remax: Just magnify a mood for another dimension.....Ripley's Believe It or Not.....
- 01/12/10 01:48 AM
Happy Pictures.
They were taken at the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum in St. Augustine Florida.
Standing behind the magnifying glas (at least I guess it was a magnifying glass) made us feel strange and mysterious.
Looking at the photos makes me think that we were in another dimension with the possibility of traveling to another planet!
Be sure to attend one of their museums if you have the opportunity.
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remax: White County Farm Family of the Year 1979. James Lercher Family.
- 01/09/10 08:48 AM
The James Lercher family of McRae was selected the 1979 Farm Family of the Year. Betty and James Lercher moved from Illinois to McRae in 1951. They had 15 children, 5 daughters and 10 sons. The newspaper article stated that just one of the impressive features of the family was their ability to work together at the various jobs on the farm. When an important decision was to be made, a family meeting was held to include everyone in the decision.
A community ballgame was held on the farm each Sunday afternoon and the entire family tried to get together at … (19 comments)
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remax: The history of the First Presbyterian Church in Searcy Arkansas
- 01/05/10 08:04 AM
People talk.
People shouldn't talk about churches.
Should they? Gossip?
Well, I've heard some about this church in Searcy Arkansas that is located at 400 West Arch Street and it is right across the street from another church.
The congregation from both churches could meet in the middle of the street and visit...and talk....
The one across the street was the subject of my blog a day or so ago. It's the Episcopal Church Trinity Parish.
This church is the First Presbyterian Church.
Gossip has it that the First Presbyterian Church used to be a chapel on a military base! Which … (33 comments)
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remax: There's a whole lot of screamin' going on in Searcy Arkansas this morning.....
- 01/04/10 01:02 AM
Kids have been out of school since before Christmas. Christmas was December 25, 2009.
Today is January 4, 2010 and kids are about to lose what they'd learned! Right, moms? They need to get back in school!
School is out for a snow day! YIKES!!!!
Parents are screaming with dismay. How are we going to get to work, take care of kids, get back into a normal routine????
Kids are screaming with delight!! No school for another day! Snow day! Let's go play in the snow, make a snowman, throw snowballs!!
Even this old real estate agent, Barbara S Duncan, … (24 comments)
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remax: I thought that having a bad-hair day always referred to us girls......
- 01/03/10 02:21 AM
We're sitting there eating bacon and eggs and it's reasonably early in the morning.
"Son", I say, "Why are you sitting there eating with that cap on?"
I glance around the table and have to say again, "Grandson, why are you also sitting there eating with that cap on your head?"
The elder says, "My hair looks bad this morning so I put this cap on to cover it up."
The younger says, "My hair looks bad too so I put my cap on to cover it up."
And this is eating with family!!! My hair looked bad but it didn't bother … (15 comments)
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remax: Episcopal Church Trinity Parish in Searcy Arkansas is on the grow....
- 01/02/10 05:35 AM
Episcopal Church Trinity Parish is located at 200 North Elm in Searcy Arkansas.
I found this old picture of the church and didn't recognize it.
My blogging friends recognized it immediately.
I started to straighten up the picture but it lost some of its character in the straightening.
This church is just a block from downtown but in this picture it appears to be way out with farmhouses.
It has been perfectly maintained throughout the years and added onto at least once.
Now it is having another add-on. Except it is not an add-on. I guess you'd call it an extension because the extension … (16 comments)
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remax: Goodbye to Christmas decorations and Hello to black-eyed peas!
- 01/01/10 08:16 AM
We danced the night away. At least my dancing-fool husband did. I think I've said before that his most hurtful remark once was, "Dancing with you in this contest is the only time I ever lost a dancing contest."
The band was Sonny Burgess and the Legendary Pacers, a band that started in 1955 in Newport, Arkansas. They still perform all over the world to big crowds. They play the old-fashioned rock-n-roll. Here's Sonny.
The kids of today don't seem to have the affection for dancing the night away that old-timers did.
Unfortunately, the old-timers are getting tired.
One funny … (17 comments)
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remax: Another photo op at First Security Bank in Searcy Arkansas. WWII years.
- 12/30/09 07:54 AM
What neat photos we have found of old Searcy Arkansas.
Evidently the first one is of a Wave in uniform visiting in front of First Security Bank in order to perhaps solicit women to sign up for the Waves.
Look at the Ford Motor Company sign behind her. Who can remember when there was a car dealership downtown on the square.
Also note the window opened at the bank. This must have to gain ventilation in a stuffy bank with no central air.
Next we have our famous Searcy lady, Corinne … (6 comments)
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remax: Dear Activerain Gods. Is there a real Nutsy? I think he is my godson?
- 12/23/09 11:59 PM
I wrote this blog last year about my little godson Nutsy Wallenda, who is a squirrely home inspector. He has been on Activerain for a long time now. I think it is worth repeating.
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Dear Gods of Activerain,
I am getting a little old.
Some of my old friends tell me there is no Nutsy. They say Nutsy is just an imaginary squirrel. That makes me sad.
Please tell me the truth. Is there a real Nutsy?
Sincerely,
Ms. Barbara
THE ANSWER.
Ms. Barbara, your old friends are wrong! They have been affected by the skepticism of a … (44 comments)
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remax: Guilty. I'm guilty and I'm sorry. I did not watch either of them win.
- 12/22/09 10:59 AM
A few months ago we had Kris Allen win the top position of American Idol. He's from Arkansas. Conway, Arkansas. I didn't watch the show.
Now we have a Van Buren lady win on Survivor: Samoa, a CBS television reality show that is in its 20th season. (Does that mean 20 years? Surely not!)
