The old photos!

 Hi to those who enjoy old photos, which we term Sepia...and weekly we gather whatever we wish to share on Saturday!

Yep I'm a day early, since I don't want to miss Saturday Critters, and it's pretty hard to find old photos that are also critters.

This is my Sepia Saturday contribution. 

A couple of artists, in a dramatic relationship...Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera,.

I love portraits of the generations, but don't know who these women were.

I wasn't here for this pyramid of Heym family members.

On bottom is Norm DeWolfe, Doug Heym, and Rick Heym.

The ladies are Carolyn Heym and Sally Heym.

Top are my sons, Marty (brunette) and Russ (blond.)

My ex is Doug Heym. I took back my maiden name when we divorced.

The Sepia Saturday prompt.

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I am doing better, and slowly getting this "cave in Durango" to look nice and homey. Thanks totally to my son and his wife. They came and rearranged the furniture, then unloaded boxes to shelves, and went out to pick up lunch. 

I had a short nap, and found some of my blogs won't let me reply to comments. Hope that's temporary, because I do love the conversations that occur here...making this true social media.

At least I have ac which makes the 90+ temps each day bearable keeping it around 70 inside.

I went out for about a half hour this morning to a local grocery store, then drove back a different way. I can't wait to have the energy to drive around more and find what's where. So far I saw the court house and post office. And a health food store. The last and maybe the post office will be useful.

The little Durango-Silverton train (narrow gauge but full size cars) just whistled its way by. It passes several times a day...but not at night.

There are several engines pulling the trains, this one yesterday, while today an orange one did the job.

It looked like all the cars were open air, but different set-ups. Some trains had about 10 cars, some just 4...of the few that I've stopped to watch go by from my windows.

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PS, it's Colorado Day here...the 150th birthday of the state. So all I know about it is that the Animas Museum here in Durango is open free today. I don't think I'll make it to the museum today though.

How did she actually do that?

We've had quite enough personal posts...whew, I'm definitely putting my feet up. Now that I've returned to the internet, now to make sure all the providers of things I need/enjoy know where I am.

So here's a post I prepared a while back. Just something I find quite interesting!

 Maria Popova writes about Marie Tharp and her work mapping the oceans floors.

This essay came from the recently published book Traversal, by the same author.

Marie Tharp at work. (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.)

Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves. -Robert Neelly Bellah, sociologist and author (1927-2013)

Yes, I know this post doesn’t have any of my personal life news in it. Just wait. I’ll be back soon!

One shot

 

First light, first morning in new apt. IPhone messes with the lighting, so it lookslikedaylight. Sigh.

Don’t have internet yet, and hotspot with the iPhone is slow tonight. So I’ll leave this as my contribution. 

I have a fever again…wish I knew what was going on. But health insurance is not transferring automatically as several agents said…so I’m postponing several visits that I’d scheduled. We’ll see if I can even get coverage by August.

Tomorrow he internet should be on!

My daughter-in-law spent 5 hours Tuesday unpacking and organizing the kitchen, then carting all the boxes and bubble wrap to the garbage downstairs. Some she took to a recycling center nearby.

See ya!

Cortez to Durango July 27, 2026

 

Tai in his backyard overlooking the little canyon.

I drove car behind the truck full of stuff…between Cortez and Durango.

Filled out forms, and brought first furniture in from U-Haul

My super son, he did most of the lifting, carrying and stacking…what a guy!

He did have 2 friends chip in to help. I gave them some lunch money.

Feeling very grateful. I found the two boxes out of twenty which had the espresso machine and the coffee.  

My hand is on the handle of the little cart which I’ve had for 20 years, and it’s taken pottery and now breathing equipment from place to place. We’re in our new home!