Family history

This lovely needlepoint picture and its companion are hanging in my living room in Ottawa now.

These are quite special - these Lipizzaner horses.

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I have been having some fun with family history. With the moving of my mom to Ottawa in 2004, I now have several boxes of materials - mostly in my basement. There are several more boxes of photograph albums and loose pictures as well. More of them are loose than I would like as some are falling out of their place in the albums. It is interesting to see how the different kept pictures in place. The very early ones - the pictures are glued to the page. All the way to a CD with family pictures of Kathi and I that was made from slides.



My mom kept interesting family documents. These include my dad's military records. A special part of these records is a military doll - named Major - which my mom made to keep her company when my dad was overseas. Another special part are all the letters that my dad sent my mom when he was overseas. I have read them all and so has Kathi. They make for very interesting reading.



There is a large pile of postcards from my mom. Kathi travelled quite a bit and my mom liked to keep these to remember her travels.



There are some fun items as well. A cute little illustrated letter from my mom to her parents when she was at university detailing her daily activities. I have a large get well card that my sister gave my mom after she had a serious car accident.

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What else I have and what I want to do with what I have is going to keep me busy for some time to come.