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Terri Webster Schrandt

Sunday Stills: Getting #Historical

This week’s Sunday Stills photo challenge is all about things that are historical.

I know many of you are avid travelers and have great shots of historical images you would love to share. This includes landmarks, architecture, anything that suggests something historical. You can show us images or tell stories of historical or significant moments in your life, something that perhaps made an impact or changed your life forever.

A toast to the future
An auspicious day in 2020! The title of our current home and property

As the US prepares to celebrate its Independence Day holiday on July 4th, countless Americans proudly display the US flag at their homes or businesses.

“You’re the emblem of the land I love, the home of the free and the brave.” — George M. Cohan’s ‘You’re a Grand Old Flag‘

Wooden American Flag

Re-Painting Local History

The Spokane House Interpretive Center in Nine Mile Falls held a dedication ceremony in June to honor the artist who re-painted the fading murals on the exterior walls.

I was pleased to have written the original article in August 2022 about the artist’s efforts and was excited to report on the dedication ceremony that was held in conjunction with the annual re-enactment of the historical fur trade encampment from the years 1810-1826.

Volunteers at Spokane House Fur Trade Encampment
Volunteers at Spokane House Fur Trade Encampment

Shaun Deller, an Idaho artist and member of the Friends of Spokane House (Washington State Parks) volunteered to repaint the faded and historically inaccurate murals on the Spokane House Interpretive Center in 2021. Members of the Spokane Tribe of Indians, as well as leaders from Washington State Parks, initially met with Deller to suggest historically accurate revisions to the original murals. I learned so much about the area where the original Spokane House was built in 1810, at the confluence of the Spokane and Little Spokane Rivers.

Spokane House located in 9 Mile Falls
Spokane House located in 9 Mile Falls
Spokane House Mural Artist Shaun Deller
Spokane House Mural Artist Shaun Deller

Historically, this area operated as a salmon and steelhead trout processing center, which is said to have processed over 1,500 salmon in a day. Weirs were dropped into areas of the river to trap the salmon. Massive drying racks were constructed and used.

Spokane Tribe Drummers practice
Spokane Tribe Drummers practice
Artist Shaun Deller Spokane House Murals
Artist Shaun Deller describes his process
Warren Seyler, Spokane Tribe Member
Warren Seyler, Spokane Tribe Member
Shaun Deller and State Park Staff
Shaun Deller and State Park Staff
Drummers Spokane House Mural Dedication
Tribal Drummers Spokane House Mural Dedication
Moments from the Dedication Ceremony

There is so little I know about the rich history of the Spokane, Washington area in which I live. It was a pleasure to have played a minuscule part in this as a part-time newspaper reporter.

Historical Places and Spaces

During my childhood and teen years, July was the month my parents dragged us to Yosemite National Park (or other California national parks) for our annual two-week camping trip.

Gateway to Yosemite
Tioga Pass Entrance to Yosemite Nat’l Park


Shown here is the Tioga Pass East Entrance on Hwy 120, one of the gateways into the park. It may have looked just like this in July 1972, on our first visit. These camping trips changed my life. I am forever grateful to my parents for “making” us go every year and creating a leisure legacy within me and my brothers, which was also awakened in our children and grandchildren.

Once I became an adult, I often wished my parents would drag me back to Yosemite. With adult autonomy, I scheduled my own vacations, many of historical significance.

Washington Monument
Visiting Washington Monument 2008
Arlington Cemetery, Washington DC
Arlington Cemetery, Washington DC
Historical town of Wallace, Idaho
Historical town of Wallace, Idaho
Family time in Wallace, Idaho
Family time in Wallace, Idaho
Cal State Capitol
California State Capitol
Historic Route 66 Mohave Desert
Historic Route 66 Mohave Desert
Mormon Assembly Hall Salt Lake City
Assembly Hall, Temple Square Salt Lake City
Bryce Canyon view
Me at Bryce Canyon
Winter in South Rim of Grand Canyon
Cold Winter in South Rim of Grand Canyon

Last September, I had a fun and historical blogger meet-up at Fort Vancouver, Washington with Kirstin and Marsha. At the visitor’s center and grounds we toured the living history areas of the Fort. Below are images of the fort’s kitchens. I love the Blue Willow pattern of the dishes and have a large collection myself.

