tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755115457203782494.post9068626690562400399..comments2023-09-07T23:44:52.247-05:00Comments on Paintings from a Small Town: Vicks CornerJohn Vander Stelthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01263826855200845659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755115457203782494.post-58380925577952577742011-12-26T12:03:39.567-06:002011-12-26T12:03:39.567-06:00Roy, thanks for your reflections on your recent st...Roy, thanks for your reflections on your recent stop at Vick's Corner. Great writing.John Vander Stelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263826855200845659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755115457203782494.post-22395450689009860112011-12-26T08:23:28.948-06:002011-12-26T08:23:28.948-06:00Hello John, Thought this might be of interest, wro...Hello John, Thought this might be of interest, wrote it down last night. Looking for an image to go with it I came across your fine painting. Sounds like we have been plowing some of the same ground so to speak.<br /><br />Vick's corner memories, Christmas day, 2011<br /><br />Wonderful Christmas eve last night with Rose and our 11 year old Granddaughter Kayla. This morning, feeling drawn to the old family farm, Kayla and I headed west on Hwy. 9. <br /><br />As we approached perhaps the last old fashioned gas station in our area Kayla called out for a potty break, on the brakes I nearly overshot the entrance but was able to make the west one and so looped around and pulled in. <br /><br />Judging the place by it's looks could have been 1940. With pleasure I noted six well fed cats lounging in front a young black and white one, back arched, engrossed in mock play with a leaf. <br /><br />The sun shown brightly on them as I marveled at their pose and simple beauty. It was clear they belonged, felt no guilt in being.<br /><br />With Kayla back in the car I pointed them out,in no hurry we watched a bit.<br /><br />In leaving we broke into grins as we rolled past the open garage door and spied several additional little kittens playing.<br /><br />Back at home I found this. http://johnvanderstelt.blogspot.com/2009/08/vicks-corner.html [blogspot.com] <br /><br />Hope my minds eye can keep the image sharp, no wish to see it fade soon.<br /><br />Roy Gage<br /><br />Estherville, Iowa,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755115457203782494.post-35615461018956984022009-09-21T20:07:56.598-05:002009-09-21T20:07:56.598-05:00Ruth,
No Perkins Corner paintings at this time, bu...Ruth,<br />No Perkins Corner paintings at this time, but don't rule it out as a possibility. Thanks for visiting.<br />JohnJohn Vander Stelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01263826855200845659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3755115457203782494.post-79610133320470601722009-09-21T15:25:33.501-05:002009-09-21T15:25:33.501-05:00Hi,
I just found your blog by googling perkins co...Hi,<br /><br />I just found your blog by googling perkins corner iowa. My husband and I just bought the corner (the one that was the gas station years ago) a couple of weeks ago. I was googling it to see how our new perkins corner website was showing up in the google rankings.<br /><br />Do you have any perkins corner paintings? Just curious.<br /><br />RuthPosthttp://www.perkinscorner.comnoreply@blogger.com