Patti Canning at our wedding. Be careful what you ask for Chris: Front row: Patti Canning and Diane Russell Back row: Aunt Rosemary Hausdoerffer, Flo, Susan, Diane, cousin Drucilla Strain, Aunt Doris Mapes View Full Size
The summer of 1992, South Haven, Minnesota, on Lake Sylvia, home of James & Susan Stochl. Diane shares book with Matthew and Skibby; Matthew shares drink with Skibby. View larger image “I am always aware of the impermanence of street painting. Wind, sun, dirt, and rain constantly remind me as I work of the very […]
Every couple in America has one of these. Most are wise enough not to diplay them in public, but we’re willing to sacrifice our diginity for The Blog. I thought of Adam when I read this, but then I remembered Mona Lisa’s Smile. Ed’s adult competition . Not to mention, who Ed is. Yesterday a […]
I may have this wrong, but I think: Emily and Sarah McCarthy, Seah, Ginger, Laura & Kathleen Collins. Help me out here, Ginger, Diane, anyone … . View larger image Ned, Anita,Ginger, Brian, Helen, and Mack. View larger image
Ed Schmahl When you get to a certain age, like me, a mere mumblety-mumble years old, there seem to be limits on your activity that didn’t exist when you were a teenager, or a thirty-something, or even a forty-something. But I can’t resist trying. When the call comes, I can’t say no. The lure is […]
Matthew, Jim & Skibby If Matthew were awake, he could tell me how many times heÃs been to Minnesota to visit Jimmy and Susan. I think it used to be and may still be, more times than years he is old. View bigger fish Diane asked me the other night if I knew where this […]
Joan, Ginger, Cathy and Barbara Candee View larger image This photo isn’t only about the two, young, stylishly dressed women. I mean it was at the time … . View blurrier image A few things: About image quality. I think my scanner is reaching the end of its life. I get scan lines that never […]
Photo of Chris’s grandparents-in-law circa 1930. They didn’t have great means but what a classy photo. Both lived well into their 90’s. Though as he used to say “the golden years…they’re not so golden”. View larger image
Susan & Jimmy Stochl Frank, Florence, Patti, Diane. View larger image
Adam Kibbe Image repeated from the July 03, 2003 addition log entry, the day Mike, Matt and Robby insulated our sunroom. In this recent spate of subzero weather, the room has still been comfortable to inhabit. The radiant heat in the floor helps (mostly just keeps the tile from feezing our feet), but the quality […]
It is so much easier to scan and post photos than write something worth reading. View scarier image
Frank, Diane, Florence and Susan. Click here for more family photos.