Wordless Wednesday: Cute Kid, Cute Toy, then. . .

 

Christmas, about 2nd grade, and on a vacation, possibly at age 3

Then, years later. . . 

Midweek Photo:Some of Grandad's Art

 

On the left, an image of his wife, from 1920s or 1930s?; gateway to Lincoln Castle, when he was stationed there, WWI

Wordless Wednesday: Vacation, 2000

  We went to Wisconsin Dells in early August.

the only time we ever stayed at a hotel/resort with both a pool AND a beach

Midweek Photo: to the left of my desk

Left: My father in law with his clarinet, and my dad, home on leave, with various medals and patches from his WWII service

Not Quite Wordless Wednesday: A Happy Kid?

  Yes, i really think Max was happy here.  It was an exciting day: he got to ride in an ambulance!

Wordless Wednesday: Meeting The Horse

Grandpa introduces - one of his grandsons; they all wore this snowsuit - to Cricket, the elderly horse, enjoying her retirement home..

Not Quite Wordless Wednesday: Seeing the New Year in, "in" London

Not Quite Wordless Wednesday: Little Engineer

Wordless Wednesday: Painted Rocks

This is from my dad's war experience, but both my brother in law and my father in law told about painting rocks, the most boring and useless part of their military experience.

Wordless Wednesday: Raincoats and Friends

Wordless Wednesday: Gathering the Troops

Wordless Wednesday: Photo Booth Buds

Wordless Wednesday: Semaphore

W for William, part of my dad's WWII training. He was a
US Army Technician 5th Grade

Not Quite Wordless Wednesday: the scrapbook my mom assembled for me

This is the cross stitch which she made and put on the cover.

Wordless Wednesday: Silver Trees

Yes, my family had an aluminum Christmas Tree!  Actually i have it now, though for some reason my family doesn't like it.

Wordless Wednesday: Diggin' in the Dirt

Wordless Wednesday: Civil War Vets

MyGuy's great grandfather and his brother. Loranzo volunteered at age 17, and later became the father of a large family, including MyGuy's grandfather, born when his father was over 50 years old.

Wordless Wednesday: The Further Reaches of the Family Tree

  Among the pictures inherited from my aunt was a mid1800s album with the metal clasps worn away and barely recognizable as velvet-covered.  It shows my great-grandparents as young people, and, on the last page, is this woman.  My aunt explained

Wordless Wednesday: Mostly Christmas

Wordless Wednesday/More From the Scrapbook: Mess Call and other WWII Training Scenes

This page was made before i had any idea at all of the timeline.  The meal on the upper right is a regular Sunday dinner, when most guys have gone home, but when i looked for it, i thought it was a Thanksgiving dinner shot.