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My grandparents back in 1961 or 62, just reading the paper on a Sunday afternoon. I love the mid-century furnishings. Oh, and grandma’s hat. Love it! They got married when grandma was 18 and grandpa was 34; then they proceeded to have 7 children. Grandpa had been in the Army stationed in Panama and went […]

“This device isn’t a spaceship, it’s a time machine. It goes backwards, and forwards; it takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It’s not called the wheel, it’s called the carousel.” ~Don Draper, describing the Kodak Slide Projector. Mom, 1960s. Having been born in Sumatra, Indonesia, my Mom had a natural […]

My Mom on her first bike ride. 1950 in Wyoming, small town America. This photo is from my granddad’s slide collection. Whenever we would all get together over the holidays, part of the family tradition was to gather in the living room for a slide show and share the stories behind the photos. ~shared by […]

My grandparents on their wedding day back in August 1939. When my grandpa first laid eyes on my grandma (who was stunning), he offered her a candy bar to impress her and fibbed that he was related to the Pauls of the Peter Paul Candy company. How smooth! They were married for over 60 years […]

It’s such a great experience for me to be able to go through and scan old slides that were my Dad’s and Grandfather’s. I wish I could have done it with my Dad while he was still here, but at least I have these captured memories of theirs. This photo is of my Dad on […]

This is a photograph of my grandmother Carolyn, taken in 1945 in Hollywood, Florida. Sitting next to her is her mother Mary. Across from her is her sister Dorothy (in the white sunglasses). I recently discovered a suitcase of old prints and negatives from this time period, right before my grandmother met and married my […]

My Dad Ken Davis wearing his signature Pendleton jacket on a GE job site. Although we share the same first name, his middle name was Gallusha and my Mom saved me from that…and from being called Junior! My Dad, Ken Davis the Elder, was an engineer by training, but he came up through the GE […]

One of my all-time favorite family photos is of a furry family member. Here’s Mike, my Papaw’s excellent bird dog, doing what he loved most: quail hunting with Papaw. These two were so important to me growing up. Mike was such a sweet, protective dog and a best friend to us. They were so close, […]

“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.” –Sue Monk Kidd This is Donald Thorvald Kitchin and Zane Lorretta Nordhal, my parents. This photo of them was taken in 1953. They were newlyweds. At the time this photo was taken, my […]

Family memories make summer seem endless. This is one of my all-time favorite family photos. My brother and me (he’s on the left, I’m on the right) in Jackson, Wyoming in 1972. We were traveling from Georgia to Yellowstone National Park for family vacation. Being the family clown, I started yelling “the indians are coming”! […]