More Family Stuff

My twin, Don, has spent hundreds, probably thousands of hours scanning family photos from the past century up to the present.  There are many, many photos that are very precious, especially of Mom and Dad, Grandmother Wauchope, the Hayes family, etc.  I include a few shots discovered in all the scans, and conclude with some recent shots of Carter, 3, our youngest grandson (Scott and Cheryl), and others. 


Susan and I, before kids, in Pisgah Forest, NC (Probably Devil's Courthouse), pre-marriage, 1966?

In 1990 Susan and I visited Laurie and Doug with the Vautrinots.  It was a great visit, we spent a lot of time in
Pisgah Forest, and even got to play some music (Mozart (?) with Tom English, a friend since H.S.



Scott, Doug, Ken, Susan, C. 1988

We had Carter for 4 days recently.  He loves to sit with g'pa for book reading.

G-ma is a genius for having him help out, which he loves.
(I wonder how long that will last).

For some reason, both Carter and Alex would rather propel the train by hand, instead of
using the power.  Hm........

A "Mighty Machine" cartoon, a grandchild, and Lucky. 
How good can it get?

Here is Don's horn trio with Sylvia Villareal, soprano, at a recent concert, where they did
my arrangements of "Arriverdici, Roma", and "Funiculi, funicular", among others.
Rex, Sylvia, Tim and Don
 

Photos from my past

Since I am stuck to the house, recovering from my knee replacement (going very well, thank you), I stumbled across  a box of printed photos, probably originally destined for photo albums, and it was fascinating to see what was there.  I present these in no great order, but there are some very meaningful photos (at least to me). 

Amiens Cathedral.
Susan and I took our first trip to Paris with the goal of seeing as many of the cathedrals as we could.
After about 16 or so, Susan had had it.  But I loved every one.

Angel Glacier, Jasper, BC
Oh what a trip, with my two sons, Ken and Scott
We did day hikes from Banff, up the Icefield parkway, and into Jasper. 
Perhaps the most beautiful trip of my life. (vying with Alaska)
When the three of us reached the top of the mountain, totally exhausted, we met the
Canadian Woman's Hiking Club, average age about 80, who have climbed all the Canadian Rockies peaks.

Beauvais Cathedral, the tallest Gothic cathedral ever attempted.

Bourges Cathedral, five wide aisles, no transept, most of its medieval glass intact.

Bourges

Bourges

Dad's friend,  Freddy the squirrel

Grand Canyon

Taken at night from the Jules Verne restaurant in the Eifel tower.
The Invalides is at center, and you can see Notre Dame in the distance, top left.

Ken, Johnson Glacier
In climbing up the wall behind this picture, about a 100' climb, a rock came away in my hand, and I simply froze,  I could
not move, and the boys taunted me, but finally I had no choice but to go up or down, and went up and made it.

Lake Louise. 
One of my favorite stories:  I came in front of the lodge before sunrise and set up my tripod, and
waited for the sun to shoot across the valley from behind.  I was totally focused on what was in front of me,
and when I finally snapped the shutter, I heard this sound like a dozen crickets behind me, and
I had been totally unaware that about 20 Japanese tourists had set up behind me, and were being totally respectful of
my solitude.

Ah, hair.
Lighthouse Art and Music Camp, Penn.
About 1971

New England Conservatory Orchestra, 1968
As best as I can remember,
Ed Hoffman, Jim Tinsley, Lee Stevens trumpets
Wauchope, Mike Houle, Ted Toupin, trombones
Jay Aten, tuba

The Satuit Band in their home shell, Scituate.
Being very ably conducted now by Charlie Shaffer



Scott and Ken looking back down the trail towards Banff
We were headed for what is considered to be the toughest day hike
in Banff, the Cory Pass

The Wauchope coat of arms

I believe this is Laon Cathedral, the one with the famous
oxen in the towers.

Oliver, Harvard NHM, Hummers

It has been quite a few weeks since I posted; I've had a knee replaced, which has pretty much consumed my time for the past two weeks. Previous to that, I had a nice two days with Oliver, my grandson of 10 years, and the one avid about birds.  I took the ferry into Rowes Wharf and we the Harvard Natural History Museum,m a place I haven't been to since the 60's.  A perfect place for a budding naturalist, and I had forgotten how amazing the glass flower collection was.  Overnight at Oak Point, and then out with the pro birders from South Shore Audubon, the Friday AM birdwalk with David Ludlow.  Saw 54 species, pretty spectacular for this time of the year. Few photos, I had the camera set for the indoor museum! \
And finally, the Ruby-throats have been after my Butterfly Bush all summer, and I finally sat in the door overlooking the deck, and got some good views. 

The trip in on the Hingham Ferry

Seems pretty low for an approach to Logan

The approach to Rowes Wharf,  beautiful morning

Oliver at State Street station, with his constant companion,
a Calvin and Hobbs collection

 

Harvard Natural History Museum

Pretty remarkable preserved Passenger Pigeon
 

When Oliver first saw these, he couldn't believe they were glass.

The flowers all have their stamens and pistols all enlarged in glass, 40x or 50x.

hall of minerals, incredible

Out to birding the next AM. 

David Ludlow on the right.  No luck on our quest for a
Seaside Sparrow.

Returning home on the Ferry, fantastic clouds over Boston

And here are the Hummers, a pair, a female and I believe a young male.