old people

family photo album

of some Ohio ancestors

from the 1800's

these cool dudes

are unnamed, unfortunately

my mother's mother's mother, age 3 (in 1878), Alice Carey Wilson, (aka my great-grandmother) daughter of Alexander Hamilton Wilson (son of Valentine Wilson and his third wife) and Isabel Parsons Koogler (daughter of Simon Koogler and Elizabeth Parsons)

Alexander Hamilton Wilson & Isabel Koogler Wilson, likely in the early 1860's

my great-great grandmother, Isabel

Matilda Munger Hering, my mother's mother's father's mother (aka, my great-great grandmother)

Isabel Parsons Koogler Wilson, older

prepping for the updated census

wherein i will need to report

all my countries of origin.

the list is long.

the grass is greener // or try, try, try again

a rainy evening

looking at old family treasures

i have such fond memories

of this little book!

inscribed to my mother's sister

from their Aunt Irene

and originally published in 1938

the end

fog and rain // train and games

meeting the morning train

in downtown Raleigh

in the fog

and rain

here's the train!

framed

my main

squeeze

~~~later~~~

rainy walk with mom

in cameron park

with my camera

blue sphere

purple X-ing

moss spores

quince brambles

tree skin

golden Bihou japanese maple

daffodil in the rain

card sharks

precipitated

by a cancelled ultimate frisbee tournament

thank you,

rain