Reflections ..

A Classic Packard - Year - If you know, please comment - [ perhaps a 1952? ] It was in a parking lot - No cars near it to bump into that beauty - With the license plate, this one is still running - (c) All Rights Reserved * 1 note *

** UPDATE ** Pink Heals Tour has been welcomed by the VIllage of Mantua and will host the event for Amy ! Bless this small village with a huge heart! Sent the Mayor an email of thanks - mantuamayor@sbcglobal.net A Little History Mantua Village (pronounced, "MAN-a-way") is located along the Cuyahoga River (known by native inhabitants as the "Crooked River") in Portage County. From its humble beginnings in the early 1800s, with its railroad station, 13 saloons, house of "ill repute" and a shipping point for area farmers, Mantua Village was formed and quickly began to grow. A Post Office was established in 1860 and the Village was incorporated in 1898. Our town, named after a famous city in Northern Italy, has continued to grow and mature. It is a beautiful, peaceful village, filled with historic buildings and friendly people who care. Underline is my addition .. - from the Village of Mantua Ohio webpage .. original photo and posting www.ipernity.com/doc/peggyc/38422458

on a beautiful Sunday afternoon -- blue sky -- Bradford Pear tree like snow-on-a-branch -- sights and sounds from our Dentzel Menagerie Carousel -- www.ipernity.com/doc/peggyc/37544108 (c) All Rights Reserved

- tambourines - Riqq - clave - shakeres - Maracas - Frog wood block - tassels - colors - reflections - tools - of music making - accompany musicians - hold down the bottom * 1 note * (c) All Rights Reserved

of a glass bubble .. a circle .. shimmers within .. middle Left ^ 1 note ^ .. shiny red bead in a glass dish .. reflect on an end table glass insert .. what we think we see .. may not be it at all .. (c) All Rights Reserved

Lights and Glitz of the Season - 2014 At Lyrics during a break in Holiday Music

after a delicious meal - with family - enjoy Life - savor each moment - (c) All Rights Reserved 2014 Jefferson, North Carolina

on The Dentzel Carousel Menagerie .. blue skies .. beautiful clouds .. slight breezes .. leaves starting color changes .. ahh ... a day documented in photos .. always best when shared .. ^^^^^ 6 notes on Left side ^^^^ History of the Carousel "The Burlington City Park Carousel is a 3-Row Dentzel Menagerie Carousel built around 1906-1910 at the Dentzel Carousel Company on Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Carousel was purchased by the City of Burlington in the summer of 1948 from Mr. Carl Utoff, the owner of Forest Park Amusement Park in Genoa, Ohio. Mr. Utoff purchased the machine in about 1924 from Locust Point Amusement Park in Oak Harbor, Ohio. No one knows the exact date of our Carousel or where it first ran, but the mirrors are stamped March and April of 1913, and on the bottom of the wooden platform were penciled May 1914. One of the rounding boards is a copy of a 1903 Remington painting. Our frames and rounding boards are similar to one in the 1906 era. Our chariots are numbered VIII and IX, meaning that at one time they were together, in a pair, on a larger carousel. The early 1900's were known as the "Golden Era" for carousels and many were sent back to be refurbished or made into different carousels. Parts made in different years were put together and perhaps our Carousel was one of those. " - from City Parks & Recreation (c) All Rights Reserved

Freedom isn't free - Sometimes I just sit and look up - With a deep sense of gratitude - Saying 'thank you' - Hardly seems enough - Yet, all who have and will keep us Free - I do thank you - (c) All Rights Reserved