Elliot Daingerfield
Welcome Kittens & Dawgs! Last month, we went to Blowing Rock North Carolina one Saturday. You may recall I shared a photo of a swan taken on a little city park pond. During our walk around town I came upon this statue of Elliott Daingerfield. I learned from Wikipedia that he was born in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia in the eastern panhandle of my home state but actually raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In the above photo, stands his cottage and studio
I’m joining the Wednesday Hodgepodge community this morning to answer the following six questions posed by our host, Joyce. This is an excellent way to get to know your fellow blogger and you’re invited to play along.
- Describe your 30’s in one sentence. If you’re not yet 30 tell us one thing you hope to accomplish once you hit that particular decade. The decade I found my confidence.
- Is it harder for you to exercise or eat healthy? It’s difficult to stay away from junk food. I love ice cream! Otherwise, I’m fairly good about exercising and eating decently healthy foods.
- June 7th is National VCR Day. Huh? Anyway this reminded me of something I saw on Facebook listing household items we no longer have and the VCR was on it. I couldn’t put my hands on that list, but found another list here of 21 items we all had ten years ago, but which are now obsolete – bookshelves (WHAT!!???), drip coffee makers, alarm clocks, file cabinets, desktop computers, printers, printed phone books, answering machines, fax machines, paper shredders, a Rolodex, CD racks, CD burners, china cabinets, home phones, entertainment consoles, DVD players, calculators, takeout menus, incandescent light bulbs, and cable TV. Your thoughts? How many on the list do you still have? Still use? Hmmm, we actually still have many of these things. I don’t see these things as obsolete. Who on earth determines such things. I get some technologies fall behind and not as reliable as newer whiz-bang stuff but sometimes the old stuff can save your bacon.
- What’s something you see disappearing in the next ten years? Seeing how we aren’t quick to get rid of the so-called obsolete things I’m not sure. I thought sure as the world VCR would completely disappear off the planet but many home still have them and you can get them. Grant it, it’s hard to find them now but they are out there.
- How did you celebrate your birthday this past year? Is that typical? I keep things low-keyed for my birthday. Usually, DH gets me take-out from my favorite Mexican restaurant. I’m not sure if that’s what we did now but I’m certain he did buy dinner for me. I always opt for ice cream over cake. I began doing that years ago after having so many birthdays back to back when the children were home and now it’s just simpler thing to do. Plus, we have a lot of goodies in the house when my birthday hits since I’m a December baby. I don’t like a lot of fuss for the occasion. I prefer quiet celebrations.
- Insert your own random thought here. I’m going to keep my this purrty simple. I thought it would be great fun to share a short playlist of songs based on painters. Songs one and two clearly mentioned the painters in the titles. Tracks three and four inspired by Frida Kahola’s work. Number five Nat King Cole sings about da Vinci’s subject, Mona Lisa. Track six is about Andrew Wyeth’s famous painting and the last selection is from the 1988 mewsical, Goya: A Life in Song. The only song I’ve heard before is the first, the others are introductions. Listen and tell me if you know any of them.
Have a good day and please join me tomorrow for more fun!
X💋X💋, Cathy
27 Comments
Mary
Staying away from junk food is so incredibly difficult. If I can say “no” I know I’m in a good place!!! 🙂
Cathy Kennedy
Mary,
Saying ‘No’ to anything sweet is my weakness. So, if I have to have it when I try to limit my portion. This keeps me from eating too much at another time which happens if I deny myself completely.
Linda, Shenandoah Valley
Interesting that the statue has a color painting. I agree with you on the “obsolete” stuff. It’s a silly list, IMHO. The paperless office that was predicted turned out to be as much a myth as a flying car.
Cathy Kennedy
Linda,
I like the idea of paperless bills, statements, etc. I’d love if all doctors and hospitals hopped on this bandwagon but as of yet, they are dragging their heels to make the move. It makes life so easy as soon as I get a statement if I can pay it online and what would be better if the statement was delivered via email. 🙂 At the very least I’m able to do payments over the phone for those who haven’t moved completely into the age of technology. 🙂
messymimi's meanderings
It frustrates me not to have a new paper phone book (besides the yellow pages, which is just business listings), because online they want you to pay for the info. At least the phone book came with your phone once a year!
Cathy Kennedy
Mimi,
White Pages used to not charge for looking up a person or business. I hate to hear that they do that now. Usually, if I want a business number then I just look for it on Google. I’m sure you can’t look up people’s phone numbers as easy but if a person has put their phone number online somewhere then it probably will come up in the search.
handmadejewelryhaven
Hmmm….that was quite a long time ago! I can’t remember to much! LOL!!