Apothecary items under glass
Apothecary items under glass
Glass collection
Glass collection Ft Vancouver, WA
Blue Willow
Antique Blue Willow
Ft Vancouver Kitchen Pantry
Ft Vancouver Kitchen Pantry

“The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.” ~ Ernest Dimnet

Do You Remember Your First Time?

You know what I mean. 😉 I take a LOT of photographs. So much so that my various apps show me “On this Day” prompts of photos I took which remind me of a time or event that happened years ago, or last year. It’s rare that I don’t snap a photo every day, so these apps remind me of a place I visited or experienced a significant event in my life.

significant Family Events

Wedding
Our wedding 2013
Official Wedding Image
Bride and Groom 2023
The 5th generation is merging into the Four Generation culture and workplace.
Dad’s 80th b-day
Proud Dad and Bride
Proud Dad and Step Dot 2021
Grandma and girlies
First pic with grand-daughters 2022

Saying Goodbye

Terri and Diane
Mom and Me at Ocean Beach, San Diego. She loved the beaches.
Spending time with our precious family
Thanksgiving with Aunties and mom-in-law
Eleanor Jeffus Matal
Former MIL Eleanor
Aero sleeping in coffee shop
Aero sleeping in coffee shop
Blonde and Brown dogs
Brothers Gideon and Aero forever

Forever Changed

Meeting this guy the second time around!

happy couple
14 years together
Dancing!
Hans and Terri dancing!
Cheeky dirftwood
Hans thinks he has a bigger smile.

He challenged me to windsurf and enjoy board sports.

Windsurfing-Sea-of-Cortez
Yes, this is me in Mexico!
Hans teaching windsurfing
Hans teaching windsurfing to a friend’s son.
SUP session at the delta
Stand-Up Paddling is the Best
Woman Windsurfing Red Sail
First Year Windsurfing
Me with Aero and new kayak
Kayaking In Lake Natoma

My Master’s Degree Diploma in 2011 (awarded Dec 2010, a week after my 50th birthday) placed me on the university lecturer path for 10 wonderful years.

“Life is short. Do stuff that matters.” —Siqi Chen

Diploma
Master’s Degree Diploma

Inspiring Photo Challenges This Week

Each week I find inspiration from my fellow bloggers’ photo challenges. I enjoy incorporating these into my Sunday Stills weekly themes.

Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders

The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post.

  • Remember to title your blog post a little differently than mine.
  • Please create a new post for the theme or link a recent one.
  • Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
  • Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
  • Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post.
  • I also recommend adding your post’s URL to the comments.

This Week’s Featured Bloggers

Sunday Stills is a wonderful community of bloggers, poets, and photographers who desire to connect with one another. Below are this week’s links from bloggers who shared their historical photos. I add these all week as new links are posted.

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This week as you enjoy the freedoms of your own country, please tell us a little bit about your images that tell us something historical.

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  2. OK, I came to see your Kitchen Challenge response and found way too much to comment on individually!! Sometimes you and Marsha drive me crazy. 🙂 The old kitchen is lovely, but gosh, I’d hate to have to keep all those things clean and dusted! That’s one reason I’ll never have open kitchen shelving here in Arizona–too much dust! 🙂 Anyway, I enjoyed the post as always and am happy for such wonderful times that you mention.

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  4. No-one can say you have a boring life, Terri! This is packed full of memories and adventures. You’re making your own littl epiece of history right now. Thank you for including me in it.

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  11. Hmm – Terri, this post did not appear in my Reader and I didn’t recall you saying you were on a blogging break, so I had to go on your site (where it says I am NOT following you), yet I was able to click “go to Reader” (where I AM following you). Go figure … anyway, here I am and this was a very interesting post – you have done a lot of things through the years. I was traveling a lot in the 70s and early 80s, but have only been to one U.S. national park, the Great Smoky Mountains. I would have liked to see Route 66 when I was older and could appreciate it – I was about seven or eight when we traveled through there. I was in Washington, D.C. in 1977. My father and I went for a long holiday weekend and saw a lot of sights, lots of walking but probably missed some sights as well. I liked all your historical pics, your vacation pics and your personal pics of family members lost, including Aero and Gideon who passed away since I began following you. How happy you look having achieved your Masters Degree in Science.