The newspaper article that I'm reading says that Natalie White took a huge gamble, quit her job, and won over 20 other contestants who were stranded in the wilderness with limited resources for survival. She said the competition to survive was as strenuous mentally as it was … (27 comments)
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remax: Lost house in Searcy Arkansas? I can't seem to find it. Can you?
- 12/18/09 12:31 AM
Here's another of the pictures that I salvaged from sure death as they were being thrown away by a widow whose husband had taken pictures of houses he had a part in building in Searcy Arkansas.
I can't find this one. It is, of course, fairly simple and there may be lots of them spread around. If the unique fence were still standing that might be a hint.
It does have a chilling scene, doesn't it.
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remax: Brent Pickens, former art student of Barbara S Duncan, has made it! See article.
- 12/17/09 03:40 AM
This student, Brent Pickens, was in my art class in the 80's. He was talented, sincere, gentle and already a magician in high school. I was pleased to see this article in the paper a few days ago with his picture, his toy characters surrounding him, with an announcement that he was doing a show at one of the churches.
One thing I can say about him is that he looks more mature now, and guess what that makes me?
Some of the old-timers from Searcy may remember his dad who was a teacher for many many years, Mr. Pickens he … (8 comments)
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remax: Searcy Arkansas is/was full of rock houses with charm. Here's one of them.
- 12/15/09 11:39 AM
This is another picture that was going to be history because the builder/architect's widow was dumping them. I, being a half-way packrat, saved them.
We have so many little rock and brick-trimmed houses in Searcy that date way back. This is one of them. The question to my Searcy readers is to tell me where it is/was? I think I know but I need verification.
So this is one of those, "Who useta live there?" I'm including the floor plan this time.
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remax: Christmas memories...........
- 12/13/09 12:28 PM
Memories....
That's what Christmas is...
Especially for the ones who are gaining in years...
Each year I stress over the commercialism of Christmas, the installation of decorations in November or earlier....
Each year I swear that I am not going to drag out the old antique decorations at my house and I'm surely not going to buy any new ones since the house is practically empty with no little ones waking before dawn and dragging me out.
Husband is a baby, himself. He starts saying, "Are we not going to have any decorations for Christmas?" I say to him, "You know … (13 comments)
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remax: Let's hear it for the Dirty Thirty! Books, that is. Thirty most challenged......
- 12/05/09 12:22 PM
Look what I found in my old things this time.
It's a clipping from some magazine back in the early 80's that has come back into my life.
This list of the Dirty Thirty inspired me to start a reading project.
Being a teacher at the time with easy access to the library, I vowed that I'd read them all.
If they were dirty or challenged that was motivation for me to find out why.
This list was compiled based on surveys from 1965 to 1982 of the most challenged books. I kept the list to mark off books as … (34 comments)
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remax: Searcy Arkansas was home to Rodger's Perfection, World's Grand Champion walking horse.
- 12/02/09 08:29 AM
I made the statement once before that now when we go through old pictures and junk drawers we find perfect blog fodder. What a great old picture this one is!!! Handsome man! Beautiful horse!
This picture shows Joe Webb astride Rodgers Perfection, World's Grand Champion Walking Horse in 1959. He was owned by Dr. & Mrs. Porter Rodgers of Searcy, Arkansas. Dr. Rodgers was a beloved Searcy physician who owned a hospital named after himself. He owned lots of land and horses, I believe, and had his horses trained by Joe Webb, who also lived in Searcy Arkansas.
Joe Webb also … (23 comments)
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remax: They're giving away magazine subscriptions. Have you noticed?
- 11/26/09 08:54 AM
Magazines are neat to have arrive at your front door.
I get some that I don't really like, especially the hubby's golf ones!
I used to like the "perfect homemaker" type. You know, they'll tell you how to have a better house and a better garden. Personally, I'm more interested now in financing, history, etc. But one of the older ones that I'd subscribed to for two years because it was SO cheap went out of business and they finished the subscription with another magazine.
That one has come up for renewal. I don't want it. I don't like it. I … (13 comments)
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remax: I can't do it. #$!@$%#$ I have tried and I just can't give them away. Ladies only, please.
- 11/21/09 03:35 AM
It's another year of Winter weather.
Drag out the old Winter clothes and put up the Summer ones.
I have done that.
Now eliminate the ones that you no longer wear!! OK, I can handle that.....
How about this nice green pant suit. Man, I look good in that! (Well, perhaps I "looked" good in it.) It is tailored. Pleated pants that go to the waist. The jacket is long enough to cover any widened hip flaws. I'll think about giving this away because it is lined and hot and my office is TOO hot.
Okay, here's another lovely suit. The jacket … (12 comments)
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remax: Reminders of long ago when we didn't have electric clothes dryers. Not necessarily a pleasant memory.
- 08/23/09 05:07 AM
Diapers? Lots of them and they had to be hung out to dry. Freezing weather? Hot as hades weather? No matter.....the wash goes on.
I'm afraid I lived through some of this and saw my mother live through a lot more of it. I found this old basket the other day that is full of memories.
At first it looked like a fantastic old basket that was in great shape. Turned upside down, however, condition was truly exposed. It had been used and used so much that a newspaper in the bottom was holding the clothes pins in. Of course I … (30 comments)
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remax: See if you can see the hidden message in this REO photo. Ghosts may be present.
- 08/20/09 12:22 AM
We've said this over and over and over.
You never know what to expect at a foreclosure property.
A ghost?
A hidden message?
When I got back to my office with pictures of this REO I noticed something strange in this picture.
I had not noticed it when I was in the bathroom taking pictures.
Spooky! But here it shows up like a haunting refrain from some lady who might have lived here. Don't give up. It took me awhile to realize what it was also. Then you'll have to laugh!! Spooky, spooky.
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