Thanks for sharing!!
– Lisa
Cathy Kennedy
Thanks for visiting & joining my linky party, Lisa! 😉
15andmeowing
I still have most of those items too. I love books and will always have them. 🙂
Cathy Kennedy
Ellen,
I can’t ever imagine a bookcase being obsolete. Ever since the kids moved out the number of books we have now are minimal but we use our bookcases to hold other things that need a home. 🙂
Stacy
I’m going to have to look up Elliot Daingerfield. His cottage and studio are so pretty…they actually remind me of a setting in our local amusement park (it’s a real old timey kind of place) and for a moment I thought that’s what it was.
Lydia C. Lee
I know the songs – I’d throw in Splendid Isolation by Warren Zevon that mentions Georgia O’Keefe.
CARMEN
Hello Cathy! 🙂
I really like Elliott Daingerfield, but I love Van Gogh! And Don McNeal’s song is colossal, it’s one of my loved songs!
Have a nice week! bye >:D<
Patrick Weseman
That is such a cool statue. Very cool. I have and use many obsolete items everyday. Sometimes I think that my world stopped in 1989. It is just the way I am. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful week.
Cathy Kennedy
Patrick,
There’s nothing wrong with that! I’m moving forward with the times but at a slower rate. I prefer to milk my current technology for what’s it worth until I feel I can’t do it anymore without risk of losing valuable information or equipment because of failure. I don’t like to upgrade just for the sake of upgrading.
Lisa
I can only understand a few of these being obsolete! We have never been a family to buy the “newest” version of something just because it’s “newer” and therefore “better” somehow that what we have. When our TV goes out, we’ll get a flat screen. Then we may have to start getting blue ray, or whatever is “new” then! For one, I can’t afford to do update to keep up with technology, but also, if what I have works for my needs, why do it? I’m 60, so that may have to do with it! My daughter wanted a new iPhone, so she pays for it, and I got her old one! It does what I need it to.
bookshelves – many! Where else do I put my books? On my computer/phone? I don’t read eBooks.
drip coffee maker – I gave one to my son just two Christmases ago, he uses it daily.
alarm clocks – Of three people in the family, I’m the only one who does, a clock radio alarm. The others use their phones
file cabinets – oddly, it’s my 22 year old who has several of these!
desktop computers – yes. Mine is an all-in-one, but my son’s is an older desktop. He also has others.
printers – well, duh… how can we print anything without one! Really? My children still at home are students, and print all the time! A printer is obsolete?
phone books – only addresses with a phone get one tossed in their driveway, I don’t have a home phone
answering machines – no home phone
fax machines – no, but people now and again want something faxed and I have to offer to email a file instead. A lot of businesses still use fax machines
paper shredders – no, but we ought to.
a Rolodex – no, although my manager did, it was actually handy
CD racks – never had one just for CDs.
CD burners – not sure, doesn’t my computer do that? I didn’t know there were special machines. DVD burner, yes.
china cabinets- maybe. It’s a hutch, which I bought recently. I don’t have a set of fine china to store, but do have collectible stuff.
home phone – I don’t even have a phone line to my house!
entertainment consoles – not sure what that is. Like a stereo thing my parents had, with turntable and radio? No.
DVD players – of course! Most of our movies are on DVD!
calculators – again, of course! Easier than the one on the computer or phone. And I can get the size I like.
takeout menus – ummm… probably not. There may be a pizza one in a drawer, but I always call for the same thing.
incandescent light bulbs – yes. I HATE any other kinds and HATE MORE the fact there are not any real 100 watt bulbs any more! The so called 100 watt equivalent is not enough to read by.
cable TV – no, only because it’s too expensive.
I guess VCRs are too old to even make the list, but we not only have one, but several, and many videos! My son has a machine to convert video to DVD, which are “out” too! We have to buy the machines at thrift stores. We shouldn’t have everything converted to digital. Think how many of your precious photos are trapped in your phone or computer. Wasn’t it more fun to pick up an envelope of developed film and thumb through the pictures? Or, as least order physical snaps from digital.
