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Dads Passion

Posted on January 18, 2014May 9, 2017 by Vintage Chic

My Dad will be 77 this year in August. He was a Home Builder until he got involved in Race Horses!

I was around 9 or 10 I think when race horses became not only his passion but his new line of ~~work~~ love!

So since the “60’s” he has been racing his horses at the track.

He stopped building houses and started claiming horses. He bought a 33 acre farm and filled it with race horses.

I asked him one day not too long ago when he was going to retire and take it easy….
He said “When I fall down dead in my tracks!
I LOVE what I do and I don’t want to ever stop doing it!”

So even tho taking care of a ton of horses all day every day is really a lot of work
and even tho it has aged my dad from being constasntly outside in the New England weather,
he LOVES what he does!

Not too many people can say that they LOVE what they do and make a living at it.

My Dad is one of the lucky ones. He had riding horses as a kid and then we had horses growing up and now he has his race horses and is a trainer. He has had a few great horses over the years.

And I will assume he has made a pretty penny every now and again. But all that seems to matter to him is that he can keep racing and having his horses.

Him and his wife are side by side every day too, doing what they love!

Vintage Family

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Vintage Chic

I get so excited when my Dad says he has more vintage family pictures!
Here is my Dad sitting on a stoop.

Family in front of the house

My dad with 2 of his fur babies! Summer St., Brockton.

My dad’s sister, (my aunt Rosie) with an aunt.

Here is a picture of my grandmother in 1956 a year before I was born. You can see my Nona and great great aunt in the background.

Here is my grandpa and grandma in front of their Summer St., Brockton home in 1955.

The home is almost done being built.

My dad on his horse.

My great great aunts and my Nona with my dad and his
sister and cousins.

My Nona & great great aunt

My dad

Here he is again on his horse.

The Darlene Collection

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Vintage Chic

I am calling this collection, “The Darlene Collection”

If you see something you would love to own, just let me know. This collection comes from a family member who had passed away. She would write on the bottom of most of the items the date and occasion she acquired the piece. Most of these are from the 1940’s. There are some really cute things.. They will be listed in our Etsy Store and on our main site soon. I love seeing what things people like to collect. I have had several collections over the years and they always seem to change. I have collected unicorns, horses, Betty Boop, Heart Shaped things, and Angels. It’s fun to make a collection. My mother has collected Frogs for years! What do you collect?