Mom's Collectibles

This was probably taken one morning before school. It's my late Mother and was probably taken around 1956 - approximately the same time as the picture of my late Father below.

This is a water pitcher that was made in Mexico and was part of my Mother's collection. I've been going through and trying to catalogue her things with a photographic record. She collected a lot of pottery, vases and water pitchers, so it might take a while. This particular piece was always one of my favorites. Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D DSLR Subject: Pottery on black velvet 3656df

This hand-painted clay pottery water pitcher belonged to my late Mother. It's been in the family for almost 50 years and I treasure it greatly.

This Hopi Kachinka Doll made of porcelain belonged to my mother. It was a present from one of her childhood friends and she received it in the late 1950's. So, I've seen it displayed my whole life and have always been drawn to it's creepiness. The Hopi Indians would dress up and do a ceremonial dance wearing outfits such as this.

This hand-painted wooden Mexican serving tray belonged to my late Mother. I like to bring it out and use it whenever I have guests over for dinner, so I can show it off as part of the heritage from my parents.

A closeup shot of one of my late mother's Mexican serving trays. It's made of wood and is hand-painted. Camera: Zenit ET (Made in Russia in 1984) Lens: Auto Sears 50mm, f/1.7 (Made in Japan) Adapter: Montgomery Ward Auto 2X converter (Made in Japan) Film: Kodak Gold 100 (12 exposure) Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: B (bulb) 12 secs. Date: September 12th, 2018, 6.44 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Zenit Kodak Gold 100 Flowers SSC 2018 08ef

This is a hand-painted Mexican serving tray that belonged to my late Mother. I love using it when I have guests over for dinner. It's about two feet wide, so it holds a lot of stuff.

On of the pieces of Indian pottery that belonged in my late Mother's collection.

This is one of my late Mother's Indian-themed pottery vases. She had several interesting pieces that I've been photographing so as to catalogue them.

This is a turquoise bracelet that belonged to my mother. Ever since we lived in Arizona over 30 years ago, she always loved Southwestern-themed art, jewelry and decor.

Souvenirs of various pitchers, vases, bowls, etc., that belonged to my late mother. For The Sunday Challenge Group - "a precious souvenir acquired from a past holliday." Camera: Sony Alpha SLT-A77V Lens: DT 18-135mm (@45mm) ISO: 16,000 Exposure Program: Manual Picture Effect: Soft Focus: Mid Aperture: F/11 Shutter Speed: 1/30th sec. Date: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014, 7.36.08 p.m. Place: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

An doll of an Indian maiden that belonged to my late Mother. Camera: $5 Shift 3 mini digital camera (Vivitar Mini Digital clone) Resolution: .1 megapixels Lens focal length: f=3.9mm Exposure setting: Automatic Aperture: f/2.8 Shutter speeds: 1/60 to 1/1500 sec. Date: September 6th, 2014, 2.46 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. 03-004cf

A closeup of one of my late Mother's indian dolls. Camera: Minolta SRT-200 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @70mm 1:4 macro Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 10 secs. Date: March 9th, 2019, 1.10 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees Water pre-soak: 5 minutes Caffenol CM-RS: 11 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Ilford Hypam fixer: 9 minutes Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Minolta SRT-200 Fuji Acros 100 2019 35ff

One of my late Mother's Indian-themed collectibles. This figure was used at Christmas.

A base-relief wall hanging located in my bathroom. It is a Spanish house. It's actually about an inch thick and makes it appear 3-dimensional. It sticks out from the wall and has different contours.

I'm not exactly sure what this is, but it resembles a water jug. It's got gold streaks all over it and a gold chain with two gold balls around the spout. Its hanging next to my bathroom window.

"The Sun And Eagles," by Navajo artist Rosabelle Ben. This is religious ceremonial sand painting, using natural color sandstone.

For The Sunday Challenge group, who's theme this week was "Sepia." This was my late Mother's jewellry box where she kept treasures from her past. There are some notes on the picture to detail a few selected items.