us – 1985

December 27, 2024December 27, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

A Kodak Instant camera image of us, Chris and Carol (recently “found”).

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My Mom

September 10, 2024September 10, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Remembering my mom, Mary, on what would have been her 108th birthday. Always in my heart.
1976, photo taken by my wife, Carol, at Jensen Beach, Florida.

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word wednesday

August 14, 2024August 14, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Inspiration

A painting I started and almost finished in 1967.

The Montauk Point lighthouse was one of my favorite places to visit as a child. It was the first place I drove to by myself after receiving my driver’s license in 1971.

A family vacation in the summer of 2002.

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My Family – 1945

July 9, 2024July 9, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

June 1945
464 62nd Street, Brooklyn, New York
Uncle Ray, Nana (Ida), and Aunt Janey
Most older photographs don’t do the subjects justice, but this one does. I believe the camera was a 6×9.

The war in Europe was over and a couple of months the war with Japan would end. It looked like a beautiful summer day in the small backyard of my grandmother’s home.

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Happy SUNday! – Fifty Years Together!

April 14, 2024April 14, 2024Chris and Carol 4 Comments

At the Whispering Canyon Cafe at the Disney Wilderness Lodge.

I first met Carol on my birthday in 1972. We started dating in the Summer of 1973 and married in March 1974. Hopefully there’s many more years together.

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Turning 7-oh!

November 22, 2023November 22, 2023Chris and Carol 6 Comments

It’s not an age I ever thought I’d see but here I am!

Retirement day, March 1997. With Carol my wife of 50 years.

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A memory of mom – Happy SUNday!

May 14, 2023May 14, 2023Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Family trip to California and Nevada in December 1960. I’m pictured with my first camera which was a Christmas gift that year – Kodak Brownie Flashmite 20 which used 620 roll film (it’s still available today). I’ve long ago “lost” the camera somewhere in time. BTW, this image was taken by my dad with his Polaroid 110 Pathfinder camera (1953) which I still proudly own.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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P.S. I had just turned 7 in November.

1960 in Las Vegas – Kodak Brownie Flashmite 20 – my first camera.

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Happy SUNday! – nothing fancy, just home

November 27, 2022November 27, 2022Chris and Carol Leave a comment

A simple Thanksgiving dinner with family. This is as fancy as we get!

The plates and glasses are my mom and dad’s passed down to us. I believe they received them back in the early 1950s. It’s a very small way to have them share dinner with us.

A mess but it’s what we like to have for our Thanksgiving meal.

I hope everyone had a chance to spend the day or weekend if you were lucky with some or all of your family and friends. I can remember more than a few that we weren’t able to do that and are thankful whenever we can. Thanks for stopping by, Chris, Carol, and Tim.

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