Memory Jug For Harry

                                                                                                                     
               HARRY WALSTER                                                

 

 

Shortly before my Father passed

he asked my sis and I to go through his workshop

to see if there was anything we might want.

Dad was a rockhound, gem faceter, and junk gatherer.

This is the memory jug I made from the box of stuff I gathered that day.

Lots of stones, garnets mostly............

rocks, tools, this chain, and curious junk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dia de los muertos .....2014

THIS YEARS ALTAR                                                                  

                                                                                  

 

Celebrating the life of my father..........

                                                                            

 

Harry William Walster

1925-2014

 

 

 

 

Father's Voice

 

"No need to get home early;

the car can see in the dark."

He wanted me to be rich

the only way we could,

easy with what we had.

 

And always that was his gift,

given for me ever since,

easy gift, a wind

that keeps on blowing for flowers

or birds wherever I look.

 

World, I am your slow guest,

one of the common things

that move in the sun and have

close, reliable friends

in the earth, in the air, in the rock.

 

William Stafford

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Tallest ........

AND THE DIRTIEST MEMORY JUG EVER............(at least in my collection)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This jug appears to me to be quite old, which reminds me.......

lately I have seen a jug or two on Ebay that

the seller has described as old, or as

coming from an estate sale.

A couple of these I questioned as to whether they

really were as old as the seller was saying.

One actually looked fairly new to me.

I am certainly no expert, but just wanted to pass along a

warning to be careful, look the jug over closely if you are

thinking of buying and age is a factor in

whether you want to purchase the jug or not.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dia De Los Muetros

ALTAR................2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

In  celebration of.............

 

Jay William Hajek

 

Edith Carolina Walster

 

Rudolf Jay Hajek

 

Steve Dayton

 

 

 

 

I Found This...........

When I was out and about a couple of days ago.

                                                                                

 

I was junking around looking for a few mens ties to

use in a project.............

 

 

I found other ties to cut up,

but I don't think I can cut this one.

 

 

Fish with bling.....................

 

 

This one I might have to wear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEMORY JUG

               REMINDING ME OF MY GRANDMOTHERS BUTTON BOX.........        

                                                                          

 

 

Using my Grandmothers, my Sisters,

my own, and some found buttons....

including some black mourning buttons.

Tintypes, religious medals, crosses,

rosaries, and a small icon .

 

 

 

GARDEN RUIN.......

I think I need this..................


                                                                 

 

 

We just redid two of the raised beds in our garden.....

a mole had gotten in and raised havoc ,

so as the peas ended we dug out the beds and put down wire

to keep them out.

As each bed finishes we will redo it.

A lot of work all because of a mole!!!

 

 

 

Then I found this on Pinterset..........

When I showed these pictures to Gary he just groaned.

 

Please Gary, I NEED this!!

I think our vegetables will taste so much better

if we have this..........