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Shirley · August 16, 2021, 12:23:25 PM

MaryPage, when we first moved to this house I thought the water was awful, it is a "loop line" from a main line north of us. We back up to the river is why it doesn't go on across. The chlorine smell was so strong I tested it with the pool water tester... oops, stronger than the chlorine in the pool, so that's why I use a Brita pitcher as well as just keeping bottled water in the frig at all times. Boiling doesn't get those chemicals out & it's easier to just roll over & buy it & replace those Brita filters! I let my kids do the research on which of the bottles are safest, but they have improved them after discovering the BPA in plastic. We actually do drink the top 3 considered safest.

MaryPage · August 16, 2021, 01:39:50 PM

If you can smell the chlorine, there is too much of it.

Shirley, I lack any knowledge of the Brita filter. I will do a Search on it.

Glad to know you have it figured out and are being careful. Bob & I were told up in Canada in 2005 when we were there that they fully expect us to invade them to get their water, eventually. Bob & I talked about it and did some research and came to the same conclusion. We probably will. I'm just hoping it won't be in my lifetime.

so_P_bubble · August 18, 2021, 09:11:46 AM

Last night on the swing after sunset Aviv -night swing 18 Aug2021.jpg

MaryPage · August 18, 2021, 10:50:42 AM

Lovely boy! Must make your heart do a jig of its own, Bubble.

Amy · August 18, 2021, 11:10:10 AM

I agree MaryPage.
Bubble he is a heart stealer for sure, look at all those beautiful curls!!

so_P_bubble · August 18, 2021, 11:54:05 AM

Yes, he gets so many comments on his hair that we have to fight for him to get it shorten. It is necessary when he sweat so much in this heat and is so active.

patricia19 · August 18, 2021, 12:13:46 PM

Bubble, I can't believe how much he has grown! Even from those birthday photos, you shared with us! That is the same type of curls that run through my mother's family and my sisters. I received the straight end of the stick from my paternal side.

My nephew, Brandon, has always had white hair and thick curls. He hated all the attention his curls brought him, so he began shaving his head early on.

MaryPage · August 18, 2021, 01:31:31 PM

In my long life, I have very seldom seen the girls in any given family get the long, thick eyelashes and/or the thick, naturally curly hair. Nope, you can count on the girls, for the most part, getting the sparse, pale eyelashes and the thin, straight hair with no body. Fate can be ugly when it comes to handing out the goodies.

Am I a pessimist? Possibly. Probably. But Darlings, I calls it Realism!

So what are the bulletins re Beverly Grace and James Christopher? When will we have photos?

Sandy · August 18, 2021, 01:53:27 PM

that is funny because my
grand girls girls have
naturally very thick hair, but
my only grand son is
bald ! So the girls win in the hair category !!

Vanilla-Jackie · August 18, 2021, 02:20:16 PM

Mary Page...you have summed me up too...someone classed me as a pessimist but i told her i look to the future of the " what if," and the " what if " is often right...yes i am a realist, of the, " what could happen, " and it often does...

patricia19 · August 18, 2021, 02:24:46 PM

My mother's side, Tinkler, Shannon, Johnston, etc., is very Celtic. We have almost entirely red hair and come from mainly Irish with a liberal sprinkling of Welsh and Scot. My dad's side is Welsh and Scot. My maternal side has thick, curly hair.

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patricia19 · August 18, 2021, 02:33:05 PM

My maternal grandparents, Ruben and Helen Elizabeth Tinkler

Amy · August 18, 2021, 02:52:56 PM

Patricia, your Mom has lovely red hair with curls! I can see she gets them from her Dad! Look at the waves in his hair!

Shirley · August 18, 2021, 06:18:11 PM

Patricia, I'm impressed with what natural smiles all of them have, unusual in that era of "stiff" formal photos. They look like they enjoy their lives, happy & all so nice looking. Was looking to see if any of your "sir" names included the ones I know about in mine. Can't match any.

Your maternal gr-parents look familiar, love her dimples.

Bubble, Aviv could fit into my family & you couldn't pick him out of the crowd. One son had that dark curly & very thick hair, those dark eyebrows & thick, black lashes. I have nephews & great nephews that all look enough alike it would be hard to tell who they belong to.

I got the thick black hair but Mom helped the curls with those darn "rags" she wound the hair around every night for school. My eye lashes were long enough to touch my eye brows & when I "sort of lied" to get to wear glasses in 3rd or 4th grade, lashes would rub the lens. Remember lash curlers? One of Mom's twin sisters gave my sister & I one of hers & I bent mine a few times but looked like somebody scared me!!

