Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Dad, Mom, and the Rhinestone Cowboy

8 comments:

Steve Blood said...

funny

Elizabeth said...

Love this picture and the hat, Steve. Memories - aren't they wonderful? Was there a rhinestone in there?

Ann said...

Now that is what I call a real hat!

Judy said...

Steve is a tall dude. In a letter Mother wrote to me, she said, "I didn't realize how tall Steve is until I saw him walk across the stage tonight."

And to be a cowboy to boot!

hillarie said...

LOL! Dad, I remember that hat! Shannon and Mark and I used to dress up and play with it when you weren't looking...it was one of our favorite games! You look a lot like Grandpa in this picture!

Elizabeth said...

P.S. Are those beans growing in those straight rows? They don't look like sugar beets to me.

Judy said...

Since there is no place to leave a comment for the heading picture, I am making it here. Look at those straight rows! Anyone who can do that can take pride in the accomplishment. Straight rows make such a good analogy for many values. I like it!

Elizabeth said...

Another comment on the picture at the top. When I married Ron, I learned that you are supposed to use two stakes and a string so that your rows in the garden would be straight. Can you imagine? Dad said that the deal was to keep your eyes on something - a fence post or a bush, etc. at the end of the row, and head toward it. He and John Deere made many a row - and I think that Dwight, in his time, did, too. I like Judy's reference to the analogy it has to do with life. Good life lesson - keep your eyes on the goal, and you'll not deviate.