Penrose Mornings: Blood Family Blog

Ann seems to be reacting to a tall story - possibly one that Dwight toldl???? Love this picture - it's so wonderful to still be able t...

A rose by Louise's front door I cheerfully went to the Utah Guild Quilt Show with my sisters in Layton, which was a better proposition ...

Louise claims all the pieces are still there

Don't have time for a photo - so much to do, so little time to do it. Have you tried freezing tomatoes? I really don't want to get o...

And the brothers are still amazinly slim, showing great restraint by refusing our birthday cakes.

Was this chair once red? Mother must have liked blue, because she painted this chair and it's larger companion blue - and who has the l...

Unfortunately, these are all the photos I had a chance to take at Gail's son's wedding.  Gorgeous yard, beautiful bride, handsome gr...

Mid-May of 2007 was the last time we stopped in Riverton at Dwight and Velna's house. We had been in Orem, for Ron to attend the Woodtu...

This is all we have left after our give-away yesterday. Yes, we still can find people who don't have any. But, if they get to the possi...

Ok, at the risk of changing the mood of the blog for a few days, I thought it might be fun to find out what everyone is doing with produce f...

This little beaded purse used to live in Mother's cedar chest with the other treasures of the past, including Mother's flapper dres...

On Tues, August 18, Ross reports to Everett, WA and thus begins his one year recall assignment. Afghanistan will be his home where he will...

For Judy who has every plant on earth, but no turtle heads.

For those siblings who purchased the book on Powell's first 100 years, let it be known that I am in the picture of the band on page 117....

Sewing clothes for children, darning socks, and mending everyone's clothes was an ongoing occupation in our house as we were growing u...

Dwight is feeling grumpy, we all are busy with stuff, but when I ran across these photos, which are very poor in quality, I thought perhaps ...

I do believe that Louise is correct in the fact that the little blue salt and pepper shakers were considered too small. I remember Dad at o...

Ron and I stopped in Thermopolis on a side street under a shady tree to make a sandwich and eat a bite before going on our way to Burlingto...

This salt and pepper set was given to our parents for a wedding present. (I do not know who the giver was. ) While they were small and requ...

Because Louise was born in July, and the days tend to be very warm, I thought it would be appropriate to post a winter picture of her. Love...

I remember reading a book from a long time ago, called "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay", and this picture reflects Louise's yo...

I received word from our second cousin, Jan Brockett, that her father, Stan Allgeier had passed away on July 9th, right after midnight. The ...

I was going to make phone calls this morning to pass on this fun email, and then I was going to find the picture of Mary Coucum and post it,...

This is one of the quilts that Mother made during her last year. That would be 28 years ago. Since then it has been on my bed. It has ke...

I know, these markers have been posted before but I thought I should post them again. Cheryl cleaned out the weeds on both sides just a few...