It is the month of November today

...which means, my father's birth anniversary on Nov 9, (1917), Veterans Day on Nov 11, as well as birthday for cousin Patricia Rogers Seliger (1946)...then on the 23rd, Thanksgiving all over America, and then the crazy shopping of which I never take part of Black Friday.

Diwali occurs on Nov 12, for the returning of light!  Cousin Cynthia E Rogers has a birthday on the 18th (1958)

Rabbit rabbit for luck for all who wish to have it declared by others to them.

Granddaughters and their parents raised bunnies and sold them when they lived in Connecticut. The little girls loved to play with them. So a circular flexible fence was brought outside and the girls could get in it with the bunnies...maybe just one or two at a time.

Since moving to Ohio, they have a Pomeranian dog, Cody, also slightly fluffy, who the parents take for walks. 

So what does November mean in your life?
I understand it's the month dedicated to Native Americans. That should be interesting.

Today's quote:

Every one of us is precious in the cosmic perspective. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another. -Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (9 Nov 1934-1996)

Some more then and now shots

  

Carolina Foam and Fabric store, which had just a few customers every time I stopped in. I don't remember when it went out of business...but now it's housing some Town offices as well as the public works around the back. 

A few weeks ago there was a car show out front of the current town offices. The only signage is right on the glass doors. They kept the window awning treatment, but made them black instead of blue.

My friend Cathy selling her work at the Tailgate Market in 2014. Note the background...

Cathy at the Tailgate Market May 2021! Her pottery is much more cheerful these days!

And where the limo was housed in a shed before (in background of "then" with Cathy) now there's a nursery school!

Cathy and myself, 2014 at the Potters Market in Marion NC.

Friend Teresa at her 60th birthday party in 2019.

At my birthday lunch a week or so ago, 2021. I'm beginning to think once the hair turns totally white, each year looks pretty much the same. 

Helen and me, maybe Dec. 2017

Helen 2014

Helen in San Francisco in 2019

Sharing with Sepia Saturday this week! Come on over and see what other photos have been shared from collections all over the world.

Today's quote:

The wisdom that begins with surprise is the wisdom of a grateful heart. BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST