Since we were in Woods Hole almost every summer, it is sometimes hard to tell exactly when those photos were taken. In this case, if my hair is long, the photo was taken before 1949, because my mother cut my hair when I was in 6th grade.
Me with Barney at the Lookout- probably 1947 because we didn't go to Woods Hole in 1948
Any time you see my sister and me in identical outfits, it is a good bet that my mother made those clothes. And she made a lot of our clothes including in some cases bathing suits.
One of the places Ed took us on a boat this summer was Cuttyhunk. Cuttyhunk Island is the outermost Elizabeth Island, just west of Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts. A one-hour ferry ride from New Bedford. Now, in the summer, the population swells from 10, to a few hundred, who navigate the island on foot or via golf-cart. Back then, I don't think there were so many in the summer
Bosworth House
Me and my sister with a boy that I no longer remember who he was.
Puffer fish - blows himself up to make himself hard to swallow
Skinny pufferfish
Laughing gull
Later back home - Gulls egg and shells
Tiger Lilies
In the fall of 1947
At my grandmother's house with one of my dad's mice
My parents - a test picture in my grandfather's wedding salon.
My grandparents on their front steps with us
Back home there was an ice rink - before it burned down, we would go ice skating
These were practice outfits. Our mother made our real skating dresses - they reversed - the other side was blue. We are standing here with Ruth Ellen Musser
Me with Barney at the Lookout- probably 1947 because we didn't go to Woods Hole in 1948
Any time you see my sister and me in identical outfits, it is a good bet that my mother made those clothes. And she made a lot of our clothes including in some cases bathing suits.
One of the places Ed took us on a boat this summer was Cuttyhunk. Cuttyhunk Island is the outermost Elizabeth Island, just west of Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts. A one-hour ferry ride from New Bedford. Now, in the summer, the population swells from 10, to a few hundred, who navigate the island on foot or via golf-cart. Back then, I don't think there were so many in the summer
Bosworth House
Me and my sister with a boy that I no longer remember who he was.
Puffer fish - blows himself up to make himself hard to swallow
Skinny pufferfish
Laughing gull
Later back home - Gulls egg and shells
Tiger Lilies
In the fall of 1947
At my grandmother's house with one of my dad's mice
My parents - a test picture in my grandfather's wedding salon.
My grandparents on their front steps with us
Back home there was an ice rink - before it burned down, we would go ice skating
These were practice outfits. Our mother made our real skating dresses - they reversed - the other side was blue. We are standing here with Ruth Ellen Musser
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