Lt. & Mrs. David R. Peterson

June 6, 1970

It will be forty years of marriage this Sunday.

It is hard to imagine.. as I am sure everyone says.

We were married the week my husband graduated from Texas A&M University and was commissioned in the United States Air Force.

Looking back he had more adjustments to make than I did.

He certainly managed them well.

We spent four years in the Air Force - lived in Texas, Colorado, Maine, he went to Korea and I moved back to Texas with our first born son, and then when he came

home we were sent to Arkansas.

We moved back to Texas when my husband's four year committment was up

and he joined the family farming operation.

We had two more sons and after sending them all off to college,

started our own family farming operation in Mexico.

All of our sons have brought us so much joy:

1st born is our business partner in Mexico

His wife is a successful businesswoman.

Two children

2nd born son is assistant national sales administrator for a company

His wife is a doctor

Two "grand dogs"

(Great Danes to be exact!)

3rd son is a very successful realtor for a national company

He lives close by and we enjoy seeing him so much!

He is enjoying the single life.

We've been blessed. It's been a marriage of adventure with the usual

trials and tribulations that have made for an even stronger union.

Life is good!

Here we are today... a few more inches, a little less hair...

but, oh so happy to have each other!

"Karen's Korner" -- my new booth

Here is my booth!

I can't tell you how tired I am. What a day.

I thought I had too many items for the booth.

Turns out I have to start digging through boxes

tonight to find more "loot"!

I know of one purchase that was made since the lady who

picked up the two items in front of me.

Somehow, there were four other purchases made...

And I never saw customer.

Oh well...

And, yes... I will take suggestions and recomendations.

Looks like the name of my booth is

destined to be

"Karen's Korner"

Karen

Moving-into-my-booth Day -- quick posting!

My husband is honking the horn outside. Is he more excited about this than I am?? We shall see.

I'm opening a booth at a local antiques consigment mall.

This is only the beginning and my inexperience is showing. I laugh at myself thinking I had to string that little thread through all of the price tags. Ha! I bought them already strung.

Who knew?!

Okay.. third honk! I'll try to post a picture tonight.

Wish me luck!

Karen

I'm getting ready to take a plunge....

Pottery from Guadalajara, Mexico

ca. 1992

This Wednesday I am moving... moving in to a booth at a local antiques consignment mall. It's tiny. It's only 6' x 4'. I'll be selling things that I had tried early on to collect, but just either lost interest or just didn't have much luck with the hunt.

I am featuring pottery that I will hopefully sell. The pattern is very different. In fact, I bought every piece I could find... and that hunt lasted for about 10 years. I have never seen the pattern on this pottery anywhere. I think it's so pretty. I never used it but enjoyed displaying it for years in one of my glass front cabinets in my kitchen.

Anyway, I'm getting very excited about this. I won't have to stay with the booth day in and day out... just make an appearance to rearrange, clean and pay my rent...  oh, and maybe get a little $$. We'll see. I will feel better passing my things along to collectors than just leaving them boxed up.

I'll keep you posted. Wednesday is moving day.

Karen

Memorial Day - My father never forgot!

Calvin C. Boykin, Jr.

My father was so proud of this kilt even though the picture was taken

in a professional photography studio.

I just had to post this picture after reading

Laura Gunn's posting on her blog.

http://decortoadore.blogspot.com/

My father's book

Gare La Bete

(Beware the Beast)

A History of the

814th Tank Destroyer Battalion

1942-1945

A random page from my father's book.

He wanted every soldier's story told.. even the ones

who did not survive.

My father shortly before he passed away.

He visited Virginia Beach during his attendance at the

reunion of the 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion.

We always knew that our father welcomed every day since he was

fortunate to come

home from war. So many he knew did not.

I thank my father for teaching us how important it is never to forget.

Here is a look at my "new" Fostoria - American and the Haviland - Rosalinde

I'm sure this will be seriously frowned upon.. the way I have piled the cups into this Fostoria - American punch bowl, but that is just how this happened.

The cups inside are not all punch cups. To be exact, only four of them are.

All this means is... the hunt is not over!

All signs according to a dealer state that the punch bowl is true Fostoria.

I will admit that I purchased it for a song.

I will truly enjoy this bowl in the future as I will do my best to bring back

the punch bowl tradition in my town.

This just warms my heart. There are 10 place-settings of this beautiful

Haviland china... the Rosalinde pattern to be exact. I inherited my mother and my grandmother's Rosalinde china and I love it. So, when I came across a table set with this china at an antique mall in Austin... I decided that it needed to be

"rescued". The price was so right and it was in perfect condition.

This picture does not want to enlarge, but I want to point something out to you.

The Rosaline on the left was made in France and the one on the right was

made in the U.S.A. One is slightly "creamier" than the other and the French version has a tad more gold on the rim. Who cares? Not me. Many people who collect this

pattern will mix the two. The difference is probably hardly worth pointing out.

It was interesting to me that the crystal this dealer chose to show with this Haviland china was actually the Fostoria - American. I guess I should have just said, "I'll take all that you have on top of that table!" (Sigh!)

It is not the crytal I would really use with this pattern since to me the Fostoria - American is a little too heavy.

I'm probably splitting hairs.

Needless to say, this was an enjoyable trip.

http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/

I'm linking to Debbie at "Debbiedoos". I love her picture of that first glimpse

inside an antique mall. What a thrill!