Sunday, September 28, 2008

Thoughts of the Departed

I went to a funeral yesterday and I always start thinking about the past afterward. I have a lot of old photos ( who doesn't ? ) and I have been meaning to scan them so my sister can have a copy too. This is my great-grandfather, in Germany, probably around 1885.



I think these are my great-great-grandparents ( my mother's father's grandparents ) around the same date.



This is their grandson, my grandfather, in August 1911 ( thank you for writing on the back of the picture ! ).


This is my father's father (left), at the family farm in Warren, Pennsylvania. My guess would be 1910.




Sunday, September 21, 2008

Beef stir fry. I am not much of an Asian cook, but you can't really screw this up. It never has enough flavor, though. Guess I'll have to open my cookbook next time.

My new kitchen rack/shelf from IKEA. I guess your pots and pans have to be really clean if you're going to hang them up for all to see. I bought a sponge when I moved in; guess dish soap will have to be next !