UNDER SEIGE

DeanTheBean's cute photos of the kittens is not helping to establish domestic tranquility at our house. After the family picnic, Jonathan set the following picture to be our desktop background. He has offered to pay all vet bills for as long as he's living in our house.

Need a Profile Photo?

Got it! If you want a picture for your profile here's one way to do it. The only downside is everybody who goes to the e round robin will have to stare at your ugly mug for a month.

1. Post the picture to the e round robin, just make sure you choose the "small" size.
2. Exit and wait for the new post to appear in the blog.
3. When the picture appears "right click" the picture and select "Properties".
4. One of its properties is the URL address. Highlight the address and copy it (control "C").
5. Find your way to the place you can edit your profile. Starting with a click of the orange "B" in the upper left corner.
6. On the "edit profile" page find the line where it asks for a photo address. Go there and deposit the URL you had copied (control "V"). Save and Exit.

Oops... What Happened Here?

...Take the corner a little too fast did we?

Kitten picture of the day...

Tell me if these kitten pictures get boring...

Peter Eats Some Food

Peter, being a teenager and a runner, is always hungry. He and some friends have contests to see who can eat the most. . .things like Krispy Creams, Potatoe Oles and Big Macs.



Four supersized french fries



On the Fourth of July they had a pop drinking contest. Peter won. Next to him is his cousin Bryan from Texas. He got third place.

John and Heidi

We really enjoyed having John and Heidi up for the summer even it they were a little stressed out when they first arrived.
By the end of summer nothing bothered them. They were much more relaxed and even calm in the face of danger. Maybe those hair color treatments did the trick.

John and Heidi are back in Washington now and living in a home very close to Lake Washington. I guess you could say they are neighbors of Bill Gates since they are on the same lake.

Byron's Bikes

I emailed Byron the other day to let him know his face was being plastered all over our blog.
One of the things he's doing these days is restoring old bikes. These are some of the bikes he's been working on.

Halsey Street Party

Whoever can name the most people in this picture wins.

Helge Ruth and Florence

Taken in Anchorage AK in the mid 50's. Florence Lindman is on floor in front of Helge. Carl is probably taking the picture.

Alaska Fair

Lois Ann and I went to the state fair on Saturday. The pumpkin weighed in at 942lbs. It was grown here in Nikiski.





There were about 25 Salmon molds that were
decorated by many artists. This one was called
Jaws. You can see some more
here.

Halloween '68

Family Picture at Bluewater

S'mores!

You may be asking, "Why the large picture?" I'm thinking it's a lot easier to see the faces when the image is large. Does this page take forever to load for you with dial-up connections?

Kittens and Turkeys

A few days ago, we opened the door so the turkeys can go outside and play during the day.









Here's a recent photo of the kittens. Look at those blue eyes!

Happy Campers

I'm guessing this was after church on a Sunday at Round Lake, near Grand Rapids, in 1968. Does anyone have a better guess?

Paul, Faith and Tyler in the Sunroom

Crosswordese Word of the Day

DOWN
8) Sea eagle
Answer

Is there anyone besides me that does crossword puzzles? If so, I may submit one of these "word of the day" puzzles occasionally.

Here's a big tree!

This one's a little bigger than the cottonwood on our farm!

Screen House Fun

Left to right: Bobby, Carl, Jean, Erica, Joyce, Signe, Ruth.

Travailles

Here is a photo of the Travaille family taken at Dean's animal farm, when we had the family reunion. In a few days i will try to find a picture of the singing. This was taken on August 6th and almost everyone had their eyes open.