Nonnie's Observations

known as the Lincoln Memorial Bridge This photo was found online; I edited it to get the sepia effect. This 1988 photo was taken by me when my cousin and I visited Vincennes, IN, to make our own "Roots" album of places that had deep meaning for us in our childhood. childhood memories ushered us to locations momentous to us sharing with  SEPIA SATURDAY Hoosier Quote: “Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.  We…will be remember in spite of ourselves.” ~Abraham Lincoln~

inspiration from Rallentanda: a beautiful peace I sit quietly with them   feeling their presence  This is in Vincennes, Indiana, at the Old Cathedral Cemetery the peace of our Lord felt here among those long gone will you pass it on? shared with Kristjaan's CARPE DIEM SPECIAL # 153 H oosier Quote: “When I say that peace must be planned on a world basis,  I mean quite literally that it must embrace the earth…  It is inescapable that there can be no peace  for any part of the world  unless the foundations of peace  are made secure throughout all parts of the world.” ~Wendell L. Willkie~ 

swimming and picnics at Rainbow Beach in Vincennes fun with family! note the circular shape of the swimming pool a fence surrounded the deep water We had moved from Vincennes before I had become a proficient enough swimmer to be allowed in the inner deeper waters. my younger brother on top of our uncles' shoulders our aunt has her back to us The white fence is visible in this shot. Here my aunt's sweet face is facing us. I suspect that we see my other aunt swimming towards us. seek Sepia Saturday here visit Vintage Weekly here

1930 flood in Vincennes, Indiana reprinted in 1950 by the Vincennes Sun-Commercial I found this old newspaper photo in among my momma's boxes of photos, newspapers and other ephemera. my first time to link to the fascinating meme Sepia Saturday