Rosie The Riveter WWII Home Front Memorial

Our next adventure was to Richmond, CA to see the Rosie The Riveter WWII Home Front Memorial Although "Rosie the Riveter" is most commonly known, women ship's welders preferred to be known as "Wendy the Welders." My mother-in-law was a Wendy the Welder.

Norman Rockwells

Rosie The Riveter

This gives you an idea of just how small and cramped an area they would have to climb into to work.	A sculpture evoking a ship's hull under construction is made of stainless steel. "Image ladders" recall those used by workers to traverse the prefabricated ship parts. Etched granite pavers begin at the hull and cover the length of the keel walk, including a timeline of events on the home front and individual memories of the period.	This was a much bigger spread out memorial then we realized its actually a driving and walking memorial with stations throughout the area.
	A few of the quotes and facts printed in the sidewalk.
	Diagrams and pictures of the ships built in the shipyards during WWII. Over 747 Ships were built in the four Richmond Kaiser Shipyards during WWII.  Prior to WWII it would take approximately one year to build ships of this size.  By 1945 z, the average time for construction was less than one month!	USS Red Oak Victory Ship One of many ships built during this time.

My favorite quote was on an armrest on the overlook platform that reads:

"You must tell your children, putting modesty aside, that without us, without women, there would have been no Spring in 1945."

I love Angelina Marino's 
A Neigborhood in Motion Mural of Rosie the Riviter and Wendy the Welder Painting 
 

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Muir Redwoods

Golden Gate Bridge Vista Point	We too a trip yesterday to Muir Redwoods just across the Golden Gate Bridge.  It was so cool it felt wonderful and was hard to believe it was warm back here! It's such a breathtaking place, we hadn't been since the boys were small.	This gives you a rough idea of just HOW big the redwoods are.
Taken from Bridge 1	I am just sure that there are faeries hiding here <G>	This little chipmunk was obviously very use to people I was able to get very close to take his picture.

Pictures of the Day 7-6-10

 

 Our berries are just getting ripe it's so 
nice to  be able to go out and pick a cup 
of fresh berries and mix them with my 
yogurt for breakfast, Yum!

Artichokes and sunflowers in our garden 

 More of Morgan's prize winning dahlias!

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4th of July

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July! 
We sure did probably the most fun we've had in years!
What more can you ask for good food, family and friends :-)

 Me being goofy!
My new profile picture, what do you think?

 Couldn't resist taking a picture of the Manly Man Zone LOL

I took this picture by putting the lens of the 
3D freebie glasses they gave out with the fireworks 
up to my camera lense...turned out pretty cool didn't it! 

I tried to capture one of the fountains 
going off in the background.

Here's just some of the aftermath of 
4th of July fireworks! We had more 
then we've ever had since son #2 works 
for a fireworks company

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Crafty Blogger Blurbs

 

Mixed Media Artist
Want to get your feet wet with altered books?

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery
See 2 fun mixed-media altered book techniques I tried from the new book Collage Playground by Kimberly Santiago.

The Artful Crafter
Look how easy it is to personalize a canvas tote bag with Quick Fuse fabric sheets.

 The Crochet Dude
Drew reviews the new book "Crochet Prayer Shawls" and reveals the design that he contributed to the project.

Margot Potter The Impatient Crafter
Madge gets some much needed inspiration from the divine Cecil Beaton and Gigi.

Crafty Princess Diaries
There's more, more, more to do on the jewelry making book! When will this process end?

About Family Crafts
Are you planning a trip that will keep the family confined to the car or airplane for a long amount of time? If so, these travel games and crafts might be just what you need!  

Craftside's got the cutest retro style fawn softie pattern and how-to, a free pop-up staircase template download, a bunch of beaded bling inspirations and throw in a bit of fashion with a redo spin all for your crafty pleasure.

Carmi's Art/Life World
Carmi coats some paper with resin to make these pretty wired pendants.

 

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Pictures of the day!

  Morgan's biggest dahlia 
he's grown to date, this 
baby's huuuggge!!

My two favorites 
Morning Glories & Sunflowers

Cheers!

Us!

 After a fabulous drink 
and dinner!


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Banner Day!

Its a banner day today our 21st wedding anniversary 
and I've lost a total of 56 lbs Whoohoo!

 Time to celebrate!

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New How-To Videos

 

I'm excited to announce 4 new videos 
uploaded Please stop by and check 
them out, post a comment and 
share them with your friends :-)
Take me to the VIDEOS!


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