Superbowl Sunday!

It's Superbowl Sunday once more

Gotta say....GO SEAHAWKS!

Above and below are some new pictures from my daughter Selina.

We live in Spokane Washington....home of Expo 74.

The smallest city to have ever hosted a world's fair!

This is the clock tower...a wonderful part of the riverfront park we have...a huge park right in our downtown...with roaring falls all over!

They lit up the clock tower with the Seahawks emblem.

We had to go at night and see it! 

She added special effects....all of these are in her Etsy shop...Peacock Gumdrop!

My daughter is a junior in high school, 17 years old.

We are always shocked however when we go out...they are always trying to put us in the bar section....I keep saying she is not old enough.  

This is perfect for the Seahawk fans out there. 

Also ...another huge site in the city is this extremely tall set of towers....which were colored with lights...for the seahawks. 

There are 12th man flags everywhere...people dressed form head to toe in Seahawks merchandise.

Like my hubby...lol

He has his shirt, hat and candy.

He loves his new shirt....and plans to buy more Superbowl gear after we win.

He was cracking jokes while I took this pic....I will not tell you what he said...bad boy!

Have a good Sunday and I hope you have fun...no matter what you do.

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Peacock Gumdrop collages

Good day to you!

I wanted to share my Daughter Selina's collages of her photography.

Selina is 16...a sophomore in high school with her own Etsy shop...

called Peacock Gumdrop.

I am a very proud mother!

Her berry pics are so pretty.

She loves taking photos of nature.

Our area is Washington state is full of berries in every form!

Selina also love taking pics of ducks and swans...especially at our Riverfront park!

Pretty flowers.

Selina has a real eye for this!

She LOVES old buildings and loves to age them even more!

I had to throw in her latest photo...auto rims.

Some old auto shops here in Spokane love to make fences out of old rims....cracks me up.

Please check out her shop sometime!

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Winter scenes of Spokane

The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve.
Brian Tracy

The above pictures are of my home town....Spokane. 
These are my winter scenes of Riverfront park...it was created when the 1974 world's expo was in our city.  Our town is the smallest city to ever host a world's fair!  My mom got us season passes...and we were not well off...we came from Hillyard(the scrappy side of town).  I was just a kid, but remember it so well.  We went there constantly....it was so much fun!
It is now a gorgeous park in the middle of the city...with the Spokane river going through it and beautiful falls all around.

I'm so proud!

I just have to brag about my daughter Selina Hudson.....she has her first photo published...in our local Washington magazine.

She took this picture and submitted it....she is just 15 and in the ninth grade!

Here is the magazine....Spokane Coeur d'Alene living.  It just came out.

She has a full page to herself...the last page of the magazine.  It is on the page...of why we live here.

She loves photography and has a cool Etsy shop called Peacock Gumdrop.

She has a style all her own and she is just the sweetest gal in the whole world. 

I've probably told this to you before.....but when my mom had a terminal disease.....she willed herself to stay alive to see Selina. Selina was born and my mom was too weak to hold her.  I held her in my mom's lap so she could spend time with Selina.  20 days later after Selina was born ...my mom passed.  I felt that the most wonderful person in the world was leaving and then my new most wonderful person was arriving.  It was strange.  I miss my mom a lot!  I am so lucky to have my husband Dana and my daughter Selina....they are the world to me. 

I know my mom would be soooo proud of Selina right now and buying several copies to keep. 



Late October in my hometown

My daughter and I went on a nice Autumn walk yesterday....we were lucky it didn't pour on us!

It was beautiful....the colors of the leaves are so vibrant! 

This church can be seen all over the city since it sits near the top of the south hill....so gorgeous!

The trees are works of art....it will soon go...so enjoy it before it leaves if you can.

I know the East coast is going through hurricane Sandy...I hope everyone stays safe!

I would love this house...so huge!

Big old berries!

The yellow with the dark brown tree limbs...lovely

This is the top of cliff park...it has a very old rock wall...looks like a fortress. 

Gotta share this great quote!



A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping stone to the optimist.
Eleanor Roosevelt
 

Thanks to all the vets!

This is a beautiful Vietnam Veterans memorial statue in our city park of Spokane Washington.

I want to thank all the veterans who served...giving us this wonderful country that we live in.....without them....who knows what would have happened.  My grandfather...Chester....fought in WWI on the beaches of Normandy.  He was born in 1895!  He had passed before I was born (our family always waits to have children)  My mom was born is 1931 and I was born in 1967.  I had my daughter in 1997.  My husband and I are vets....so was my mother and other relatives too.  My father was a vet for the British Royal Air Force.  He loves America and would never live anywhere else!

Boy am I rambling.....Please have a wonderful Memorial Day!

Spokane...spring break part 2

Here is Mr. Seagull....he wants some fries I think...lol.  I like Seagulls for some reason.

Quack...our river has so many beautiful birds.

BFF's....totally

This is a fabulous bench...it is a piece of art.

Here is the pony on top of the carousel.

These pod things were cool in this tree....I am sure many of you know what kind of tree this is.

I like old buildings and all these fire escapes

Selina and Einstein...he he he.

Dana and Selina.....ready for their Red Robin meal.

Our power company here in Spokane....once called Washington Water Power....cool old building

This is a shot of the water just above where the water drops off making a huge fall.

It was truly frightening to stand here....the pic doesn't do it justice....the water was rough and tons coming over the edges.

The spray came up and gotch ya.

The Monroe street bridge.

This was also scary....good thing everything is safe here.

Our park has so many bridges to cross the Spokane river

Selina had so much fun...she took great pics.

I wanted to throw a beach ball in and see what would happen.

Down below the Monroe street bridge....we got drenched from spray....we hiked all up and down ....and we had nice weather too.

Spokane Washington ... our spring break

This is our beautiful city...Spokane, Washington.  We spent a lovely day at our park...Riverfront park on our spring break last week.  This is the site of Expo 74.  We are the smallest city ever to have a world's fair. Our city is the 2nd largest in Washington state. 

The river is really high....and crazy full of water! In the background is the US pavilion.  It was once covered with white fabric....but it always tore...so now it is uncovered.

Under the US pavilion is an ice rink and carnival.

Here is part of the park and the Opera house

I love the clock tower!!

It is a beautiful tower...once part of the railroad....the site of the park used to be nothing but train tracks and yuck.

Lots of lovely sculptures.

Spokane Vietnam memorial

My husband Dana and daughter Selina

The clock tower chimes on the hour and sometimes sweet melodies.

Close up of the clock face....this is huge.

During expo you could go up to the top.....I was 7 and remember it...such a wonderful experience...we had season passes....which was lucky since we didn't have too much money.  We went down on the bus nearly everyday.

This is a part of the park kids just love...a giant radio flyer slide.

Sugar shack and Ferris wheel

This is the a look at the city...part of it anyway.

My new best friends....lol

Isn't it cute when they tuck their head for a nap!

This is our carousel....kids love this too!

This park is HUGE...we walked all over...I was trying to work off my red robin meal

I love this ....it is really close to the platform where President Nixon and Ford stood.  Later Carter came!

I will continue with pics tomorrow.

Thanks for visiting with me!!