Penrose Mornings: Blood Family Blog

Phil writes that the touching inscription on great-grandfather John Christenson's marker reads as follows: "Amiable and beloved fat...

From Phil Wasden: September 26, 2008 I drove to Gunnison, Utah knowing that grandmother Tilda Christena Christenson Wasden was born to Swedi...

Judy called this afternoon and was speaking in tongues.  I had no idea what on earth she was talking about.  I finally extracted out of her ...

From time to time, Dwight will suggest something that I will go along with, just because it is important to me that he thinks highly of me -...

Sorry Judy, but this one is too priceless not to share with the world.

I threw this one in because it solves the issue of the posing order:  short to tall, and this became ingrained for life.  Any other theories...

This may be the last of the photos of the three (or four) Blood sistern that I have

Ann, Judy, Liz in proper order, plus Louise And this is amazing.  How did they get this one backwards?

Judy in Fort Collins 1955 (or 1956?)

Not being able to post on the prestigious Amsbaugh Gardens blog, or however you spell it, I will share these little gems.  What's with t...

Mary Coucum married Thomas Wasden. She is the mother of John Brooks Wasden, who is the father to James Brooks Wasden, the father of Minnie ...

I am sorry to put these all in one post. I should have done one a day, but now I don't have to remember to do it tomorrow. This picture...

I worked on this picture to try and make it appear a little clearer. You can compare the before (below) and after, just for fun. Because th...

Mariane is the maternal grandmother of our grandfather, James Brooks Wasden. She is the mother of Anna Sophia Olsen. Mariane was born in 18...

This is another of the food conservation campaign posters used while Dad was an already hungry kid in the city. Remember how he always said...

These light fixtures are more striking than I realized. Just wanted you to know, Steve and Mary Lynn, that "we were there". ...

Happy birthday a day late. I tried to put this on yesterday but I couldn't get my scanner to work, so I had to get some help from my pe...

Judy suggested that I put a picture of my newest quilt on our family blog, too, so that it can be enlarged. I hestitate to do this, becaus...