Not yet Rod, but soon. I will post them on the
Rootsweb board which will send a message to the e-mail
list. In order to see the photos you will have to go
back to the board to see them. I can't post
attachments to the list.
--- rod carnahan <rodcarnahan_toys(a)peoplepc.com>
wrote:
are her items on the carnahan site now ??? thanx
----- Original Message -----
From: <pcarna1(a)yahoo.com>
To: <CARNAHAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 12:43 PM
Subject: [CARNAHAN] Family Stories and such
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> Surnames: Carnahan
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> Message Board Post:
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> I've been sent some wonderful photos and stores by
Dawn Carnahan and
> wanted to share them with all of you. I hope you
get as much enjoyment out
> of them as I do.
>
> If you see anything that is of interest or brings
back memories, please
> post it to the board for all of us to enjoy.
>
> If you have trouble posting, get back to me off
the board and we'll see
> what we can work out.
>
> When I asked Dawn's permission to post her
material she sent the following
> response. I couldn't have put it in any better
terms than she did.
>
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> Included message:
>
>
> Hi Phil
>
> I think sharing, as we do for example in my
writers' group, helps start
> the creative energy flowing and encourages others
to just do it, for the
> fun and joy. You don't have to be great to have
fun. I'd be glad to
> share my efforts. I've had no artistic training,
but was fortunate that
> my parents fed me the little engine principle with
my oatmeal. I think I
> can, I think
> I can, I think I can. I know I have no great
talents, but that doesn't
> even slow me down. I just give it a go, for the
fun of doing it.
>
> As to The Big Lonely, I'm sure others have heard
family stories so often
> they could write them down. We all have some, if
only we find time to
> record and preserve them. My only regret is I
didn't begin sooner, for
> I've forgotten many things and the wonderful
storytellers of my parents'
> generation are now gone. Perhaps sharing will
encourage others to write
> them down NOW.
>
> You have my permission to publish the photos and
the Big Lonely on the
> board.
>
> I don't know if you want to only use Fitz's Folly,
or the others too.
>
> A note on the mural, except for the details of
houses, waterfalls, etc.,
> which were painted with brushes, it was all done
using small household
> sponges from the grocery store. Dribbling a
number of colors (acrilic, in
> small bottles at any craft store) on a damp sponge
together and give a bit
> of a
> squeeze to blend just a bit. The secret is have
the lay of the land in
> your mind and using a fair amount of pressure,
move the sponge to shape
> hills, lake, whatever, always starting in the far
distance, then middle,
> then front, etc. Little bits of sponge can be
shaped like fir trees,
> bushes, flowers and dabbed on, etc. It's only
paint and can be changed, if
> you
> don't like the effect. Just decide on the season
and choose appropriate
> colors.
>
> Murals are great fun to do and really easy with a
sponge, if time
> consuming. In the near distance I painted in all
the houses I've ever
> lived in--from the house where I was born to where
I live now. If there's
> interest or need I could photograph them too. You
can only see one, a
> white one near the
> bottom in that photo. It was in a valley, not on
a hill, and had a lovely
> creek flowing by, so I added a bit of stone and a
stream. The house in
> The Hollow, where I lived from age 2 1/2 until age
8--my Eden.
>
> If people are interested, I've also written a
biographical work about my
> memories of World War II and life at that time
that I call "The Child
> Who's Mother Was War." The last part is fantasy,
but the rest is just how
> it was. I've read it several times with good
reactions. But the Big
> Lonely will take some time, if you decide to use
it. I can send the other
> along for you to peruse later on, if there's an
interest. But I'm sure
> others in our family also have things they might
share. It would be
> lovely to know and enjoy what other's do.
>
>
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> For the time being, let's keep all responses on
the board. If, at some
> later date, anyone wants to contact a submitter
directly, they can ask via
> this board the the submitter can get back to them.
>
>
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