They Are On Their Way

February 5, 2019 ~ Janet McKee ~ Leave a comment

We are having a family reunion. More family members arriving today. Following are a miscellany of family photos. (I was looking for one particular photo showing us all 2 years ago – but these are some I found instead.)

Whee – another son and 3 more grandchildren are in the air and on their way to Seattle The 3 sons many years ago- Dublin 1972

Spring 1037 – the 3 sons’ grandmother holding me and sitting on the steps in front of her are my brother Bob holding Blackie the cat, and my sisters Ruth and Nan are beside Bob and Blackie

1966 – Ian before we were married

Ian, the father of the 3 boys – at a family reunion in New Hampshire

Kyle’s family tree – Kyle is our eldest grandson, now age 15

part of the flight path earlier today

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Ship Postcard

February 4, 2019February 5, 2019 ~ Janet McKee ~ Leave a comment

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In 1950 my 2 sisters sailed on the Ile-de-France from New York for a 2 month trip to Europe. What a wonderful way to start their trip.

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not the picture I Was looking for – but isn’t he a splendid Newfoundlander

Another Postcard Treasure

February 4, 2019 ~ Janet McKee ~ Leave a comment

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Another card over 100 years old.

Meeting of the Postcard Collectors Club

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2019_02_04_12_14_21.pdf003 This card from Norway was written over 100 years ago. A lifetime. I learned to ski about 70 years ago on the local golf course in Belmont Massachusetts.

January Remembered

February 4, 2019 ~ Janet McKee ~ Leave a comment

Northern Lace

The main thing I remember about this January is the skies. I never tire of skyscapes, and Orkney never tires of providing stunning ones.

Morning walks started in the dark, and as the month progressed the sun rose earlier and earlier. The saturated neons of the first half of the month gave way to pastels just as the cold spell hit us.

I love snow – even little bits! The past couple of weeks have been below zero with ice making the roads and pavements like a skating rink. Fortunately my granny wagon is excellent in the ice, so it was walks as usual.

At the very end of the month, we had a slight thaw, and I saw these snowdrops. Spring will come!

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My Mother’s Photos

February 3, 2019 ~ Janet McKee ~ Leave a comment

2019_02_02_13_37_31.pdf006 My mother liked to go on cruises. I wonder where this photo was taken. I want to say somewhere in the Baltic but I could be wildly wrong. I wish she had identified her photos in some way. I’m left to guess and look for clues. My mother passed almost 20 years ago and I still have a lot of her archive to go through.