Ahhh the memories ...

Who could this cute little kid be?
Yep, it's me!!!
1964 ... I would have been 3 years old.
I don't think I was reading that book, I must have been looking at the pictures.

I treasure this picture.
What joy on my face!
That cute little boy is my brother Dow.
He would have been about 5.
He is wrapped up in so many of my childhood memories ... we were best friends.
He died when I was 40.
I still miss him -- every day.

Ooh, I was such a ham!

Flash forward to me at age 11.
That's when my wonderful little sister Leola was born.
I call her "honey". She calls me "honey". Her daughter calls me "Auntie Honey".
I love her so much!

I have to stop here, I can't see the monitor anymore through my tears.
And I have to say "THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU"
to Al over at "Sunday Scans".
He's the reason I dug out my old photo albums ...
My wonderful old memories ...
Of times and people long gone.
Please join us at "Sunday Scans" - and show us YOUR old stuff!

And Tina over at "Goodies For a Pleasant Life" is hosting a month-long meme called "Memories". So post a memory, and join us as we share what has made us who we are today.

Grampa Hugs a Tree!

This is another of Grampa and Grandma G's photos from their early 1980's Western US Road Trip album.

I had to giggle to see Grampa being silly - hugging the only tree around!
And check out those desert shadows!

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And join us over at "Hey Harriet" to participate in Shadow Shot Sunday!

Heineken Brewery Photo

I swear I did NOT take this picture!
After all, we were on a tour bus in Amsterdam (back in the late 1980's) - we should be taking pictures of windmills and tulips, right? - Not a Heineken brewery!!!

Oh well, it was a fun trip with lots of good memories.
For me anyway ... the rest of the passengers I can't be certain of.

You see, I don't drink beer.
Heineken or otherwise ...
But I can't say the same for the rest of the group!

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Big Horn Restaurant

This is yet another wonderful Wild Wild West photo I found in Grampa and Grandma G's old photo album ... I believe it was from a road trip in the early 1980's.

The picture is a little blurry, but the sign on the restaurant reads
"Big Horn Restaurant".
Now I wonder why they named it that???

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Grampa and Gramdma in the Wild Wild Wet

Wild

Wild

WET

These are some more photos I found in one of Grampa and Grandma G's old photo albums.
Location: Somewhere in the US Wild Wild Wet ... er, West!

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Trees of Mystery ...

This is another picture I found in Grampa and Granda G's travel album.
As before, I don't know the date this was taken ... sometime in the 1970's or 1980's.
But this time I do know WHERE it was taken -
Do you see the little sign peeking out between the legs of the statue?
"Trees of Mystery" - Northern California US.

To see signs from around the world, join the fun with Lesley over at "Signs, Signs".

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Wedding Cake with Heart, 1983

This beautiful cake was made by a very special person - my Aunt Donna.
I had no idea, until she volunteered to make it, that she was so talented!

The beautiful heart-shaped glass topper was found at a little shop on the Oregon coast.

The marriage lasted 17 years ...
But the good memories will last forever.

To see old scans from around the world, visit Al's "Sunday Scans" - and show us YOUR old stuff!

To see hearts from around the world, visit "Random Hearts" - and share YOUR heart on Guest Heart Thursday (links open through Sunday!)