francis and cecilia

hope everyone had a great labor day weekend. i sure did.

so...friday night, tim and i ventured to a bar/restaurant near our house. i had been curious about this place for a couple of weeks. it was decent. small. within a few moments, we listened to the owner and the other two patrons talk about how they CAN'T WAIT for the tourists to go home. then the lovely bartendress asks, "so, where you folks from?"

no doubt, there is an interesting tension between the tourists and the locals. a situation that causes for both to depend on one another. reminds me of that old cursive song, "who needs who the worst?"

the night progressed into a sort of made for tv movie about racial inequality and domestic violence. i was freaked out and shocked. i think we must have laughed all the way home.

on saturday, jennie ann made her way to the beach. before that, tim and i made a trip to the flea market. i haven't been to a flea market since i was the size of a flea....but i was suddenly captivated. we planned to return...as tim was eyeing a beautiful new bike.

regardless, saturday night...we cooked out on the grill. it was delightful. "which was lovely"...we sat in the front yard, listening to the cars and prince...while meeting new neighbors and talking about god knows what.

sunday, we returned to the flea market...where i bought an antique sewing machine, a necklace made from whale bone with a carving of a whale and masted ship, a faux pearl collar necklace (no jokes, please), Elizabeth Taylor's My Love Affair with Jewelry, some old pictures from the late 1880s to early 1920s, and my most treasured piece...a postcard from 1912.

so here is the thing with the postcard...we found nearly 15 postcards that were correspondence between a woman named Cecilia and a man named Francis. The postcards are beautiful. so i started thinking about it....what was it that cecilia wanted francis to remember that she had asked him about...

i then wondered if they were linked to a family history on the ancestry site...and guess what? they were! I found the email of the individual who put together the line. I also found out that the postcard I bought was written one month before cecilia and francis married. perhaps she asked him to get married?

i wrote to the person who put together the family line...who happened to have a couple of pictures of cecilia and francis, which she sent me. i posted a picture of her when she was young. its just so fascinating to me. i'm going back to the flea market on friday to get the rest of the postcards to mail to the great niece of francis. isn't that cool?

yeah, i'm a total nerd. i can't help it. its inspiring me.

jennie ann left yesterday, which was sad. then tim and i tied up the evening by cooking out once more and watching the braves beat the mets.

awww, labor day.