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  14. Terri, I love how you did your opening and closing pictures. So cool! Hans is such a clown. I love his big smile. So many pictures made me smile in this post, I have crinkles around my eyes. Your wedding picture is so beautiful. I love you in the scarf at the Grand Canyon – brrr. Ft. Vancouver brought back great memories. So did the paintings at the Spokane House. Dale, Carey, Aero… Wow! I’m hugging this post. OK, you get a hug too! 🙂 xxx There’s plenty to share. Have a great fourth and a fun week.

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    • Aww thank you, bestie! Those two images were from color planet that I colored. We’ve had some incredible memories and historical moments over the years. I’ll take that hug! Just thinking back to last year at this time–July 5th we headed your way and such a fun time with you playing on the water and staying at “Cindy’s” place. Excellent memories then! Hope you are having a nice 4th party. We’re hiding in the house later with Brodie the fireworks chicken 😉

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    • Thank you, Sarah! I felt honored to meet the artist wo repainted the mural and the folks who assisted with the historical accuracy of the murals. As today is our Independence Day, I remembered going with my parents to the big fair in San Diego and watching fireworks as a kid. Great to see your link!

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  19. I’m pleased to have visited Yosemite National Park, Terri. We were only there out of error but enjoyed three days travelling around. Thankfully, we found a hotel with vacant rooms and saw some bears during our trip. They were too quick for me to get photos, though. When I got my iPhone ready, they’d disappeared into the undergrowth.

    I love history, and your history in this post was great to read. Looking back on some of your life’s major and life-changing events was amazing.

    I’m also privileged to live in a country with so much history to offer. My entry will be in tomorrow’s Wordless Wednesday post.

    Happy 4th of July. Have a great day.

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    • Thank you, Hugh. Yosemite is such an iconic park and a must visit, I’m sure as much as the ancient castles and architecture found in Europe. We might take for granted these places if we see them often but a glimpse into our history seen for the first time is jaw dropping! It was fun for me to look back at some of my firsts. We all have our own history and moments certainly shape our future. Looking forward to your post tomorrow. We already had a family gathering over the weekend, so we’re staying home on this holiday 🇺🇸

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  26. Terri I love the directions you took with the theme. I really want to take more time with these and think them through a bit more. I have been keeping my eye open for opportunities for upcoming themes. I’m sharing my links for the last two weeks since I had issues. and didn’t know about it.
    This weeks:
    https://troyerslovinglife.blogspot.com/2023/07/taking-in-life-around-mesundaystills.html

    Last weeks:
    https://troyerslovinglife.blogspot.com/2023/06/taking-in-life-around-me.html

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  34. What a lovely walk down memory lane Terri! Some wonderful memories there. And kudos for finding a historic kitchen for this week’s challenge! Loved the image of the lanterns and bottles especially. Happy 4th to you – and good on you for recognizing its importance!

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    • Thank you, Tina! Funny how the original idea for a post turns into something else, even as I started writing it. I didn’t want to post the same pics again, although I included a few. My only problem with the holiday is the cavalier approach to “legal” fireworks bought around here in our rural county and in Sacramento. Two areas now with dried weeds and hot winds just begging for a firework-induced wildfire. Errggh! And my dog Brodie HATES the booms (there are a lot of illegal fireworks here). Our experience is they shoot them intermittently here then are all done the night of the 4th. In Sacramento, they went on for weeks. Here’s hoping.

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  42. I got lost in your photos, Terri. What a wonderful, fulfilling (and I’m sure at times challenging) life you’ve had. Gorgeous wedding pictures (still waiting on those from my kids). Kudos on the Masters! I remember how proud I was, too, for mine. Love your pride in our country, too.

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    • Thank you, Jacqui–hope you found your way back, LOL! Life is nothing without challenges. It was wonderful to see two daughters get married in the last 2 years. Yep, I’m very proud of our country even with all the ups and downs; life is all about moments.

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  43. An amazing selection of photos, Terri. Your National parks are legendary and such beautiful buildings too. Wallace looks a beautiful place.
    Yes, those ‘one this day’ prompts are great reminders. I forget some of the places we’ve been and the photos I’ve taken until these pop up.
    I love the kitchen area of the fort too.

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