Cathy Kennedy
Lisa,
I feel very much like you. We have a VCR. I think it still works but in recent years we bought a DVD recorder that also has internal storage because we know the VCR will eventually die. I wanted to get rid the VCR because we don’t use it but DH reminded me that we have some VHS Tapes that need to be converted and we might need it just for that. I don’t know. We use an alarm clock every day but I also set my iPhone alarm as a secondary source to make sure I get up. We still have at least one copy of an old phone book. It doesn’t get used but we have it. Our printer is an all-in-one so which saves us a ton of time to not have to go somewhere to send a fax or get copies. We have incandescent lights but we don’t use too many of them in the house anymore. We are converting to the soft-white (2600k) LED. They aren’t nearly as soft as the warm incandescent light bulbs but they’re ok. Plus, they don’t consume as much power and quite a bit brighter. We use 4 75W equivalents LEDs in the kitchen overhead lights and they’re pAwesome! I admit I do love technology and if something gets too bogged down when I’m ready to upgrade. I’ve learned especially with computers the danger of hard drive failures. I have my computer set to do auto backups daily to an external hard drive and photos I send to the cloud. Thanks for popping by. I’m gonna be away from Blogosphere until Monday. DH is taking tomorrow off and we have plans to spend the whole weekend together. It’s our 39th anniversary, so I’m making a yummy dinner to celebrate the occasion. Have a good rest of the week and weekend!
martidiy
I’ve got nearly ALL those obsolete items! I guess I’ll hobble off to my rocking chair and pull a blanket over my knees now; I must be really old – I can’t figure out what replaced coffee makers.
Nice photos! Blowing Rock must attract a lot of artists. When Jan Karon lived there, it was on my bucket list.
Cathy Kennedy
Marti,
I reckon the single serve coffee machines replace the auto drip makers of yesteryear but honestly I prefer a drip maker over K-cup or other single serve units which in my opinion don’t do as good of a job and it’s expensive! I didn’t know who Jan Karon was so I looked her up and learned she’s a novelist. I wonder if she still lives in Blowing Rock, do you know? She’s a year older than my daddy. 🙂 Thanks for dropping by!
Jacqui Murray
That is a hodgepodge of interesting info on you, Cathy.My son has a VCR he won’t let go of–and he’s 30 something! I like how you described your 30’s. I’m impressed–it took me decades longer!
Cathy Kennedy
Jacqui,
I give DH credit for helping me to gain my confidence. His belief in my abilities or continually telling me that I’m pretty helped me to blossom into a confident woman. I never felt smart or pretty enough but he opened my eyes to embrace who I am. It’s amazing what a good man can do for a woman’s world. 😉
Comedy Plus
I think when you’re older you tend to hang onto things longer. Kids have to have the newest and best of everything. That’s probably why they discarded those things we still have. Bookcases? I’ve got bookcases.
Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥
Cathy Kennedy
Sandee,
It’s hard to let go of something when it’s still serving a purpose but you’re right, we’re in a self-pleasing, over-indulgence generation, and then, they wonder why am I broke all the time? *roll eyes* We have four large bookcases and a smaller one that acts as a bookshelf and catch for other things. Thanks for visiting!
-Eugenia
Hey Cathy, thank you for sharing the pics and info on the statue of Elliott Daingerfield. I still have a lot of those obsolete items – drip coffee maker, desktop computer, printer, bookshelves and a paper shredder. I love new technology but no so willing to give up stuff that works for me and my lifestyle. Happy Wednesday!
Cathy Kennedy
Eugenia,
That’s the way we are, too. Why junk it if it works and it’s something you want?
Thomas Anderson
Hi, Cathy!
Art is a subject that always “draws” my attention, and this art themed post of yours is no exception. I went off site and gazed at the work of North Carolina artist Elliott Daingerfield. Is is awesome!
I’m with you on that list of so-called obsolete items. I still own many of them and use them often. They include bookshelves, drip coffee maker, desktop computer, printer, paper shredder, CD rack, CD burner, entertainment console and incandescent light bulbs. Like you I am not crazy about change if it means that we lose things that were important parts of our lives.
Your mewsic playlist based on painters is inspired. As I told you before, Mrs. Shady is an artist and Vincent van Gogh one of her favorite artists. Don McLean’s tribute song “Vincent” aka “Starry Starry Night” is one of Mrs. S’s favorite songs, one she sometimes starts singing spontaneously. She also owns a tote bag with The Starry Night painting on it. “Mona Lisa (men have name you” by Nat King Cole is another great song for this set.
Have a wonderful Wednesday, dear friend Cathy!
Cathy Kennedy
Tom,
I appreciate your artist interests and I remember that Mrs. Shady is a painter. By the way, I would love to see her work. *hint hint* Don McLean’s “Vincent” is a lovely song and I don’t know that I knew it was about van Gogh until recent years which I attribute to my research dabbles to self-education to learn more about songs and artists. Thanks for paying me a visit today, my friend!