Nora Jackson, with her classmates, circa 1910s. (Nora is in the back right)
Nora Jackson, with a friend, standing on a plow, circa 1910s.
Nora Jackson, and her mother and father, circa 1910s. (Nora's mother is sitting next to her. Hard to see in the small photo. Click to see the large photo and you will see her more clearly)
We’ve been painting the house for the past month. Oh, not me – I’m just the financial guy. A _very_ happy filipino gent has been doing the labor for me. Our flat (penthouse? bunker?) was dark green and ‘amazing’ green for the past 4 years. Then my sister-in-law painted her house, which is just across the way, 'amazing' green. And the Pure Gold building, that dominates the view from my front and side windows, is various shades of green. Dammit. Time to change and plus the paint was peeling due to the lovely atmospherics in the islands (read: constant humidity, occasional freakin’ heavy rain). I sure hope continue to love pale yellow / BRIGHT yellow. What started as painting/repainting the 3rd floor flat has turned into a complete repaint of the entire building – 5 floors in toto! *sigh* I hope everyone in the family enjoys their bags of sugar and cans of tuna for Christmas, because we are _broke_. Oh well, at least we are weather-proofed – sorta. Did I mention we paint...
... but it's slow going. Many fees, many requirements, many documents to obtain, many authentifications of those documents to be done, many more fees to be paid. But . . . it's all worth it.
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