Penrose Mornings: Blood Family Blog

After a Sunday dinner of fish, which was yummy, I put one last uncooked piece on the stove to cook and promptly got distracted downstairs.  ...

Except for a little of this and a little of that, this beautiful kitchen is almost done.  With a lot of hard work (how many different times ...

This occasion in Penrose when my little family was there, at the same time as Dwight and Velna and their children. There were some choice p...

The names written on the back of this fuzzy, out-of-focus old picture says "Russell Blood & Jack Riddle". Dad's stance gi...

This picture of Dad among the lilies, dahlias, and astilbe in my Tumwater garden was always a favorite. Dad was always willing to have his p...

I found this picture of Paul Hineman (sp?) in my folder of old pictures. Evidently, he was a friend of Dad's from Cody High School. Re...

Look at what I found this afternoon!  Name the year, the place and which Tanner for the big prize!

Steve has talked about this kitchen project for awhile.  It was no simple task.  Look at that flooring!  Ask Steve the story on that.   He...

Dwight was the picture taker in our family - pictures of him in his youth are few and far between, but I always liked this one, probably tak...

We ate every crumb so there is nothing left to take a picture. So easy and so good if you like peppers.  Enjoy! 3 Pepper Quesadillas 1 c...

We all remember these two points of interest when we were growing up.  First the stories of the bridge that Grandpa worked on in Yellowston...

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...

"A company in American Fork has announced the release of its M-DISC, which is the first permanent file backup disc technology that will...

Apologies if this has been posted before.  What is amazing is how many people and children there were in Penrose once upon a time.  The pict...

Oh, yes and something else that should be included. And do you recognize the scarf?

This is a very poor photo but I think it is worth adding to our history. This is the Penrose School. The photo was in an old photo album o...

Ok, I know, I need to have my own blog, and I just may surprise you one of these first days. However, it is important to put the next chap...

This copy of a picture was in my files - hope someone has the original. It is a picture of Daddy with his friend, Dwight Tabler (whom broth...

During the 1930s our Dad was gone much of the time looking for a day's work here and there leaving Mother alone with first, Louise, then...

My sisters are just like sheep.  If one of them says, "buy this!", they all march out and buy it.  Except Ann is usually the one w...

Kathryn Blood - a half sister Paul Blood - a half brother.

The special entertainment was a bagpiper. I was so caught by surprise and loving bagpipe music the second I heard the sound from the hall I...

Dear Louise, This is the whole story about your book on vintage sewing. I found the book on line right before Judy's birthday. Called An...

Yes, there really were 80 candles, but we were outside and there was a breeze so they didn't all get lit at once, even with the connect...

This beautiful formal portrait of our sister Louise, must be part of our blog record.  Her birthday party was held on Saturday, July 16 with...

Hotter than the shades of Haiti's so I helped Mary Lynn get her hammock up.  Lily recognized at once that this was the place to be.  (It...

Mark and Debbie's three Ryan, Mike's oldest Mike, (my oldest) Mark Shannon and her son Nathan Mary Lynn and Mark's wife Deb...

If you could just get Ann to have a serious conversation.....