grosbeak_1: Bantly homestead on Walnut St. in Manchester, CT
grosbeak_1: Mom was always proud of this picture. Probably taken in her early 20's.
grosbeak_1: Dad playing sax in his band
grosbeak_1: In Stonington, 1952, on a Burlingame camping trip. Janice, Ward, Bryan, Barry, Rick
grosbeak_1: "Grandma and Grandpa" Farmer
grosbeak_1: Bill pulls Janice in their wagon on Walnut St.
grosbeak_1: Bryan pulling Janice and Bill by grandma Krause's porch
grosbeak_1: Janice. Maybe around age 6? Wondering if there is a bit of Stella in my childhood face.
grosbeak_1: Mom reads to Janice & Bill
grosbeak_1: On the stairs at Walnut St. Dad and mom with Rick, Barry, and Janice.
grosbeak_1: Janice and Bill with our much-loved dog, Lady. 1958.
grosbeak_1: Bill and Janice. 1959
grosbeak_1: Bolton Notch as it appeared in our earliest childhood. Grandpa was a railroad engineer on this line; we children skated on the pond, and Doc’s Drive-in and the drive-in theater on the far side of the pond were destinations. Photographer unknown.
grosbeak_1: Dad and Bill load ice for the Eljay's icebox in 1958
grosbeak_1: First day of school, 1959—kindergarten through senior year—for the Krause kids. Rick, Barry, Janice, Bill, Bryan. Grandma Shedd is on the porch.
grosbeak_1: Janice, Bill Stone, Rick, Bill. (Jill, is this why dresses don’t come naturally to me?)
grosbeak_1: Krause, Farmer, Stone picnic in front of Duck Inn. July 1955
grosbeak_1: Dad: happiest when camping in his custom-made Eljay. He hand-lettered "Welcome, the Krauses," all our names, and "P.S. and our dog Lady," on the door
grosbeak_1: Barry with Lady
grosbeak_1: Dad was highly amused by what he called our "bonnie lassie" hats in Prince Edward Island
grosbeak_1: Dad was highly amused by what he called our "bonnie lassie" hats in Prince Edward Island
grosbeak_1: Our home at 87 Walnut St., Manchester, CT.
grosbeak_1: Mom at work in the dining room, probably on a photo album. 1963.
grosbeak_1: Dad always puttered in the garage--this time happily on his fishing pole and tackle
grosbeak_1: Yvonne and Janice
grosbeak_1: Janice & Ward
grosbeak_1: Krause/Stone dinner at 87 Walnut St. 1958
grosbeak_1: How we spent most summer days in Bolton
grosbeak_1: Janice, Margaret, Bill at the Lodge
grosbeak_1: Family on the Lodge porch