My great-uncle in the 1920’s with his then new car. Not sure of the make but there is an ‘H’ on the tires which leads me to believe it could have been a Hudson.
This car below from my mother’s photo album dated 1929. Love what she wrote 🙂
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2021/07/10/ragtag-daily-prompt-saturday-yesterdays-cars/
The Flying Horses in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard are the oldest platform carousel in the United States. It was made in 1876 by early American carousel manufacturer, Charles Dare. The Flying Horses Carousel was originally built for the Coney Island amusement park in Brooklyn. In 1884 after eight years there the Flying Horses Carousel moved to the town of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard where it still remains in operation as one of only two surviving carousels fabricated by Dare. The carousel became a National Historic Landmark in 1986, the same year it was acquired by local conservation organization the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust.
I flew on these beautiful horses every day when I was a little girl. The ticket taker was a young man who would never take my tickets ! We tried everything to get him to take them… we brought him candy and cookies and tried slipping the tickets in with them… nothing work. At the end of the summer I said I wanted to buy him a gift, so off my mom and I went to purchase what I thought was a novel idea .. a tie. I was 5 years old, what did I know about buying gifts for men… he, by the way was about 13 but in my eyes he was a grown up. We put the tie in the box with all of summer’s uncollected tickets. As he came around to NOT collect my ticket I handed him the box. He smiled. Ah ha, success… or so I thought. As we were leaving the Flying Horses he came over and thanked us for the tie and as we turned to leave he handed us the tickets.
There are two ring dispenser arms situated next to the carousel that offer gold rings and the lucky rider who grabs the coveted brass ring gets a free ride
The last time I flew on the Flying Horses a few years ago my granddaughter Tiffany was with me. I thought it might be my last time ever to ride them (I think that every time anyway)… and as my horse came around to the arm shooting the rings out I could see that the next one, the one waiting for me was the GOLD ring. What a fantastic way to possibly end my Flying Horses ride…
But I missed it … my fingers slipped and I couldn’t grab it. But… right behind me was my granddaughter and she got it. She offered me the free ride but it meant more to me that she should have it. Perfect ending, if indeed it was.
Rings of gold are good luck I’m told…
as for riding Flying Horses you’re never too old 🙂
Two other carousels…
New York city’s Bryant Park
Newark, New Jersey’s Military Park
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2021/06/04/rdp-friday-carousel/
I love glass so this has been a fun blog post to put together. I’ve tried to keep the number of photos down 🙂
This photo is inside the Gay Head lighthouse on Martha’s Vineyard, it shows the expanse of glass and the glass of the lenses on the light.
Also on Martha’s Vineyard, window at the entrance to the Tabernacle, window at top of stairs and dewy barn window early in the morning.
Shattered glass…
Miscellaneous…
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/rdp-monday-glass/
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2021/03/05/rdp-friday-tunnel/
As seen, or not seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2021/03/03/rdp-wednesday-invisible/
I know I’m posting quite a few repeating shapes photos, but I really enjoyed going through my pictures and obviously didn’t want to leave any out 🙂
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2021/02/25/ragtag-daily-prompt-thursday-repeating-shapes/
My calendar I created for 2021. Here’s to a fresh new year and all the possibilities it holds.
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2021/01/01/rdp-friday-fresh/
QI is a Chinese word for the invisible force in and around us.
My daughter Deb and I are into finding our ancestors and especially finding out stories about them we didn’t know. We spend a lot of time in cemeteries :). One of the most interesting stories we found was about my great grandfather, Joseph P Littlefield of Maine. The tragic story of his death and that of his wife Jane and their three oldest children out of eight, Margaret 18, Adison 14 and Atwood 12 prompted Deb and me to go to Maine to find their grave.
My great grandfather Joseph P Littlefield was injured in the Civil War. He was a member of Co. C, 9th Maine Regiment. He was wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia and sent home to Maine to die. He died on Sep 3, 1864 of his massive injuries but also of typhoidal pneumonia. His wife and the 3 oldest of his 8 children died within months of him from it as well leaving my grandfather Charles G Littlefield at age 9 the oldest of the five remaining children. A tragic story and once we learned about it felt compelled to find their graves and honor them. Their small plot is off the beaten track in Rome, Maine we found it and traipsed through the brush to get to it. This was very emotional in that Joseph, Martha Jane, Margaret, Adison and Atwood have become very real to us and we feel very close to them and could definitely feel their spirits that day. We weren’t able to bring them flowers but left 5 pennies to indicate we were there and remembering them.
I definitely feel this was a QI experience.
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/11/17/rdp-tuesday-qi/
Aquiline is something shaped like an eagle’s beak so what better than this beautiful wooden sculpture of an eagle.
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/11/12/rdp-thursday-aquiline/
Original Fresnel lens from the Gay Head lighthouse in Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard on display at the MV Museum. It was awesome to step inside this prism.
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/10/10/rdp-saturday-prism/
MV Obsession 