R is for a variety of REDS

I really must apologize to Mrs. Matlock for being absent so long, but I just couldn't participate in Alphabe-Thursday because I ran out of alphabet ideas!  As it is, I'm recycling some photos from previous posts just so that I'm not totally kicked out of Mrs. Matlock's school program. 
This week our letter is "R" and I immediately thought of RED.  I know...very original...DUH!



Anyway my first photo is of an apron I made in 7th or 8th grade.  My mother kept it all these years and I now have it securely placed in a memory book for my grandchildren.  The word on the pocket is "MOM" in case you can't make out my cross-stitching.

I made these watermelon pieces and the ant several years ago while I was still teaching. Our school secretary invited several teachers to her house so we could paint and show off our craftiness!  The teachers called it "therapy". 

I found this apple hanging outside of my classroom door one day during parent-teacher conferences! Our secretary and some of her friends made these apples for each teacher as a gift and I have it hanging in the same room as my watermelon pieces.

These vintage Little Red Riding Hood salt and pepper shakers belonged to my mother.  I have a photo of me as a baby sitting in a high chair with these and the coordinating cookie jar atop our refrigerator.  My mother could never find the cookie jar after we moved to Phoenix in the early 60's.  I found a pristine cookie jar that matched these shakers at an estate sale but I wasn't going to pay $225 for it!

  
My mother also saved these cake toppers from when I was a teenager.  The red record player is truly a gem.

I'm not old enough to really remember Shirley Temple or any of her movies, but I really liked this doll when I saw her at a doll show in Phoenix.  She is a reproduction and is as cute as can be!

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E is for Eyes

Well school is in session again and Mrs. Matlock, our teacher, has chosen the Letter E for our assignment this week. I almost didn't make it to school today because I have to have surgery on my knee tomorrow (torn meniscus) and I wanted to rest up for the occasion...actually I couldn't think of anything for the letter E !!!!! Alas, I thought long and hard and I finally came up with "eyes" because my grandchildren have big, beautiful blue eyes.

Here is 3 month old Lillian Sarah with annoyed eyes because the cat is bothering her!

Here is Brandt Joseph with snotty nose eyes after playing in the back yard.

Brandt wasn't feeling well so this photo is of his sleeping eyes.
Brandt tends to be shy around people so this is a photo of his shy eyes.

Brandt loves watermelon so this shows his very satisfied eyes.

Brandt was much younger in this picture and his cute eyes sort of take over the entire image.

My mother is 95 and she lives with us. You can see eyes of wisdom in this photo.

Goodness...look at the mischief in these eyes!

Brandt and his friend, Lauren, share eyes of love!

Eyes of pure happiness!!!

Lucy, our lab, displays eyes of protectiveness for her family.

Lucy with her forever loyal eyes.

Eyes of pure wonder!

Eyes of summer fun.

Brandt had so much fun on Christmas Eve that he has tired eyes.

Stop by Mrs. Matlock's class to see other students share their images and thoughts of the Letter "E."
This is linked back to Alphabe-Thursday for the Letter "E".