Jeanne...love that last picture too. Those two are definitely related..same expression on each face... I especially enjoyed this post, as I enjoy looking at old photos and try to figure out ages and what was behind the 'pose'. I have a wall of those old family photos too. I inherited them from my DGM. It took me quite a while to collect frames for them. They were in a shopping bag, sitting in the attic.. When I would go to SA, and see old photos just thrown in a pile, for sale. I thought how sad, these people had a family history and no one cared about them . That's when I decided to take my old photos from the attic, and frame them. Before my Aunt passed,(she knew everyone) I had her name who was in each photo and I wrote their name on the back. I figured, when I was gone, my DD or DGkids would have some connection to them. I've had people come into my home, see them on the wall and ask if I know all those people..and happily is say 'Sure Do'! jane

Jeanne, I love that outfit on Dollybaby! Adorable. Karen, Teegan looks delighted with her new tree, village house and santa. So sweet. I still love her on the sled too. I had redressed TJ in her Christmas dress but hadn't got that picture and table posted when I seen this post. BTW, things are moving pretty fast here for me these days. So I took her out of the high chair and thought I would set her on the old sled. Didn't work, her little legs don't spread that far, so sat her in front of it with some snowies and her bear. Then I remembered seeing everyones neat ice skates. I ran to get a set I had painted but could only find one. Yes, one! The other one must be out in the shed. To cold to go hunt it down tonight so decided to share the one I found.LOL Placed it on top of the sled and here she is. I have a couple of the kids little red wagon's that I will have to drag out and play with sometime. Dollbaby & Teegan, TJ's ready,"Let's Party". Hope the others will join the party here. Punk

I love it........and when I got to the picture of the backing, that nailed it. Perfect. Laughing, because the baby quilt I made the latest g'child is still folded up in the closet. I don't think he has ever seen it and he's now 2-1/2. I'm not offended, because I heard her utter something like 'Oh it's too nice to really use' when she opened it. Yeah, I had washed it as well. One of these days when I'm babysitting, maybe I'll hunt for it and let him decide if he wants to use it, instead of saving it for one of his kids. LOL.

I think two or three of the nestlings fledged about 8:30 p.m.! I still see a couple heads peeking out of the gourd, but Ma and Pa Martin were flying circles about the size of our city block and calling extra loud and often. They were very excited. There were two or three other PMs with them, too high up for me to see markings. These other martins were flapping their wings a lot (PMs mostly soar) and seemed to be having a bit of problem navigating. I think they were the babies. I'll know more tomorrow after I sit outside with my binoculars for a while. Yes, the neighbors are very entertained by me and my birds.