Reminisce....

A few years ago

I purchased a photo scanner

for my parents for Christmas...

Back in the Fall I asked my dad if I could borrow it.

 I wanted to have my own copies of some family

photos.

I have several family members who do not want to part with

their inherited pictures for me to bring them home

and copy them.

With this scanner however I can now

take it with me and copy them at their home!

I have had a few chances to sit down and copy

a few that my parents loaned me.

Looking at them I see all kinds of funny things

or remember stories

and I thought that my blog would be the perfect place to

share...

So here is the first in my series...

 These two mischievous lads are

my Uncle (left) and my Father (right)...

It was taken less than a mile from where I live now...

It is part of a Museum complex.

I'm sure when this was taken you could crawl in it and all over it.

Of course you can't now..

someone would get hurt and sue the city right?

Oh the dangers and adventures of being a child in the 50's! 

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was brought through our area

waaay back in 1881 when to bring in coal to the port near our home

 for worldwide shipping!

They are standing on a piece of history that changed our farming

community into a major port and later a "City"...

Most people drive right by it now and have no idea why it is sitting

on the side of the Boulevard.

My dad and his brother have facial expressions and stances

in this picture that speak of their personalities even today!

They may have a few grey hairs now 

but they have the exact same eyes and facial expressions sometimes...

In a world where so many people move frequently

and away from the places they grew up...

I think it is vital to take some time,stop ,and look at where you are.

That strip mall may have had a grand hotel or a dairy farm where

it  sits...

Visit the library archives , use an online research tool

or

 better yet -

go talk to 

and 

make friends with some of your older neighbors .

You will learn history first hand instead of sitting on the couch

staring at a screen.

There is so much to appreciate in the scheme of things

and 

if we ignore history

we lose a sense of just how far our

country has come in such a short time .

I will continue to share snippets and photos weekly...

Have a Happy Wednesday everyone!