I spotted this weathered garden statue today of a young girl positioned against a brick wall. The statue has a textured finish, giving it an aged appearance, and it portrays the girl in a standing pose, wearing a bonnet and a dress with a sash, and she is holding what appears to be a basket. The details on the statue are worn, which suggests it has been exposed to the elements for some time. There is a wire or cord of some kind looped on the ground near the statue, and to the left, there are dark patches of soil and possibly some kind of fungi or bark. The bricks behind the statue show signs of deterioration, with chipped paint and eroded mortar, emphasizing the statue’s rustic setting.
My old classroom at Buena Park High school, where I taught before transferring to Sonora High School in 2009. I retired in 2022.
It was our first 4th of July in Claremont, so we went out to Memorial Park for the festivities. Sandy enjoyed posing with Uncle Sam. She got a big kick out of posing with Uncle Sam on stilts.
It was our first Christmas in the new houose, but I wanted to get away to Arizona. I’d been thinking about writing a novel based on historical events in Tombstone. (Note: the novel never happened.)
Sandy and I bought a home in Claremont and will be moving in this Labor Day weekend. I handed my little Olympus point-and-shoot to our realtor to take the picture.