Grandpa's Shadowbox 

Grandpa Drew Dockery Shadowbox

I have been taking the things that belong to each of my family and making shadowboxes.

I wish my picture was better but this is what it looks like.

Walmart is selling the big boxes for $9.95 now and I hope I can get somemore before they discontinue them.

The contents include from top left clockwise around his picture at the property in south Atlanta, Georgia:

1. 1959 Georgia Drivers License with his signature

2. Obituary

3. Automobile Insurance (Can you believe that on June 15, 1956 he only paid $14.56 for coverage!)

4. Leather coin holder (My grandmother use to use it after his death)

5. Pocket knife with 3 blades

6. Glass top to old coffee pot

7 Leather wallet with saddle on top and stitching around it.
Inside the above license and insurance were in it. Now it holds a very young
picture of my grandmother Lois, my sister and me, school picture of my sister,
school picture of me, picture of young child ?, picture of my granddad with a
a friend of his. Need to ask my mother who the man is so that I can edit this.

8. 1959 Season State Resident Fishing License dated 10 April 1959

9. 4 screws from his garage

10. Tin cigarette case with Vicroy cigarettes! Lord I would hate to have to smoke
that now *laughs* They are still together.

11. Wood pipe

I have some things in my workshop and going to see if any of those things will fit in the box.

I did a shadowbox for my grandmother Lois which I will share. I loaned it to my mother for the time being. She thought is was so very nice. It is a smaller box and I want to get one just like this box to change it over.

I enjoyed putting this together. I was thinking about taking these tiny books I have and writing all the memories of him (and one for her) and placing it in the boxes to be sealed with their things.

Perhaps those that follow me will enjoy these boxes in years to come.

~*~

Rose Garden 

Love Profile

CANCER Your Love Profile

Your positive traits:

You're intuitive enough to know what's going wrong in a relationship early on
A total sweetheart - you're often the most caring person anyone knows
You are a generous and devoted parter to whoever you fall in love with

Your negative traits:

Insecurity - you tend to need a huge amount of comforting from your partner
You tend to be overly sensitive and easily hurt, which make loving you difficult
It's difficult to predict your moods. One minute you're up - the next you're down.

Your ideal partner:

Someone equally sensitive, who wants to take time to get to know you deeply
Dreams of an everlasting love - complete with marriage and a family
Loves to take care of you. Being a good cook and masseuse doesn't hurt!

Your dating style:

Slow. You enjoy dates that last all day, with plenty of time to talk and get to know one another.

Your seduction style:

Quite tender and loving, once you are comfortable in your relationship.
Coy. You tend to play it cool to drive your lover wild.
Orally talented - you're known as the best kisser in the zodiac.

Tips for the future:

Be a little less sensitive. Not every little mistake should hurt you.
Spend time away from your partner every so often - independence is a good thing.
Find ways to take care of yourself. You'll be happier if you put yourself first.

What Does Your Name Mean?

JANIS
J is for Joyous
A is for Alert
N is for Nice
I is for Irresistible
S is for Sweet

25 Roses  

Roses

My New Roses

To my surpirse

I found not one,

not six,

not a dozen

but

25 long stem roses!

I have never seen any like these

for they were white with a red trim.

What a beautiful surprise to have waiting for me.

Aren't I loved !!!