Penrose Mornings: Blood Family Blog

 Petersen family, Velna, Mom and Dad Dad in the woods near his house Velna getting the mail

Velna, Elizabeth, Ron

The hat looks better on Steve.

Now here is a real surprise.  The original photo was so spotty and defunct but it came to life a bit after doctoring it up.  Looks like...

Garland was about seven miles from where we lived in Penrose and was our mailing address all the time I lived at home.  I remember w...

     If this keeps up, I won't have to print my story. I'll just use pieces of it here and then I'm done. Dwight asked about ou...

These may have been posted before but I have just learned in my 83d year finally how to resize little bitty previously unuseable photos s...

I know these aren't great photos, but I still think they are important  Dwight with the family hauler station wagon  Velna ...

How about for starters that we each write a paragraph or more or less about a memory we have of the old Penrose church?  And then we'll ...

After a few weeks (months?) of our little blog languishing, I decided to try and get things moving again.  No less than an authority than Ju...

I elevated this comment by Steve to a post because of the importance of the comment and so everyone will see it.  Stories and comments like...

I ran across this history and have included it in my story. Thought you might find it interesting. In the Encyclopedic History of the C...

Mom and Dad Identify?  Paul, Ann, Laura?, Mom Kids Steps to Facilities Mom and Dad I'm continuing to have the ...

The mandatory annual posting of the cat checking out baby Ann.  And I tell the same story every year: On this same day many years ago ...

This is a picture taken on another special day - Ann is wearing the Hawaiian shirt and necklace that was necessary for her and Paul's ...

This rare picture of early Penrose shows how barren and empty the land was until most of the area came under cultivation.  The Penros...

With tools in both hands, someone convinced Grandpa Wasden to sit for a family picture on the porch of their Penrose home.  Left to rig...

I don't know where I got this old and valuable photo from.  The fact that this many adults and children attended the Penrose church...

Someone can tell the story of how Dad and Uncle Norman Sorensen tore the building down, discovering a large honeycomb stash of honey an...

I don't know where I got the four negatives of the construction of the Penrose LDS church.  They were miniscule, mostly c...

While I was at it, I couldn't resist tinkering with these other 2 pics from Steve; I hope you don't mind..  If any of you ha...

I thought I was done doctoring photos, but I had to see what all the fuss was about as regards egregious wardrobe issues.  And what...

Well I couldn't resist seeing what was here.  Double click to get the details.  The tag on Steve's photo says 7d ranch.  Howeve...

Forgive me for resizing this picture but it is such a classic photo I thought it was worth fixing up a bit.  So many details of our liv...

OK, we know where Louise is, but where in the world is Waldo, where is Dwight and there is a prize for the correct answer to where's t...

The evidence seems to point to POPCORN.

Ann and Judy should definitely recognize this.