Ancestors, an Anniversary, and Fresh Air

Here we are almost at the end of November. There have been no big parties since "The Wedding of the Year", on which I reported last entry. However, we did celebrate a very special occasion last night, so special that it is difficult to find a card to mark the occasion. The couple pictured below celebrated 65 years of marriage yesterday. Like the day they were married, it was cold here (so cold on the day they were married that their flowers froze!). Their two sons and daughters-in-law took them out for dinner. What a remarkable milestone! 65 years of wedded bliss.
Some of you may be interested in the next four photos. I was given recently photographs of some of my (and many of your) ancestors. Since our son is working intensely to chart the family tree and find as much information as possible, I took photos and sent them to him, so decided to put them on the blog as well. They are interesting, because they are photographs but they have been enhanced with pastel. I am still thinking about how I want to frame them and where I want to put them, as they are a bit of history well worth preserving.

This is one of my maternal Great Grandfathers.

My other maternal Great Grandfather.

My paternal grandfather.

My paternal grandmother.

I am so glad that my son has decided to record everything for the family. I know that the generations to come, his children and nieces and nephews, will appreciate his work, as do we.


Now, on a more mundane note. We decided to replace the remaining two original windows in the house. As you can see by this picture, we saved the largest window for last! Unfortunately, it was a cold day when the work was done, and the house was a bit drafty during the process. The poor plants shivered in the kitchen, while I remained toasty in the basement with the gas fireplace turned on. Three doors will be replaced next week, and then all will be relatively new!

There was a gaping hole in the wall for several minutes!