Dear Mark,
You don’t remember. I’ll never forget.
How I became a mother 48 years ago !
May your birthday be the start of a happy new year. ❤️
Love you,
Mom
Happy 48th
Tag: grandchildren
Columbus Ohio Storms Beautiful Rainbows
My granddaughter Maura(15) sent me the first photo. She’d gotten out of her high school 90 minutes early, due to the tornado warnings. Their Spring break was last week as she lives in a suburb of Columbus.
My grandson Charlie (8) has Spring break this week, as he goes to the Columbus City Schools. He took this next photo with his tablet. My daughter Laura texted it to me.
Fortunately neither family experienced damage or loss of property as so many others in the state did from the serious storms.
Here’s another photo Maura took of the light in top half of the trees
Cousins
simultaneous smiles on the front porch
Remembering Dad on Father’s Day
Ned Kahn’s Cloud Arbor by the Children’s Museum
Last time I visited the Children’s Museum was August 2019. Today I returned with grandsons Charlie and Roy. (And their Mom, Laura) stopping to see “the pipes” is a family tradition. Ned Kahn is the artist who created this living and breathing sculpture.
4 Ohio Grands Jump 2015
Tonight I had to ask the kids how old they were in this photo. We were trying for a Christmas card photo, as I remember.
Apple Season
Audrey of Minnesota Prairie Roots wrote a blog post featuring a favorite apple orchard and right now my sister is in Okanogsn Washington visiting our brother and she’s watching the workers bring the bins and pick the apples in the neighboring orchard.
Audrey’s query- do you have a favorite apple orchard? reminded me of one of my favorite photographs which I happened to take in an Ohio Apple Orchard
My DIL is walking between the trees with Anna and Michael. Jack was at home napping. She’s expecting Maura in November. (2008)
I hadn’t started blogging then but since then I’ve posted a lot of apples here’s a link to the tag apple of old blog posts. And even a second page of posts tagged apple you c add non see Cider making and my SIL making an apple pie. There are photos of the orchards in Washington state. And there’s a tag of apples as well with lots of apple cooking
Lynd Farm in Pataskala Ohio
Then and Now
A family reunion photo above
1984 Moment in Motherhood
This post is from 2010
1984- MOMENT IN MOTHERHOOD/CHILDHOOD
Grafenwoehr Germany.
Under the kitchen sink!
One of my favorite photos of Mark, Matthew and Laura. Everyone laughing, having a good time.
How they decided to get in the cupboard I don’t know but looking at this picture always makes me happy. Scanner not working so photographed the photo.
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Fall 2011
A memory of Jack, wearing Matthew’s Superman cape.
