When will the snow and winter be over

I can't wait for this winter to be over. It seems as though it is always dark and gloomy. We have had enough snow for this year already, 88 inches her so far and February is normally the month with the most snow.

Even though we are tired of the winter we are all well and kicking here in Rochester.

This week I was able to make contact with my youngest brother, Cary, and let him know of the passing of our brother Ellis. I was actually able to talk to him on the telephone. I have an address for him if anyone is interested.

We are just trying to stay warm and keep our spirits up till spring. Yeah, back out in the yard playing with the flowers and landscaping. Linda can't wait to get back out to her yard.

A couple of Wild and Crazy Gals

In the spring of this year I took my new wife (Linda) to Utah to meet my family. At the onset of the trip Linda was a little apprehensive about meeting everyone at the same time.

Once we got to Utah all her fears were gone as my family said that they would keep her there and send me home.

It turned out that everyone fell in love with her as I did and she felt the same way about all who she met. Their seemed to be a special bond between Linda and Elaine, they seemed to hit it off as though they had known each other since childhood. I had taken a few pictures of the two of them kind of horsing around as we were sight seeing and thought it would be a good thing to put here on our Blog.

My Brother Ellis

I have been working on this since I came home from Utah, but I guess I made the video to large and could not get it to upload. So I shortened it up and will try again.

Putting this  video together has brought back a lot of memories from our childhood. At times it was hard to concentrate without feeling sad, but I know Ellis would say that he has gone on to an eternal life to wait for the rest of us and not to be sad. He will be conversing, and telling his jokes, with all those who gone before him. I still think that the phone will ring and it will be Ellis calling to check on his younger brother, even though he insisted that he was the younger one.

I miss him, and think of him often as he is in my thoughts always. We talked on the phone at least once every week and somtimes more often if one of us felt the need. We must all stay in touch with one another as often as we can.

I will Love and Miss You Always Brother.

I had to break the pictures down into two videos to get them all on here. I really enjoyed going through the old black and white photos. I hope everyone enjoys them as I did while compiling this photo biography.