Saturday, July 26, 2014

Look at that curly hair! ...and Las Vegas, NM Carnegie Library

The town of Las Vegas, which is about three miles from Storrie Lake State Park, has a really nice library.  I stopped by a few days last week and used their fast Internet connection to get some things downloaded.  When I was in the library a few weeks ago I got a library card, so this time, I was all set.

The library was built in 1904, so it's now 110 years old, and still a beautiful building.  It sits in the center of an entire block of lush green lawn and large trees.  I would love to live across the street from the library in one of the old Victorian houses.

From Wikitravel:  Carnegie Park, an area of town centered around Carnegie Park, which has a Carnegie Library that was modeled after Thomas Jefferson's home, the Monticello. The surrounding blocks are filled with old Victorian homes.


Katie loved walking through the grass:



A few weather photos from the last week, storms and sunshine:

The clouds came in, the fog appeared and it started pouring rain:


Thunder and lightening:


And we had bright, sunny, hot parts of the day.  This large earth mover was bringing some of the mud at the edge of the boat ramp back up the ramp and dumping it on the side.  That'll make it easier for the boats to come and go from the ramp.  (Thanks Jeanne, for the photo.  I left my camera in The Palms.)  You can see the clouds building in the distance.


It was so hot yesterday I had my air conditioning on because I NEEDED it, not to exercise my generator!  That doesn't happen often.  The humidity made the heat feel worse and I was sure happy when the sun went down and the air cooled.

LADIES ONLY???

You may or may not be interested in this, but it might bring back some memories.  I made a life change last week.  Jeanne and I were talking about hair styles, whether or not to use a blow drier (she has great curly hair that looks good long or short and just got a fab hair cut.  It looks just darling and she sure doesn't need a blow drier!)

When I was a little girl, my mom would wash my hair and then make those little circles of hair on my head and cross bobbie pins to hold them down - I would have curley hair the next day after sleeping on the bobbie pins all night.  Remember that, ladies?

Then rollers came on the scene, and I sure remember sleeping on those things.  Some were plastic, then came sponge.  Ouch!

Next was the blow drier cap:  wash, roll up in curlers and sit under the cap with hot air blowing on your hair while reading a movie magazine.  That was an improvement for sure, no more sleeping on curlers.

Then the hand-held hair dryer became available, and that was a real improvement.  We could put rollers in and spot dry them, or blow dry using a brush and then (or not) a hair iron to straighten the hair, or a curling iron to put some curls in.

I've done all that over the years, except the iron.  I've never just washed my hair and let it air dry.  I don't know why, it just wasn't part of my hair styling system.  LOL

After Jeanne and I talked about it, I decided to try just letting my hair dry by itself.  It's been too hot to use the hair dryer, and honestly, I get tired of that bother.

This is what I ended up with:



What a surprise - I love it, and it's so easy!  If my hair is too hot on my neck, I just make a pony tail below the clip and I'm ready to go.  Funny how we get into our life habits and don't think to try something new, and I should have tried this years ago.  I've been letting my hair grow since that awful hair cut I got on Christmas Eve in 2012 - 19 months ago.  It's getting pretty long now. 

WELCOME to two new Followers:

Monica - a mom who loves to quilt, garden, collect vintage sewing machines, and travel the world. Monica has three blogs, if you check out this one, Color My World With Warmth, you can access the other two on the upper right sidebar.  Besides her love of quilting, she enjoys collecting vintage sewing machines and treadling. Monica, you are quite a quilter, I love the scrappy Irish Chain quilt you are starting to put together - what a lot of work!  Your photos make me want to take up quilting again - maybe some day.  Thanks for following along with us!

Welcome also to Phil Southers!  Phil doesn't have a photo or any infomation, so I can't share anything with you, but we're happy to have you following me and Katie, Phil!  

Welcome aboard to you both!  :)

From me and Katie, have a great Saturday, everyone!  :)

31 comments:

  1. Hi Barbara:
    I've been so remiss in posting and reading blogs lately. My excuse is I'm around lots of family and friends this summer so I'm busy having fun. I just finished your post and LOVE you new 'do.' It's funny but I did the same thing a few days ago and had very similar results.
    I've spent so much of my life in more humid climes; without a blow drier or a short haircut my hair is very curly. But, here in Redding (northern end of the San Joaquin Valley - really hot and dry country) my hair looks like it's going to curl but the dry air stops the process and I have a do very close to yours. This past week I did get a haircut of about 3-4 inches so i've lost all the dry ends but have to let it settle for a few days until it'll kind of fall into place. I think your hair looks fabulous and would suggest that you wear it down when it's not so hot - it's beautiful.

