Fruit Trees and Family Trees—the joy’s never
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Happy birthday, youngest daughter!
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| John's great-grandma with her parents |
Happy birthday, youngest daughter!
An antique typewriter Each week, Denise at Girlie on the Edge blog posts a prompt word and invites bloggers to come up with a Six Sentence Story. It's a fun challenge for writers, and a delight for readers. Go over to her blog to read what others have written, and feel free to post your own story, too! This week's prompt: twist. ********************************* The kids who moved in next door were big kids--much older than her 3-year-old self--but they might be fun to play with, and as they were coming towards her, the idea of them being new friends seemed at least possible. She was rather shy, but she understood the basics of making friends, so when those neighbors crowded all around her and asked her what her name was, she didn't hesitate to answer. She thought she had spoken loudly enough, but apparently her shyness got the best of her, because they didn't seem to have heard her. "Twisty?" they asked, and recognizing she needed to be even louder, she ...
Lovely F words!
ReplyDeleteAlthough, sometimes family disagrees on 'fun'...
someone says, let's go to the bowling alley!
Someone else (me) says, let's go to the library!
@Get Lost in Lit
Family fun does occasionally require compromise!
DeleteYour granddaughters are going to love the A-Z book.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I hope so!
DeleteLook at all those beautiful kids!
ReplyDeleteThe one of you and John made me smile. Is that true emotion or is he mugging for the camera? My kids and Bryan always look for the camera before the ride starts and "pose". :)
Old photos are so interesting. They always leave me wanting to know more about how the photo came about.
I'm terrified. He's mugging.
DeleteThe old photo was an old tin-type. Hopefully great-great grandpa was friendlier than he looked.
Fantasticly found F-words. Fun and Family are the most important, aren't they?!
ReplyDeleteFor me the F stands for Fabulous Furry Felines.... Just love 'm.
You do love your kitties!
DeleteFriends.... I forgot Friends!!! You are one of them and I don't have a lot. So, there, another Fabulous F-word!
ReplyDeleteFriends are a treasure, and I'm glad you're my friend!
DeleteWonderful words and pictures for F from A to Z!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteHave you found out anything more about the history of that last shot (with all your family tree climbing)? I would just love to see some of those old photos in living color... I wonder how different they would be?
ReplyDeleteI have focused most of my attention on my tree, and not on John's. What I know about that photo is it is an old tin-type, and was taken in Finland.
DeleteAnother fabulous post! Love your first family picture - John doesn't age, does he? The last picture is a little creepy, yet totally cool.
ReplyDeleteThe years have been kind to John. I agree with your assessment of the last picture, too. :-)
DeleteI'm with everyone else (yeah, I know… sounds funny) on that last photo. There is something so…. something about actual, old photographs. It's the closest we're likely ever to get to having a time machine. It's not a painting or a story or a representation…it's them. standing there and when the photographer is finished (20 or 30 minutes later lol) they walked back into …wherever
ReplyDeletecool
That photo is particularly. . . something!
DeleteThat first picture is really beautiful! Family is the best!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Family is the best!
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