffee pot. Very artistic. My folks use to have a big blue one that they used when they had many people over for dinner. They made it "Swedish" coffee with the egg shells in the grounds..that's all I remember about it...
Sue

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
and TA-DAAA, just like that, fourteen years are gone! What a fab idea to bring us back in time... to post about thinking back in time!!! I do like to see these things; but yeah, it is good to be reminded that we really do have it comfy now. YAM xx

Mevely317 said...

I SEE you!
This is such a novel idea to show 'now' v. 'then.' Love the hurricane lamps best, but that feather pen would have been a fun desktop accessory back when I was working.

eileeninmd said...

Hello,
I like the modern conveniences, I could never live in those early days.
Take care, have a happy week ahead.

Tigger's Mum said...

We did so much less back then but did it the hard way....

Barwitzki said...

... we have it very comfortable today :-))) Thank you.

I'm reading a book about a country family in the 1930's - hard times. Water was dragged in buckets... the coal was taken out of the ground... potatoes were eaten with linseed oil...
- today I had chicken in rhubarb sauce with green beans and potatoes cooked in my wonderful kitchen -
Nothing with a water pump in the yard...

Thank you.

Brian's Home Blog said...

Those were all fun to see!

Cathy said...

Then and now photos- good way to compare and think about how it was.

~Kim at Golden Pines~ said...

Those days don't seem like all that long ago, but we sure do have it pretty darn good on a lot of things, don't we?

PS: THANK YOU for sharing your thoughts on my blog and cheering Todd on, I really do appreciate it!!

CheerfulMonk said...

No thanks, i love my everyday life, especially with the internet. I don’t take it for granted, just thank my lucky stars. ❤️

Rose said...

There are things I would love from the good old days, but not enough to give up some of the new.

Debby@Just Breathe said...

That is a blast from the past. I'm glad we have more modern things now.