Random Lisa Photos . . .

. . . on her birthday.

Would you buy cookies . . .


. . . from her?


She looks trustworthy - and a wee bit familiar to me. She and TLK are coming to visit in two weeks. Maybe there will be cookies.

Me Mum . . .

. . . would have been 90 today.

This photo was taken at our home town's centennial celebration in the 1950s - hence the late 1800s look. Was she movie-star gorgeous, or what?

I like to remember her this way.

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Old Photographs . . .

. . . are a legacy of a long line of packrats.

And, I thank all those packrats for the interesting family history they have left me.

This Carte d'Visite is of one of my two maternal great-great-grandmothers. Joeann Ellen Browning, nee Trimble, was born in Greene County, Illinois on 14 May 1847. In this photo she is 25 years old.

This photo is one of my two paternal great-great-grandfathers. He was born on 19 July 1843 in Macoupin County, Illinois. The photo was taken in 1860 or 1861. He enlisted in the 7th Illinois Volunteer infantry at age 17. He survived Andersonville.

Jargon . . .

. . . the Department of Defense revels in it.

For example, I sent this email earlier today:

M,

Need to boot this to AQ NLT Tues next. Will comment on the SOW by COB Mon. Awaiting info from ESG WRT milestones. Also waiting for info from FEAD WRT proper ACQ course. It appears it needs to go through IPT ACQ vice FEAD and link with NAVFAC WASH KO.

What's scary is that both she and I understand it perfectly.

My favorite blogger . . .

. . . often writes about the tornadoes out on the prairie where she lives in her little sod hut next to Charles, Caroline, Mary, Carrie and Laura Ingalls.

But, she's not alone. In addition to the occasional hurricane - such as Isabel - we also encounter the odd tornado or two.

This one blew across the place of my employment on 28 April. It only did about $250,000 damage on the base, but the folks in Chesapeake were less fortunate.

I didn't see it. Mrs. B and I were off on vacation in sunny Mississippi.