The Weekend Roundup, 'C'

The weekend is in full swing so now is the perfect time to post in Tom's fun meme, The Weekend Roundup. The third letter of the alphabet is featured this week...

Here is a look at 1996 when our son Cameron was working on an early Pentium Computer. It must've left an impression as he is a software developer today... 

Here is one of Grandpa's last cars, an enormous 1971 Chrysler Three Hundred. This was a true land barge, huge, powerful and quiet. It was a handful for me to drive being used to much smaller vehicles. With is famous 440 RB engine, it was quite fast and passed everything in sight (except a gas /petrol station of course...)

This was taken on a beach on Cape Cod. We were stationed at Kalmus Beach on Hyannis Harbor.

A Favorite. This was on Wednesday with the peach hued clouds billowing up to the stratosphere it seemed. Have a great week all! 

The Weekend Roundup, 'A'

The alphabet begins anew at Tom's fun meme, The Weekend Roundup. The first letter is easy, and it's hard to decide with the many I have. So Away we go...

Starts with 'A' is our family's AMC Gremlin. Photos taken with a Polaroid SX-70 (remember them?) camera in 1978. It was a clunker, but the 232 six-cylinder engine was smooth with a lot of torque...

The next 'A' is Atlantic City NJ. Here is Grandpa by the famous Boardwalk, in front of one of his favorite places, the Traymore Hotel in Sept. 1956

Airborne in an Airplane. My dad, left rear, was writing an article about the new 747 when it was introduced. This photo is dated Feb. 1970 when he was invited to sit in the flight deck of an Pan Am 747...

A Favorite. The always lovely Patti captured this flicker on our patio a couple of days ago. Have a great week all!

The Weekend Roundup, 'R'

It is a glorious Saturday, the Spring day I've been waiting for! So, before my foray outside, it is time for Tom's fun meme The Weekend Roundup. Given my first day, today's post begins with the obvious...

Starts with 'R' is, naturally, Ralph. I'm Ralph III and I was named for my grandfather, Ralph (I) of Steubenville, Ohio. Here though is in, I believe, 1920 is Ralph in Manitou Springs, Colorado at a bottler in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. In this photo, he is a mere 18 years old and lived for two years out west before returning to that small city on the Ohio River...

Earlier this week, a Robin was seen through the patio door. I assume it's looking for nest materials - plenty of lawn thatch for the taking :)

These Rainbows were taken after a thunderstorm in 2017 at the Jones Family Winery in Shelton. Nice double rainbow too...

A tasty Red is seen in last night's takeout dinner from Ansonia's Rosa Mina restaurant. It was hot given it's Red cherry peppers. It was delicious if a bit fiery...

A Favorite. The always lovely Patti captured this bloom this morning. Finally, a warm Spring Day, a day to savor whiles socially distancing...Have a great week all!

The Weekend Roundup, 'F'

Good Friday afternoon! It's again time to participate in Tom's fun meme, The Weekend Roundup. The sixth letter is featured and my past beckons...Starts with "F." "F"ull. A Favorite.

Begins with 'F' includes Family, and it looks like a Fun Family Full of love! The date is 22 Aug. 1976 where we were in town for the 50th wedding anniversary weekend of my grandparents, Ralph and Agnes. This is at the Holiday Inn in Steubenville Ohio. The Families were of my Father from East Hartford, CT and his sister, my Aunt Terry from Fargo North Dakota. It was a Fun time!

How about a photo from 23 Dec. 1980, Flying from Jacksonville to West Palm Beach Florida we have an early morning look ar the Rolls-Royce RB211 jet engine, this type of engine referred to as a Fanjet or Turbo Fan (really :)

President Ford, the 38th President of the US, has a city park named for him in Omaha, Nebraska. Although he was a House Representative member for Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1949-1973, he was actually born in a house at 32nd & Woolworth in Omaha. 

Here is a 1955 Ford Fairlane (another 'F' could be Fifty-Five...)

A Favorite. Just a recent look at the center of Ansonia Connecticut at the corner of Bridge and Main Streets. Ths long Southerly sun offers a a soft leafless tree shadow. Have a great week all!

The Weekend Roundup - 'R'

It's time again for Tom's fun meme The Weekend Roundup. I missed last week as we are having a new laminate floor installed in the room where our computers are located - sawdust and blogging don't always work well together...

Radio begins with 'R', and Grandpa's first name was Ralph, so here we are! I'm guessing this to be 1929 based on the notations on the following photo. Ultimately he installed radios in police, sherif and volunteer fire departments in West Virginia and Ohio. Self taught in radio, he could work those heavy units filled with vacuum tubes.

Ultimately he installed Radios in police, sherif and volunteer fire departments in West Virginia and Ohio. Self taught in radio, he could work those heavy units filled with vacuum tubes. These photos were printed from negatives in the late 1970s. The radio set in the second and third views is in their dining room at 1645 Oregon Avenue in Steubenville, Ohio

Our children (sadly, not this little any more :) riding on what we called a Red Rider, by Radio Flyer. It is seriously red, as is Cam' sweater and the Mickey tent...

These fireworks over Derby are very Red!

A Favorite. The always lovely Patti captured this bi of flora growing through the curb in downtown Ansonia. I do not expect to see much more of this as winter closes in - so we enjoy what we can as long as we can. Have a great week!

The Weekend Roundup - 'O'

Friday arrives for the week, so it is now time for Tom's Fun meme, The Weekend Roundup. The featured letter, the fourth vowel, offers a lot of intriguing opportunities...

Begins with 'O' takes me back to Grandma Agnes and Ralph Villers, my grandparents. This fills the bill as they lived at 1645 Oregon Avenue in Steubenville, Ohio from 1926 until their passing in 1981. We visited on occasion and i went to college nearby. that front porch is such a reminder of years and decades past!

Aunt Terry, 1959.

The Villers  of Connecticut, 1967. Yes, I'm on the lower left...

The Villers from North Dakota (w/Grandpa), 1976.            

Grandpa, 1645 Oregon Avenue, 1947

Orange begins with 'O'. This sunset has quite a bit of orange in it.

The wheels on this 1890's Boneshaker bicycle look like the letter 'O' I'd say they roll over continuously (as long as the rider pedals that is :). It's a cool design although I cannot imagine it rides smoothly on its iron wheels!

A Favorite. Nothing fancy, this photo from yesterday just showcases how slowly the foliage is changing color this year - very similar to 2011. But a pleasant view nonetheless. Have a great week all!