My youngest brother's kids all got curly hair like Aviv's. Sadly, all the boys inherited my father's genes & went bald VERY young. The girls started turning white in high school. I love to see old photos & where certain traits came from.

patricia19 · August 18, 2021, 06:49:01 PM

This first photo is of Reuben at 18 and the second at 20. I don't have any younger photos of my grandmother.

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patricia19 · August 18, 2021, 06:54:16 PM

I found one! This was in Gypsum, Kansas about 1900.

Helen Dale 11.jpg

patricia19 · August 18, 2021, 07:00:45 PM

And here's where her car got stuck in the mud. Someone forgot to tell them to always be solemn and dignified!

Helen Dale's Stuck Car.jpg

patricia19 · August 18, 2021, 07:12:15 PM

I couldn't resist one last one of my grandfather Reuben at age four! When little boys still wore dresses.

Amy · August 18, 2021, 07:15:21 PM

Patricia, he is so cute! Look at the curls , my son had curls like that when we was little, broke my heart when he had his first hair cut and the curls came back in an envelope.

patricia19 · August 18, 2021, 07:30:36 PM

That is always sad when they cut them off the first time! My daughter's hair was more of a chestnut shade, and she had very tight curls. She'd cry every time I had to brush her hair!

Marilyne · August 18, 2021, 10:14:22 PM

Patricia - Love your family photos. A nice looking bunch of relatives for sure! In the older photo of Rueben, he looks like he is trying his best to keep from bursting out laughing. In most professional photographs that we see from that era, people look very solemn and serious, so its refreshing to see some smiling faces!

Vanilla-Jackie · August 19, 2021, 01:09:22 AM

I have always said, those black and white and ( sepia ) toned photos are the best...

Shirley · August 19, 2021, 09:03:24 AM

Love the photos, Patricia, and especially how fun loving they all seem to be. The bunch of girls pushing the car reminded me of one of my twin aunts & a car load of friends. They also enjoyed those days! Thanks for posting to let us enjoy them!

so_P_bubble · August 19, 2021, 11:03:52 AM

You had me looking at old photos now!
I'll share some of them with you.

First is my mom in kindergarten 1919. She is the serious one, 2nd on the left of first sitting row

A few years later she became a teacher in the same school

Next, her first visit abroad -to the Island of Rhodes - this one to show you the fashion of the time

Amy · August 19, 2021, 11:34:16 AM

Bubble, you have your Mom's beautiful smile! Thank you for sharing the photos..

Vanilla-Jackie · August 19, 2021, 11:43:14 AM

Bubble...they all look so serious..but i dont think it was the done thing back in those days to smile when a photographer was taking a photo...Your young mothers fashion was better than a lot of todays so called fashion...

patricia19 · August 19, 2021, 12:32:51 PM

Bubble some great family photos! Is that where Illy gets her smile? I see her in your mom. What a delight to have them and the memories! Thanks for sharing them with us.

Shirley · August 19, 2021, 02:32:19 PM

Loving the old photos! Bubble, your mother must have been a good teacher because all of the kids are smiling, unlike when SHE was the student! I do see your smile on your mother.... is that where you got the "happy look"? I also think Aviv has that smile, maybe Illy looks more like her father? Come on, what do you think?

so_P_bubble · August 20, 2021, 03:58:09 AM

I think that the further back you go and the stricter the discipline of teachers. You would not dare smile when they ordered you to sit, not fidget or move.
About smiles, I do get comments that I look more and more like my mom. As a child I took more from my dad. It's hard for me to say.
About Illy... no idea: to let you in the know, we adopted her when she was 20 days old. If she looks like us, it must be mimetics (mimetism?). Aviv has lots from his mother, especially his open way of dealing with people and with strangers - not like me at all!

MaryPage · August 20, 2021, 09:11:12 AM

If y'all are thinking photographers came in to your home and just sat you down and took out a camera and clicked some pictures, you have it all wrong.

When they came, they had a ton of equipment. They had to set up what was like a tripod of poles, with a platform on top and a little tent for the shoulders & head of the photographer to disappear under. There was also a tripod with some explovive stuff on it.

After the whole set up was set up, it took the man forever to set up the subjects to his satisfaction. Then he was under the tent for quite a while. You were worn out and anxious to be able to move and get on with your day, so you came to look more and more grim and unsmiling. Finally, you would be told to smile, and dang it, you didn't FEEL like smiling, and the flash went off and blinded you completely, aggravating you even more, and the camera had one picture.

Picture taking was NOT fun! Smiles were downright unusual!

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