"Next week we'll learn why cows look forward to giving milk!" - Mr. Olson, "Police Squad!"
I have no explanation as to why when I made the original posting about Ashleigh’s first birthday, I was only able to locate a measly three photos. I have since found three more, and more importantly the entire roll of negatives. So with my handy-dandy negative scanner I can now display and preserve these priceless, […]
Of the big three holidays - Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas- that came in 1972, I only have photographs of the latter. I am certain that I did not participate in the Trick or Treat festivities of ‘72, being still too young for them to have been fun for me. If I had, I am sure there would […]
I didn’t get to celebrate Ashleigh’s 18th birthday with her on March 21, 2008 because she was busy wrapping up her Myrtle Beach trip with Grandpa Murphy, Mom, Denise, Adam, and Derek. They had taken her out to eat at Damon’s to celebrate the occasion - but she didn’t get a cake. I knew it would […]
There was a lot of hullaballoo about this Easter being the earliest Easter since 1913 and the last since 2228 - the net of all that being that this was the earliest Easter we would ever see in our lifetimes. But the net of that was that I don’t think any of us were really ready […]
For Christmas 1979, Dad bought the family a black and white video camera. On that Christmas, we opened it up on Christmas morning, so we were only able to actually record the aftermath of the holiday morning. 1980 was the first time where we were able to create a nearly complete record of the events of Christmas Eve […]