Tag: memories
group name: familyphotoalbum
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September 28, 2008 03:48 PM EDT --
No, I didn't go out and party in the usual way. I did ( what for me ) was a lot more fun. The high school had their homecoming dance which is a big affair in my home town. . . . more
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November 29, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
When I was a child I spent all winter on my ice skates and all summer on my bicycle. The summer of 1947 was very hot, but I still road my bike all day. When I started having leg cramps my . . . more
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August 10, 2007 08:55 PM EDT --
I came across this picture of myself that was taken in 1966. I can't recall much about that time. What the heck was up with the green striped shirt? I don't remember being "9". . . . more
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March 09, 2008 10:53 PM EDT --
My dogs woke us up this morning barking non stop. When we investigated, we found 3 horses in the yard. We seem to be a magnet for all the runaway animals around here. We've . . . more
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January 08, 2008 10:33 AM EST --
My dad and his baby brother in 1931. Quite a bit of age difference.
My dad and his baby brother 42 years later in 1973.
My grandfather died in 1938 when my Uncle Bill was 7 yrs old. . . . more
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March 09, 2008 10:05 PM EDT --
When I was born he wrote a poem
Admired me from the corner
Wiped tears behind the fascinating glasses.
When I was three he took me to school
Held my finger with care
Smiled . . . more
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January 14, 2008 01:51 PM EST --
When I bought my 12 plus acres, I also bought a small herd of sheep. I still had 4 kids home to help with them because I still had to work a full time , swing shift job. We learned . . . more
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January 17, 2008 11:13 AM EST --
When my granddaughter was in the third grade, her school had a poetry contest. It was from 1st to 6th grade and she got the blue ribbon for first place.
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January 21, 2008 03:06 PM EST --
On the 4th of July 1992 my oldest daughter was married. The temp was record high & the news was advising people to stay inside. The wedding was to be in her husbands home town 60 miles . . . more
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February 17, 2008 06:47 PM EST --
My youngest son left in January for a 4 to 6 month deployment in Afganistan. He doesn't like it very much because it's very cold and the poverty he sees bothers him. He sent these . . . more
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February 29, 2008 08:21 PM EST --
You can take a boat tour on Lake Michigan for a day, a dinner or even several days. They are wonderful but most people don't know about the river tours. Wendella boat tours. Tour . . . more
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November 03, 2007 07:35 PM EDT --
Occasionally my grandkids do some target practicing. Their dad drilled safety into them and while I always keep watch , I don't worry about them. Living so far out in the country there . . . more
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January 03, 2008 12:55 AM EST --
In the early 1930's my dad went to a boxing match. It wasn't a big time kind of thing but it still looks pretty strange to me. He got these two pictures and I was lucky to find them in his . . . more
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May 07, 2008 12:59 PM EDT --
Today would have been my mothers 90th birthday. It hard to believe she's been gone 23 years in July. I'm expecting a call from my youngest daughter in Okinawa. She calls . . . more
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November 21, 2007 12:05 PM EST --
Why I'm carrying a knife.
Things here are starting to change, movement in large quantaties of goods going to my buddy at the 2nd hand store, getting ready for the load out when . . . more
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May 24, 2008 08:00 PM EDT --
Caught my granddaughter running through the field of weed flowers with her friend. They picked armfulls of the flowers struck silly poses until I said the flowers were probably full . . . more
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July 04, 2008 01:46 PM EDT --
A nearby town was having their fireworks last night, so my son & I picked up his kids & some of their friends & went to his house for a cookout. It had rained all . . . more
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May 14, 2008 07:06 AM EDT --
She looks at me
with questioning eyes
and then turns away.
Was it not just yesterday
she was a child of six
with plaited braids down
her back going off to school?
And where is the girl, . . . more
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January 01, 2008 10:32 PM EST --
My son's house decorated for Christmas. They had unexpected snow and their dog Sadie loved it.
Beautiful full moon really made this picture.
My daughter in law with Sadie. . . . more
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April 09, 2008 11:18 AM EDT --
A couple months ago I wrote an article about my granddaughter getting hurt in Air Force basic training. They've had her on medication & therapy to correct the problem. Sunday . . . more
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