I took this photo of these strangers on the steps leading up the Forest Park Carousel.  Looks a bit cold folks....

Mary, Kary, Dorothy and Kippy on top of some mountain I think on our trip to Moosehead Lake, Maine

Fred and Kippy aren't they cute!!!

Cherry Valley 1968, the ladies, me included were dressed for the Cherry Valley Day celebration..  The other photo is just of us hanging out.  I remember that shirt too.  Probably because it was so loud!

Dorothy and I visiting the great Secretariat at Claiborne Farms on one or two of our KY trips.  It was kinda cool to be in his presence.

Reflection Lake 1983 cross country trip,

Lassen Volcanic Park in California, a beautiful place.

Another Family Reunion, I am not sure of the date.

Kary at her riding lesson! 

Mom in her garden, she had a beautiful garden that she tended

with love and care.  I remember walking up the down the paths, dressed in Easter finery, having our photos taken as kids.  Planting the fish heads around the roses to make them bloom even more.  Weeding constantly.  And pulling out all the encroaching portulocas, who were pretty but got a bit overgrown.

I so loved my pets while I was growing up.  Here are a few of them.  Actually these are the only photos of have of the animals.  Now I only have dogs. 

Another photo from the 1984 Cherry Valley Family Reunion

Looks like Penny and Chris wedding, Penny is holding flowers.......

On one of our trips cross country, we stopped at the Harry WInston Chandler Arizona factory, for a tour and to meet the folks who worked there.

Carolyn, Chris and Aunt Helen during one of our visits to her at

the convent in Amityville.  It was always fun to go out to the convent and see her.

Aunt Aggie at our first reunion in Cherry Valley at the Fish and Game club.  If anyone remembers the name of the dog.......? Benji I have been told is his name.

My Kindergarten class photo from 1959, is that you Liz in the

second row????

Our early dogs posing outside the Old Fort in  Cherry Valley,

 Hiking around Cherry Valley was alot of fun, we went to the fort, the falls, town and just walking all over the farm.

Kary waiting for the fish to bite on our trip to Moosehead Lake

The kids at the twins birthday party I believe.

Karen, Marian, Louise, Tom and of course the guests of honor: Dorothy and Mary!

Marian, Kary and Krissy someplace.

Mary, Patches, Louise and Aunt Helen on the lawn of the farm in Cherry Valley

Some of the horses from my past:

Abby the crazy Arab,

Blondie, Mary and Lady

And Apache.

From another of our cross country trips, Lassen Volcanic Park, 1983 it is one of

my favorite places that we visited.

More dogs, Roscoe, Travis and Chelsea in Marian and John's backyard on Knotty Oak Lane in VA

I love this areal photo of the farm in Cherry Valley, it brings back such fond

memories of great times that we had there.  I loved this farm, the house on the farm had the most awesome porch.  Loved sitting out there. 

Cows, getting up early for milking, going in the little grey pickup to the creamery in the morning to drop off the milk.  Family, fun. 

Just a couple of my friends.

Along with all the good comes the bad, one photo of the house after the fire.

Family Reunion 1984

Another of our photos from a trip, I think this is one of my favorite photos,

I like dead trees.  Yosemite 1983

Louise, Bob (proud papa), Marian and baby Marianne

Kary and Marianne  having fun. 

Not sure which Reunion or family event this photo is from, (looks like Marian and John's steps in their foyer in Manassas) but there are alot of young people in it.

The girls at one of the reunions, Mary, Dorothy, Louise and Mary

My cousins all..............

Mom, Dad, Uncle Walter and Aunt Anne and that kid looks like a baby Karen.

From the early days when I worked at Harry Winston.  I worked with some

great folks

Karin, Florence, Jetty and Susan.

The bottom half of photo is one of a parcel of diamonds. that is what I worked on every day!

T

hat is me, riding Blondie in the Cherry Valley Day parade at in 1968!

Me and Kippy with the plants, I do look a bit surprised, eh..... wonder what I might be sitting on.........................

One of my favorite places in all the trips we took. Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite.

Dorothy and I posing with her Honda.  On one of our cross country trips,

we really enjoyed driving that car.  It took us on a great trip.

A few of my African Violets, I enjoyed raising an showing them, then the dogs just got in the way.

Two of the dogs I grew up with, Mickey and Tiny

Carolyn and I posing at Easter 1957, those are the

houses across the street from us.  My Dad was taking

the photo from our porch!

This photo was taken of the houses across the street from mine at the time of

the fire.  Cars look a little cute. Anyone remember when this fire occurred,

so I can add the year.  I am not sure of the date.

Mary and I and I think her horse Shadow.  Mary was in a show and they had a class for people who really don't ride, I took her horse into that and I got a prize, that bottle of champagne that I was trying to feed to Shadow. 

I also remember that jacket that I am wearing I really like it!

On one of our cross country trips around Labor Day 1982 or 83. We were in

Bryce Canyon in AZ.  We were staying in our tent, woke up in the morning to

find it had snowed during the night.  So we had an impromptu snowball fight.

I think this photo is from Yosemite in 1982.  It was a beautiful place, you should visit it if you have not done so!

That tent went to quite a few states, on quite a few trips.  We had fun!  That is

Dorothy and Mary at the picnic bench with a visitor from another campsite.

And I end my little tribute to my family with the two folks who  gave me the chance to come into this world!