Tag Archives: history

The Tower… part 5…

Posted on July 7, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Well, we are almost done with the Tower of London… the very first part of our very first full day in Europe… which gives you an idea of the number of pictures you have to look forward to. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged current-events, england, history, humor, london, photography, tower of london, travel | 4 Comments

The Tower… part 4…

Posted on July 7, 2015 by pouringmyartout

The Tower of London is not only full of history, it is literally full of history… There are sets of armor and muskets and swords and guns and knives and other fun things like that… Many of the suits of armor … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged current-events, england, great britain, history, humor, london, photography, tower of london | 4 Comments

The Tower… part 2…

Posted on July 6, 2015 by pouringmyartout

If you are going to go on the escorted tour of the Tower of London, be sure to get Bob… Sure, any Yeoman Warder will do in a pinch. They were all noncommissioned officers in the Queen’s military for at … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged crown jewels, current-events, england, history, humor, london, photography, social-media, tower of london, travel | 2 Comments

I went back in time… part 4…

Posted on March 10, 2015 by pouringmyartout

These are the last of the pictures that Uncle Bert took at the civil war reenactment. I love that one. He used a Photoshop filter to give it the sepia tones of the old photos from that era. I still … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures of me, Stories of my life, thinking about stuff | Tagged american civil war, art, civil war, civil war reenactment, current-events, history, humor, photography, social-media | 20 Comments

I went back in time… part 3…

Posted on March 9, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Yup… they actually let me put the explosive primer caps into the top of the cannon and pull the lanyard that ignited the charge and set off the gunpowder inside the cannon. That is the actual cannon that was used during … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged art, civil war, civil war reenactment, current-events, history, humor, photography, social-media | 34 Comments

I went back in time… part 2…

Posted on March 9, 2015 by pouringmyartout

Ten points if you noticed that I am not wearing any shoes… They didn’t have any size 15 shoes in the bins of spare uniform parts where they kept extra stuff for temporary volunteers like me. So I fired a … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged civil war, current-events, history, humor, military history, photography, social-media | 22 Comments

What did I do yesterday??? I went back in time…

Posted on March 8, 2015 by pouringmyartout

We went to see a little civil war reenactment in Vista, California yesterday, and I got recruited by the Richmond Howitzers. I have actually been thinking about joining one of these reenactment groups for quite a while, but I was … Continue reading →

Posted in My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged abe lincoln, civil war, civil war reenactment, current-events, history, humor, Richmond Howitzers, social-media | 16 Comments

Some pictures of some paintings… part 1… oh, and a free art lesson…

Posted on April 17, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Yesterday, I told you I was almost done posting photos of my trip to see my mom in the Bay Area, except for some pictures of some pictures. I always do some painting when I am at my mom’s house. I … Continue reading →

Posted in My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, civil war, current-events, history, humor, painting, watercolor, watercolor painting, watercolors, writing | 24 Comments

So we now have 24,077 comments on that post where we are trying to set the comment record, and I have some ideas to make getting to 25,000 even more fun…

Posted on February 28, 2014 by pouringmyartout

I think that on Saturday, we should only leave comments that sound like things that pirates would say… A whole day of: ‘Avast, there, me hearties’ and ‘shiver me timbers’ would be fun. Even more fun would be trying to … Continue reading →

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I am starting a revolution… sort of…

Posted on February 18, 2014 by pouringmyartout

But this is a revolution that takes us back to the way things used to be… so I am calling it: Retrolution!!! For years, those of us that were born in the 60’s and came of age in the 70’s … Continue reading →