Penrose Mornings: Blood Family Blog

After Christmas - Judy, was the snow so bright? We are all looking down a bit - my coat was a Christmas present - I loved the hood - thoug...

Here is another unlabed picture. The photo was actually made into a post card which was never used for mailing. Does anyone know where th...

Dad worked on constructing the forms for the ditches that ran throughout the Heart Mountain Reclamation Project. His immediate boss was a ...

This little purse was my most prized possession when I was a little girl. I remember playing with it a lot. I was heartbroken when the on...

The summer of 1959 was a most interesting one on the farm. While Mother was in Laramie finishing her degree, Dad, Judy, Steve and me were h...

What thoughts does this inspire?

Aunt Cindy sent this to me when she sent my wedding dress and it is a treasured gift. Our Grandma did work at the Manti Temple. Note the si...

I always thought that silverware was important because when Dad would get out the roll of silverware from his mother, we thought they were v...

Judy has requested that I post photos of Megan and Alan's wedding.  More are posted on the Summer Mornings D&V Blood family blog, li...

I loved this letter - written in 1960, Grandma is still worried about Mother staying out of mischief. Once a parent, always a parent. I ha...

This is a neat little piece of Dad's history. I remember when he was called to serve a Stake Mission - he struggled so hard with how he...

I realize we had this conversation a few postings ago, but it is way too hot to work outside. I just ran across this as I was looking for s...

Candid shots were my aim. I went around all summer long trying to catch my younger sisters and brother in a variety of shots that would tel...

I could have cropped this so that you couldn't see cousin Newel Sorensen running across the background. I felt very grown up in this s...

Often, after Sunday School, we would stop at the drug store in Powell that would be open, and purchase a copy of the Denver Post. Besides t...

"Loving teachers kindly greet us as we meet in Sunday School, where they labor hard to teach us......." I do not have a year for ...

So, who was John Christenson, some of you may ask. When I posted the picture I was so sure everyone would jump in with stories about him, b...

This picture was in an envelope from Aunt Eva. Somehow I suspect Betty Sullivan could help identify these people. Any ideas???

Aunt Rose had sent Mother and Dad an envelope with several treasures in it. Among them were these cards that had been sent to Aunt Rose. S...

If this one has already been posted, please forgive the duplication. The note on the picture says Louise was 20 years old when this was tak...

We (I) don't know who this is. Could it be Grandmother and Grandfather (great/great???) Hawkins, could it be from the Scripture family?...

This letter is priceless. It gives the history of several treasures that are out there among us. Who has what? Pictures please. I do have th...

This lovely piece of embroidery has been around for a long time. Like so many other family memorbilia, it had residence in the big cedar che...

If you click on the image, hopefully you can see the details on this document. If it doesn't work, please let me know how to fix it...

Last night at the reception for Dwight's granddaughter, he and I were talking about the amazing amount of historical treasures we have b...

In the days when we didn't have any better sense, Louise, Judy, and I (Elizabeth) went for a hike down by the Shoshone River. We all w...