FAMOUS ST LOUIS ARTIST
CELEBRATES SEVENTY CANDLES
Our friend of over fifty years Rich celebrates blowing out seventy candles. Actually Nancy and I knew Ruth
even before we met Rich. Nancy went to high school with Ruth and I worked with her at Davis Photo Supplies.
Both Nancy and I give Ruth a little credit in our meeting, dating and ultimatly marrying.
If you have any pin and ink drawings of famous St Louis landmarks there is a good chance Rich is the artist.
Featured in the second photo is my friend Bob [we have been friends since freshmen in high school] and of course the birthday boy. Somehow the three of us and our wives became friends of long standing.
In the third photo is Bob's wife Peggy, Nancy and of course Bob and I. I met Peggy in high school as her and Bob were high school sweethearts even thought they attended different high schools.but I did not meet Nancy till I was in college.
The fourth photo will definitely get me in trouble with one or more of the subjects.
The fourth photo was taken about 1958 at Fort Leonard Wood Mo. When the four of us were visiting Fred another friend at the time.
Friendships of long standing are very important.






Ed,Nancy, Peggy, and Bob

KAYLEIGH CELEBRATES NUMBER SIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On super bowl bowl Sunday we celebrated with a super birthday party for the youngest princess in our family.
It seems like only yesterday that every Thursday was my day to take care of Kayleigh.
My only memory of my sixth birthday was my last spanking from my mother. My Aunt Helen protected me and received more of the punishent than I.

CELEBRATING WITH LOUIS
The first photo is of Louis and his life long friend Don. Thought they did have about a fifty year break in their friendship. The short version is that after World War Two somehow Louis thought Don had died. Fast forward to about 2003 or 04 and I get a message on my recorder from Don looking for information on a Louis. If Louis and I had not found each other I would have simply ignored the message. I believe there is only about two weeks difference in their ages.
The second photo is of Louis and his younger sister Carol.













Carol and her husband Jim

Louise and her husband Dave














Daughter Cindy

MY OLDER COUSIN LOUIS

CELEBRATES THE BIG 80!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Recently family and friends met in St Charles to help Louis celebrate his eightieth birthday. I realize he looks like my twin but I am no were close to 80 by my math.

Our story of finally meeting is way to long for a slow typist so I will give you the short version. I never knew Louis existed until some time in 1999. When he walked in to the Bevo Mill Nancy said it had to be a Tritschler. My six year old granddaughter loves to look at pictures and she always calls out grandpa when she sees a picture of Louis.

In the first photo we feature Louis and the present his younger sister Carol gave him.[it was all in fun]

Tomorrow we will feature more birthday pictures and another short story on new beginnings of an old friendship.

Louis and his wife Billie

We did not make him blow out 80 candles.

He delegated job of cutting the cake















The group

A PICTURE IS WORTH!!!!!!!!!!
10,000 WORDS
Youngest grandson at the completion of one of his many acrobatic tricks.
He gets a running start and somersaults into a chair or couch and then views his world from an upside down position.
Oh!!!! to be four again.

ON JANUARY 31, 1982
St LOUIS RECEIVED THIRTEEN INCHES of snow
The snowfall paralyzed the area for days.
On Saturday evening of the 31st it was raining, lightning, and thundering. The temperature was in the forties, By midnight we had three or more inches of snow. The first two photos are of my house at about 11:00 AM on Sunday.

The cars in the driveway did not move till Tuesday and I did not go to work till Friday as there was no where to park.
The third photo is from my driveway looking down the street. This is the largest area snowfall in my sixty years of living.
Our northeast USA yesterday and today got hit with six feet of snow. Even if the news is exaggerating it is a lot of snow. I wonder how our area would cope with snowfall measuring in feet not inches?.

RECENT FAMILY PHOTOS

Photo one proves you are never to old to sit with your grandma.












TWO PRINCESSES IN MY LIFE















A SMILE IS WORTH 10,000 WORDS















MR MURPHY WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR















THE BOY WITH HIS TOYS















A BIG BOY WITH HIS TOYS

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PAUL CELEBRATES SIXTH BIRTHDAY
It is hard to believe Paul is six. It seems to me like about 18 months ago we first saw him at St John's.
I guess one thing Paul's birth has in common with me besides blood is that 2001 is the year I started receiving my social security checks.
My goal is to see Paul graduate from high school. We need to celebrate many more birthdays together.

DONOVAN CELEBRATES #9 !!!!!!
Recently we all gathered to help Donovan celebrate his ninth birthday.
The photos show Donovan blowing out his nine candles and opening some of his gifts.
The year grandpa celebrated his ninth birthday also ended in a seven. It happened to be 1947 . Yes there must be sixty years difference in our ages.


SOME SIMILARITIES BETWEEN 1947 and 2007
*** Cardinals were coming off of a world series victory in 1946
*** Speaker of the House of representatives was next in line to be president.
SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 1947 and 2007
*** Cell phones were not even in the dreaming stage but party lines were popular
*** Personal computers were not even listed in the dictionary
The party was good family fun and you will be seeing more birthdays coming to this blog as this is a busy time in our family.

WARM THOUGHTS ON A COLD DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first photo is simply a sunset on the ocean. Taking sunset photos is a highlight of most of our trips to the ocean.
I hope the pictures warm you up and begins to get you excited about spring.

Under water in Cozumel Mexico










NEW ORLEANS IN 2002















A WATER/LAND BOAT RIDE IN THE EVERGLADES















THE BEACH IN PALM BEACH FLORIDA









A LAKE IN ORLANDO FLORIDA









THE GULF IN BILOXI IN 2002

HOLIDAYS ARE FOR KIDS!!!!!!!
In the first photo we have our oldest grandson Todd opening a present This is his eighteen Christmas Eve of opening gifts at our house.
Nancy and I have truly been blessed beyond our ability to measure.
After looking at the pictures I hope you will agree with me that the
HOLIDAYS ARE FOR KIDS!!!!!!!





Our oldest granddaughter Kelsey [she was about to leave town with her high school band to perform at a college football bowl game in Tampa.]















Our youngest grandson James being entertaining !!!!!











Paul about to tackle opening a large gift wrapped present from his grandparents.















Kayleigh contemplating her present from her proud grandparents












For some reason Donovan escaped the camera on Christmas Eve but we did have a picture from our holiday trip to downtown St Louis.