Sticking the other foot in since 1996
My mother was born on the fourth of July 1929, passed away this day, October 15 2012. We all love you and miss you terribly. Obituary and guest book available here Comments on this post from Facebook:
And thanks to my lovely live in GF I have four. Two on each dog: Yes they are Shih-Tzus. We keep their hair close cropped as they seem more comfortable in the Texas heat with short hair. Besides I always … Read More »
While on vacation I got the opportunity to get re-acquainted with my family. I live in Texas and they live on the East Coast. My oldest niece demonstrated that she was indeed a Chambers, enjoy.
These are photographs scanned from old daguerreotypes and tintypes. The people here are from my Father’s side of the family. Two were taken from his mother’s (my paternal grandmother) side of the family in Scotland.
Several years ago I was rummaging around in my parents’ basement looking for who-knows-what when I ran across some old oil paintings of my paternal grandparents. They were behind some other stuff that looked like it had already been there … Read More »
A collection of family pictures from (mostly) the 1960s. Dad was a bit of an amateur photographer and took hundreds (if not thousands of family pictures. Most of these come from the 1960s and were scanned in from the original … Read More »
I’ve been scanning in more slides from Dad’s camera. There are some interesting photos in this batch. This one, in particular, brought forth a vivid memory from over 40 years ago. Here it is a lovely Spring day and I … Read More »
I was two. We lived at a Naval Weapons Station called China Lake in the middle of the Mojave Desert. I actually have vague recollections of life there. Vague memories of a loose board in the fence behind my house … Read More »
(This was originally published on my MySpace Blog) My father has always been a bit of a shutterbug. His preferred medium was always 35MM slides. You know the kind you put into a carousel, set up a projector screen and … Read More »
The other page of ancestors pictures was from Dad’s side of the family, The Moores and Chambers. I figured the best way to get more fun old pictures was to ask for some for my birthday. It worked… WOOHOO! I got … Read More »
If you have read… …even a little of this web site you might come to the conclusion that I have an odd sense of humor. You might also wonder where I get this sense of humor. I often “blame” Mom. … Read More »