POW Paintings H Wenzel 1945

My mom has had these paintings for years, my Granny had them before her.  I think they are just beautiful.  They were painted by a Prisoner of War, named H. Wenzel in 1945.  

I have never found out anything about these paintings, I've google searched for him many times.  I think it would be neat to learn about him and what happened to him. 

Someday these will be mine and I will proudly display them in my house.  

Pioneer Woman and a Beautiful Garden in Tulsa

Mom and I went to this see the Mercantile, Pioneer Woman's store in Pawhuska, OK, not too far from Tulsa.  We ate dinner there and we both got grilled cheese sandwiches, how crazy is that?

We did get Cheesy Olive Bread, which was delicious!  I have made this at home before and it's really good.

Tomato soup!

This was the original painting on the old building that Pioneer Woman renovated, I'm glad she didn't tear it down.  The wood carvings were really nice too.

This is how I paid for the meal, plus I just entered my email address to send me the receipt.  How cool is that?

The Mercantile Store.  We didn't buy much, but was fun to look around.

It was really nice that it wasn't busy.  I've seen pictures of the store just jam packed with people.  I wouldn't have enjoyed that at all!

The next day, we went to a city park.  This was a truck outside the hospital.  Not sure why the guy had an alligator on the front, but was pretty funny!

This park was really nice.  Had several fountains, plants, etc.  The roses had suffered a disease so they weren't too healthy. 

 These mushrooms were in the yard, there were a lot of them around.

When we got back, the Tulsa Ukulele Club was playing some music.  There are so many different volunteers that go to the hospital and do activities.  It's really nice.

Short video of the music.

Mom went on the Tour of Tulsa one day, she enjoyed it. 

Mom's Visit With Me in Tulsa

Mom came with me last week to Tulsa, I'm not too sure it was a great trip for her, she never complains though.  I worked a lot and didn't turn the TV on all week, it was pretty quiet in the room.  She read her book a lot.  It was nice to have her here with me.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Isn't the hospital beautiful?



On the way down to Tulsa, we stopped in Carthage, Missouri at the Precious Moments Chapel.  It was a free tour.  I don't collect the figurines, haven't really been interested in them. I did like the Chapel tour though.  The grounds were beautiful.

This is one of the stained glass windows.

The grounds outside were really beautiful.  This was a castle playhouse surrounded by a moat. How cool?

This was a small cave with a statute in front of it.

This was the door to the Chapel.  It was heavy, carved wood and so amazing.  They had several doors like this.

Inside the Chapel, beautiful painted walls.

The Bridge to God.

The stained glass windows were really amazing.

Look at the light fixtures.  

Part of the outside gardens.

There were a lot of statutes around the grounds.

Trumpeters!

A small koi pond.

This was inside the welcome center.

The entry way into the building, from the inside looking out.

This fountain was really something!

Here's me and mom.  My hair is starting to grow back, black and gray.  It is what it is!

Show Us Where You Live Friday - Living Room Edition

Kelly's Korner is a blog I like to read and have been reading for over a year. She is hosting a show us where you live Friday challenge. This week is the living room. So here's our living room.

Mark made the cat stand for our cat. I think he did a great job on it. Our cat sits on it a lot and scratches her nails on the post.

This is the gas fireplace. We painted the wall to match our foyer. The picture to the right is one we bought at an auction. I think it came out of a funeral home, but I like it anyway.

The hallway to the left goes into our bedroom and the one right behind the chair goes into the garage. The picture on the wall is a collage that my step-daughter made for me one year for Mother's Day, I think. It has pictures of me, Mark, Kasey and Nicky. She had them developed in black and white and sepia. It was probably one of the most thoughtful things she has done for me. It took her time to get the pictures together, get them developed and put them on the frame.

I didn't get a good picture of the coffee table but it's really a small hope chest. I got it from our neighbor for my 16th birthday. We don't have anything in it, sometimes we use it as a toy box. I really like it.

This is looking out into the foyer, see the matching green walls? The big vase is one that I got from my Granny by way of my mom. I really like it, but Kasey knocked it over one day and broke the handle on it. Mark said he has the pieces and we can glue them back together someday, but I haven't seen them. I thought that my Granny got this from India when she went there one year, but my mom told me that she got it from New Mexico or Arizona.

Well, that's it for this posting. You'll notice that there aren't a lot of things on the coffee table or the end tables, that's because I have a 2 year old and it's just not worth the effort to put anything out. He'll just knock it off or destroy it.