Penrose Mornings: Blood Family Blog

Pictures are still waiting to be sorted into their proper places, but that job has been put on the back burner while I do other things,...

There is one photo missing in Elizabeth's post about our visit to Preston, and here it is.  The Ott Light is still adding some dimensio...

What I have learned since I have received and begun reading my sister, Elizabeth’s, beautifully printed book. 1.          To record o...

Happy Birthday to Elizabeth (Liz), my childhood pal, my beet hoeing partner, and my lifelong friend.  The memories of your handle o...

Dad gave this letter to me when Ron and I lived on Tumwater hill.  I wish I could find the original - it's here in my papers somewh...

We had so much fun.  Not many somber moments, not even for the camera. Giving each other advice.......the hands, you've got to watch the...

I ran this photo through several filters to try and figure out what was in the background through the screen door.  I deduced that this back...

Dwight had titled this photo file, "Liz climbing".  It seems appropriate on this, her 76th birthday, to note her non-stop attitude...

During the 1970's, as my little brood traveled to Washington during the summer Judy and I had a chance to plan some projects together. ...

Isn't this picture worth the $1.98 the Brownie cost me? Can you see the canvas clothespin bag?

Probably not the first roll of film.  I'm guessing the Baby Brownie came in either 1946 or 1947.  I don't know why I bought it or wh...

In the days when girls were required to wear dresses to school, Louise and I were prepared for the first day of school. Louise wore her stor...

How the memories last of significant times in our lives. The character building aspect of thinning (finger thinning with short-handled hoes...

We've all seen this picture a million times, but the question remains, "How did Liz attract all of those chickens?"  Happy Bir...

I don't want to mess up Dwight's getting us to round up memories about what early mornings in Penrose were like, but I am cleaning o...

Oh boy how I remember hauling the Christmas tree out to the front porch so we could preserve the image through immortality.  Plus I never g...

Liz was always obedient

Kemp brought back valued photos of his aunts and uncles from his trip to Utah. I was so very happy to see them all. This one of the Gage...