Category Archives: Wistful Wednesday

Wistful Wednesday: Superman is 14

Posted on May 22, 2013 by farside

Birthday wishes go out to Superman. (This Grandma thinks he is a super man!) Noah was one year old in this photograph taken in 2000.  It is one of my favorite photos. Noah is our first born grandson…he joined our … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday : In Laws

Posted on May 15, 2013 by farside

I ran onto an old photo yesterday.  Taken 1976… There was a family gathering in the summer.  My Aunt who used to live in Washington was home for a visit and almost the entire family gathered for a picnic at … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday: Uncles

Posted on May 8, 2013 by farside

My Dad had eleven brothers.  They are all deceased.  My Dad and my Aunt Anna are the last remnants of their generation. These are two of my Dad’s brothers.  Oscar and Ervin.  The automobile is a 1932 Model A and … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday: A party 30 years ago

Posted on April 24, 2013 by farside

April 26, 1983.   Far Guy left every morning about 6:30 for work.  Shortly before he left the phone rang.  He answered..oh no.  His Grandmother had died. Tracie was 87 years old, she had been diagnosed with Liver Cancer and had … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday : Stuffed Animals

Posted on April 10, 2013 by farside

I found this old polaroid photo of Far Guy and his sister.  It made me smile. Mostly likely this was taken about 1960.  Far Guy looks to be about 10 years old..his sister would have been 15.  His sister looks … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday: Ironing

Posted on April 3, 2013 by farside

I don’t iron much anymore.  A few table runners and my kitchen valences. I do know how to iron.  I double starched many a uniform for Far Guy and when the girls were little they had cotton dresses. Yesterday I … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday: 1958

Posted on March 27, 2013 by farside

I found an old Easter photograph.  My Mom must have taken this photo in the old farm house.  We are standing in the kitchen, the door to upstairs is behind us and the door to the living room is off … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday :1952

Posted on March 20, 2013 by farside

This is an old photograph from April of 1952.  We were probably gathered for Hilda’s first birthday. My Mom, me, my cousins Hilda and Geraldine and My Grandma Y holding Gloria.  Gloria was a cousin of Hilda and Geraldines.  I … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday: Grandparents Y

Posted on March 6, 2013 by farside

Somehow my paternal grandparents met. Their families lived a mile or so apart. There was no story to pass down. (Perhaps when my Grandmother arrived from Michigan when she was 21 years old, she had her eye out for a … Continue reading →

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Wistful Wednesday : Young Enduring Love

Posted on February 13, 2013 by farside

My paternal Great Grandmother (Kaisa) was born in  Muhos, Finland in 1867.  Six years earlier in 1861 my Great Grandfather (August) was born in Ylivieska Finland.  The towns are ninety miles apart.  So it is doubtful that they knew each … Continue reading →

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