Karen Smithey
@ksmithey
I’m an artist, avid gardener, and mom to three weird couch-eating cats and a handful of stray ducks. Also three children, lol. Please, no dms.
The lovely Alnwick rose. A warm pink blossom that emerges very cupped, with the silhouette of a peony.
“Outdoor Good Times”. My Uncle Bob, my mom, and their dad, eating watermelon on the porch, in 1929. Day 97 of #the100dayproject2025
“Homeward in the brilliant sunshine, a new light dawning” day 95 of #the100dayproject2025
“All hope poured out in quite a gentle way” day 94 of #the100dayproject2025 this is my mom, age approximately 12, holding her baby sister Margaret.
“The wind blowing, laughing, on forbidden ground”. Day 93 of #the100dayproject2025
“The important things” my Gramma Hansen, left, doing one of her favorite things: fishing. My great aunt Gunda is on the right. Day 92 of #the100dayproject2025
“Lonely places many a time during the storms” day 90 of #the100dayproject2025
“Sleep a little, dream gently a great surprise”. Day 89 of #the100dayproject2025
“Glorious like summer, the memory of her soul” Day 88 of #the100dayproject2025
“Heaven knows…what this girl’s destiny was…” Day 87 of #the100dayproject2025
Left to right, my mom, her mother, her little sister Marge, and her dad. Day 86 of #the100dayproject2025
“Mischievous younger days…” My paternal grandparents, probably around 1916. Day 82 of #the100dayproject2025
“A practical girl, quaint and interesting” for day 81 of #the100dayproject2025. This my Great-Aunt Helen (right) and her friend Mabel at the old family farm. At 90 she could still kick her leg up over her head! (We know, because she did this at my grandmother’s funeral, lol!)
“Life Fantastic” on Day 79 of #the100dayproject2025 Headline from 1931 vanity Fair magazine, background writing is from a ledger filled with meeting minutes.
“Dance from morning till night” on day 78 of #the100day project2025 I keep losing track of days!
“Anonymous” on Day 78 of #the100dayproject2025 ( I often make up names and stories for these little people…)
“Memories into the distant twilight” a swee brother and sister for Day 77 of #the100dayproject2025
“The echo of the language of spirit” My paternal grandmother, sometime before WWI. Day 76 of #the100dayproject2025
“They understood their calling”. This is my dad’s Grandma C and “Auntie Annie”. He didn’t know what relationship Auntie Annie was to him, just that she was always around and helped with the kids. Day 75 of #the100dayproject2025