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Puzzling Photo August 7, 2017

Filed under: Memories — Janet @ 4:32 pm

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I spent a lot of time in the past few days scanning photographs in my collection.  My husband and I are puzzled by this one.  The following was inscribed on the back of the photo.

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It’s quite fascinating delving into the past by looking at old photographs.  Memories are stirred and there are distortions and variations as more and more time passes.  For example, with the above photo we have a number of clues but it seems to be out of place.    We knew Andrew Ligale and Erica Mann in Kenya in the 1960’s.  But Ian’s attendance at the RTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute) Summer Schools was in the early 1970’s.

 

45 Years On August 2, 2017

Filed under: Family,Family memories,Memories,Postal Service,Postcards,St. Lucia,West Indies — Janet @ 10:27 pm

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I’m trying to scan a postcard and I keep getting it saved as pdf.  Frustrating.  It’s a postcard which I wrote 45 years ago and it didn’t reach its destination.  I didn’t have the latest postal address for my sister.  Her RFD number had been changed to a road address.    So the card was returned to me in St. Lucia.  We were new to the island but the postal service found us easily.  It was a small island!

If you click on the reference given above you can see the card of sailing near The Pitons in Soufriere in St Lucia West Indies.  And what I wrote is found below.

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A Day In Mystic Connecticut June 27, 2017

Filed under: Birthdays,Connecticut,Connecticut River,Family photographs,Family Photos,Glastonbury Conn,Memories,Mystic Connecticut,Viking ships — Janet @ 2:18 pm

We had a 17th birthday celebratory lunch at 36Red on the river in Mystic Connecticut.  Almost within sight of the Draken Harald – the Viking Ship which sailed the Atlantic in 2016 and wintered in Mystic.  A beauty of a day with good weather, delicious food, successful shopping, superb company, etc etc.  Superlatives galore for our oldest grandson’s 17th birthday.  IMG_4834

 

And I even did some knitting too!  knittingoldlady

 

A Day In Essex (Connecticut) June 24, 2017

Filed under: Connecticut River,Essex Connecticut,Marinas,Memories,New England — Janet @ 10:35 pm

Could this be a view along the Connecticut River?

We had a wonderful day in Essex Connecticut, a lovely town on the Connecticut River. Lunching at Marlay’s at the marina in Essex.  Son David had a great time maneuvering my husband’s wheelchair onto the 6 person ferry which took us to Marlay’s on the island.

Essex is such a gem of a town.  After lunch we had a bit of time to shop but it was so hot along the main street, we didn’t linger long to examine all the colorful plants and blossoms in the gardens and the classic beauty of the historic houses.  Another time.

 

A Medieval Church April 25, 2017

Filed under: Ancestors,Family memories,Genealogy,Memories,Old Churches,Tralee Ireland — Janet @ 3:27 pm

St Andrews Church Frenze England  St Andrew’s Church, Frenze, England

This church in the northeastern part of England dates from the 14th century.  It is associated with the Blennerhassett Family – some of my ancestors.

The name Blennerhassett resonates with me for another reason.  The librarian in my high school all those years ago in Belmont Massachusetts  was Miss Blennerhassett.

The name came up again when in the 1970’s our family travelled to Tralee in the West of Ireland.  The Blennerhassett family had been prominent there.

Another link must be the name Saint Andrew – my husband and I were married in Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Nairobi Kenya.

 

In Younger Days April 18, 2017

Filed under: Family photographs,Family Photos,Memories,Nantucket Island — Janet @ 4:16 pm

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Here they are – my sisters Ruth and Nan – carefree as can be

They were working in the summer of 1949 as waitresses at the Grey Gull on the Island of Nantucket.

Nan is on the right – today is her 90th birthday – April 18, 2017

Ruth on the left celebrated her 91st birthday not so long ago – January 6, 2017

Happy Days.  Happy Memories.

 

Third Grade Studies March 29, 2017

Filed under: Memories — Janet @ 2:07 pm

Long ago, what did we study in third grade?  My teacher was Miss Sawyer, in Payson Park School, Belmont Massachusetts.  My strongest memory is of the book Paddle to the Sea by         Holling C. Holling, a canoe journey through the Great Lakes.  Did we also learn about Eskimos?  Early societies n Africa?  South America?  Did we learn about the Sami people in the Arctic?

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