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  2. Your hair is just gorgeous Barb! I wish mine was that pretty silver color instead of brown and gray. :-)
    Jool in N. Texas

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  3. Your hair has really gotten long! Looks good with curls.
    Gayle

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  4. You're gonna love the new hair routine! I've been using it for about twenty years, but it never produces as good a result as what I see in your pictures. That looks just perfect to me! ;->

    Virtual hugs,

    Judie

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  5. I really like the long hair on you. I think mine was just a tad shorter when I finally gave up and got it cut short. One thing I loved about having it long is that I just let it dry naturally. I still do that once in a while with the short hair, but it never looks as good as when I blow dry it.

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  6. Susan, that looks terrific! Lucky you that your long hair looks lovely without a lot of bother. Good move, I say!

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  7. You have such beautiful hair. Larry even said that one day when you walked by our site. Do you know the name of the place where Jeanne went? I need a haircut and wanted to do it before we leave Las Vegas.

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  8. Per Jeanne it was Corner Cuts. Mills at 7th St. It's on the corner with Lowe's, across from the sonic. $18

    Thanks, Larry!

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  9. I especially like the photo of Katie in that lush green grass! The lake with the bulldozer or tractor is interesting, I hope he doesn't get stuck!
    Good going with the hair style, it looks good and is becoming!

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  10. What a beautiful library! It would be wonderful in the cooler weather to take a blanket and read a book or take a snooze on that beautiful green grass. Your hair looks fabulous! And, yes I was brought up in the "spit curl" or pin curl era. I never could sleep on curlers. I keep mine short now and it's just wash and wear. Anything that is easy is how I roll anymore... Katie's admirer P-Nut says hi to Katie... Loved the post!

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  11. Hello and thanks! I enjoy reading your blog. My family and I do car camping, but after my recent roadtrip to Houston I now want to get an RV and travel across the States. I did a google search of the homes across from the library; some are very beautiful. Katie is too cute!

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  12. I always let my hair air dry, I have only used a hair dryer maybe a dozen times in my life (if its cold out and I need to leave the house before its dry). I love your curls, my hair is very straight. Las Vegas, NM is a cute town.

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    1. Thanks, Teri - I've always wanted straight hair, and wished I had hair like yours - wash, air dry and go - no electric hair dryer or curlers involved. This is the first time in my life I've appreciated my curley/wavey hair. Better late than never, I guess. :)

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  13. It's good to change old habits. I recently shaved off my beard (after about 20 years) and got a buzz cut.

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    1. That must have been quite a change in your appearance! People won't recognize you - I'll bet you love your new look. :)

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  14. Barbara, your hair is gorgeous! The beautiful color (gray/brown here) & curls--you lucky woman! I'm considering doing the no-poo method that Nina from Wheeling It uses. Las Vegas is a beautiful town & Katie looks so happy there in the grass! Happy trails, you two!

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  15. ...almost forgot. We must be the same age. I remember all those hair interventions--good & bad! Couldn't get the hang of a curling/flat iron, which is fine because I would've burned myself. Did you ever use orange juice cans or iron your hair? Sheesh.

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  16. Beautiful hair! I never could stand styling my hair, just too much bother for me. You certainly don't need to do a thing at least not until you get in high humidity...haha with those waves. Have fun in your travels.

    Maura

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  17. Oh my gosh, gorgeous hair. I'm envious of how thick it is. If I let mine go natural it's so fine and thin I'll look bald. ugh. lol. Hmm, maybe my new look traveling now. I'm thinking not many hair salons while boondocking.!!!

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  18. A historic building with lots of books in a serene setting. What more lovely can there be? Oh may be your hair? Yeah... you have great hair, Barbara.

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  19. I brought the blow dryer with me in the rig, but found I only use it to defrost the fridge! (I still get ice under the vegetable bins even though it's a frost free residential fridge. Go figure.)

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  20. I love the setting of the library in an area with old homes...such character and serenity. It draws you out and you just want to melt in the setting.

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  21. You have beautiful hair!

    All those hair styling blasts from the past...I have done them all.

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  22. Your hair looks fabulous! You have a lot of body so this style looks good. My hair was about that long and like you I have loads of body, especially in the back. I had been doing vintage hair styles which were fun but time consuming. Last week, I just couldn't take it another minute of fooling with my hair and got it cut short. I am loving it! I take my shower , wash my hair, put a little styling gel and let it dry natural and I'm good to go. The only reason I don't keep it short it grows o fast and requires cuts every 4 weeks to keep the shape and at $35 a pop that hurts but for the summer I'll keep it this way.

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  23. I love the hair!!!! Mine only does that if I have a perm. I like it long, it's so much easier to take care of.

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  24. Love your hair. How I Katies foot? My car Poki was asking.

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    1. Hi Jon - Katie's foot is still the same - it swells a lot if she walks too much. It's such a bother, I might have the vet do something, even if it's not bothering her. We'll see....

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  25. Barbara - your hair is gorgeous. Mine is board straight, that's the way I was made, wish I had a little of your wave. Becki

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