For a moment I thought you said YOU were on the roof (lol) good picture!This picture was taken by me of the roof of the White House in Washington DC. This was during the Obama years - 2014. Yes, it's a sniper team.
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Nice! What kind of bird is that? Wow!Random Old Family Photos
My best friend's Dad was in the merchant Marine in the late 40's and 50's and used to say it was the best years of his life up to then! Then he and his wife had my best friend (still my bestie after 66 years [emoji175][emoji175]) Thanks for sharing.. Brought up happy memories of my"Uncle" MiltonI've found it interesting to see the paper trail that people leave when they pass from the mortal world. My late mother was one of the younger siblings in her family and left very little in the way of family history.
My late father-in-law was the eldest son of the eldest son, and received a lot of the family paperwork on the way to being the patriarch. Found some more surprise "random objects" going through his personal papers. Discovered that both of hubby's grandfathers were in the Merchant Marine. Neither of my in-laws knew that their fathers were merchant seaman, even though they possessed the papers for decades. They had not looked through all the documents when received.
Their Seaman's Certificates:
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I've found it interesting to see the paper trail that people leave when they pass from the mortal world. My late mother was one of the younger siblings in her family and left very little in the way of family history.
My late father-in-law was the eldest son of the eldest son, and received a lot of the family paperwork on the way to being the patriarch. Found some more surprise "random objects" going through his personal papers. Discovered that both of hubby's grandfathers were in the Merchant Marine. Neither of my in-laws knew that their fathers were merchant seaman, even though they possessed the papers for decades. They had not looked through all the documents when received. ]
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Nice documents there.
The 1920’s
I first sailed in the USMM at 17. Still hold my ticket.
“Bringing America to the World, and the World to America”
The earliest beginnings of the Merchant Marine was the letters of marque issued by the Continental Congress to privateers and that was before the Navy was even formed.
The unofficial motto is “I thought we were goin’ to Rio!?”
Your kinfolks might have been sailing during WWII when the merchant mariners were lost at a higher rate than any of the armed forces.
We also served in Korean and Vietnam, and Panama, (and matter of fact, Nicaragua)
Nice documents there.
The 1920’s
I first sailed in the USMM at 17. Still hold my ticket.
“Bringing America to the World, and the World to America”
The earliest beginnings of the Merchant Marine was the letters of marque issued by the Continental Congress to privateers and that was before the Navy was even formed.
The unofficial motto is “I thought we were goin’ to Rio!?”
Your kinfolks might have been sailing during WWII when the merchant mariners were lost at a higher rate than any of the armed forces.
We also served in Korean and Vietnam, and Panama, (and matter of fact, Nicaragua)
Woody and a Goody.
Don’t think I ever saw one of these like running down the road!
I have been a fair amount of places in Utah, mostly S Utah.
But I am not familiar with the San Rafael Swell.
So I looked it up and now I’m jealous because I’m not headed out there!
Do I need to remind you that we need pictures?
Spent about 4 hours hiking around Brazos Bend State Park on Tuesday when the weather was perfect. Was in the 50's when I got there but warmed up quick to about 70. Here are a couple of my favorites that I took that day.
Mating rat snakes on a log.
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A cormorant swimming by.
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Random Old Family Photos