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Category Archives: Family
Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful Moms out there. The women that helped make you..YOU! Far Guy and his Mom in 1953. My Mom, my baby brother and me in 1954:)
Wistful Wednesday : April 17, 1998
Our middle granddaughter was born on this day in 1998, on a Friday. You know what they say about Friday’s child..loving and giving. Yes, she is most certainly that! I didn’t remember it as a Friday. She was labored and … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Grandchildren, Trica
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Dinner and Family
We headed North to Jen’s for Easter dinner. There is still snow there. In places where there is bare dirt in the fields the steam was rising causing a bit of a fog. There is no work happening in their … Continue reading
Posted in Andy jen and the boys, Family, Grandchildren
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Wistful Wednesday : Snowmobiling
Snowmobiling. Years ago snowmobiling was all the rage in Minnesota during the “snow” years. There were many groups of people that would get together on the weekends to snowmobile. My parents had first one snowmobile..then two so they could each … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Wistful Wednesday
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Meeting Ava
My niece Stacey and her husband welcomed their fourth daughter into the world earlier this month. My daughter Jen enjoys taking photos of newborns..our home became the studio. I was an assistant..and took a few photos myself. Jen calms Ava. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Jen, Photography
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Clouds and Blue Skies
The clouds were really weird yesterday. The clouds were strung out like huge strings across the sky. It was warm 34 F or 1C and windy..maybe a Chinook..the wind was blowing from the west..and where it blew snow over the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Minnesota observations, Minnesota Weather
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Meeting Teddy!
Last evening I got to visit my newest Great Nephew. He is beautiful so handsome. So little..but big..he still weighs over nine pounds. He was resting happily on his Grandfathers chest when I got there. Teddy is just five days … Continue reading
Posted in Family, neighborhood kids
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Wistful Wednesday: 1944 and 1985
I found several old photos to share with you today. The first was taken in Omaha Nebraska in 1944. Marvin, Evelyn, Esther and Jim. Marvin and Evelyn were thirty years old that year and had been married for four years.. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Far Guys Parents,, Far Guys sister, Wistful Wednesday
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Circle of Life
Yesterday I sat down to mail out sympathy cards. One to a former customer, her husband died last week. The other to my cousin in Nevada whose wife died from complications of MS. Last evening I got phone calls from … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Far Sides Thoughts
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Wistful Wednesday: My Baby Brother is a Grandpa!
This is an old grade school photo of my baby brother. Taken..maybe when he was in first grade in 1960-61. That is a homemade shirt he is wearing. He was very blond and pretty cute. Last weekend he became a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, My baby brother, Wistful Wednesday
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