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krandall · 12-14-2012, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by whimsy

Karen...your pictures are cute, cute, cute!! You looks so happy in all of them!
Love the dress in the last photo....that pony is adorable!
( still not too late to take up the violin!)

My mom made most of my dresses at that age. She also made all our bread. There wasn't much for a house wife with a tiny house in a small neighborhood (and no car) to do. She had to have two more kids before she was "busy".

As far as the violin is concerned, I think that ship has sailed... Even if I had (ever) had the talent, RA makes my hands too stiff.

gelbergirl · 12-15-2012, 04:22 PM

1st Passport photo, 5 yrs old, 1972

gelbergirl · 12-15-2012, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by krandall

Here are a few with my first dog, Muffett, one of my first pony ride... from what I hear, they had a hard time getting me off, and I still have horses to this day.

Finally, a photo of me with the child's violin my "Bantha" (grandfather) gave me. He was 1st violinist for the Boston Symphony for so many years that he's in the Guinness World Book of Records as the "Most durable fiddler".

I think he had great hopes for me, but I never did learn to play.

We're lucky because my Dad was (and, at 83, still is) an avid photographer. Several years ago, he went through and scanned all his old slides, giving all of us kids a wonderful, chronological photo memoir of our growing up years.

That pony pic is adorable and I love that Muffett is in 3 of the photos!