Second up for the “50th wedding anniversary” theme here, is a belated nod to my own parents, who earlier this year in January celebrated their 50th. It came to mind this week when this photograph from their wedding came up …
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The theme of this weekend’s double-header of postings, is 50th wedding anniversaries. That’s quite a milestone! It’s come up multiple times already in my gradual acquire, restore, and organize family photo project, so I know culturally on both sides of …
Perhaps a more appropriate post for the fall, when autumn crispness hits the air and high school football lights up small town schools all across America — but I’ll chose it now, completely on the other side of the sun …
Wishing our aunt (and GREAT aunt) Judy a wonderful 80th birthday today! Your Wise nephews and nieces in Minnesota love you much and hope you have a lot of fun today. We wonder how you’ll choose to celebrate the day. …
Another fantastic photo that I felt compelled to post after editing phase. The rich joy of this hobby is that while you are restoring the beauty from beneath the dust and scratches and stains, you almost feel like you’e inhabited …
Big week in the Wise house as it was the first time all four kids were in school at the same time! The COVID delay was the longest for our oldest, but 4th grade made it happen this week, to …
I enjoy the quality of these mid-century photographs — this black and white school portrait features my maternal uncle Jerry Chapman — well before he would enter into my family with a simple question upon a neighbor. Handwriting on the …
Great to see my maternal grandmother, Betty (Dague) DeVoe, here looking just about as mid-century cool as it gets. She’s clearly posing for the picture, in a gray dress and matching earrings, hands behind back and I am left wondering …
Sisterly cousins of Matt here, Terri and Tracy Chapman, are all bundled up for the cold on the couch. It’s only now as a snowscape-living parent that I more deeply understand “the process”, prolonged as it tends to be, of …
One wonders what struck the young minds of the Chapman girls pictured here, Tracy on left and Terri on right, in matching attire. They both seem to take in a distant happening beyond the frame to the right. Mildly amused, …
Check out this “getting ready to go out” glimpse of Matt’s maternal aunt Judy and uncle Jerry Chapman. They look dressed up and ready for some fun! The processing date for this is Jan 1984, and I think I detect …
It’s almost costume time for those who partake in halloween and related autumn events. So I dug up this early 80’s glimpse into a night of alter-ego shenanigans for my cousin Tracy (Chapman) and her squeeze, making his official wisepics …
This week we celebrate the dozen-year anniversary of Josh and Jo Stoll, so I pulled this one from the toddler days for big J. That’s my sister Lisa holding him and the blue bouncy ball steady while he throws a …
September in our family features 4 birthday celebrations, which provide quite the excitement and sugary treats. So I picked out this photo scene, as a very familiar one lately here in our world. Terri (left) and Tracy (right) Chapman are …
These days, social media is often full of first day of school photos. And while this year may be quite different, with students doing a mixture of in-person or at home distance-learning, the celebration of another year’s school beginning milestone …
Summer is winding down on us in 2020, but let’s go back 4 decades to find the Chapman family enjoying some time at the beach. That’s Judy (DeVoe) Chapman on the left, the mama, bucket in hand and peering down …
This week again features my sister, Lisa as it’s her birthday month celebration. This vintage shot drips of the late 70’s, witness the orange and brown decor (and clothing) surrounding us as Lisa holds baby me on the floor of …
This weekend, we celebrate the mid-summer birthday of Lisa Wise, sister to me, and family member to the cousins seen in this great vintage shot from the mid-70’s. The cousins are all about to enjoy some cake (which appears to …
Here we find Larry DeVoe, Matt’s maternal uncle (1943-2003), kneeling down to the ground and holding onto the family cat, Mike who seems happy for the human lovin’. I’m tentatively assigning 1953, with Larry being 10 years old based on …
Judy DeVoe is eager and pink-cheeked, sitting in a big brown chair, showing you her cute plaid patterned zip-a-doodle outfit. I imagine her parents, Don and Betty, still so fresh into the parenting life and deciding to go get a …
I’ve been chatting with many of my high school senior patients — often by telemedicine — and hearing both the successes and frustrations of a wholly changed experience during a viral pandemic. Some had modified ceremonies… some are planned but …
New challenge presented as I try to do a post on an iPad this time. The other day I managed to spill my coffee onto my laptop — I needed the peppy liquid, not the electronic device — that’s a …
It’s good to see that my maternal grandfather and grandmother, Don DeVoe and Elizabeth “Betty” (Dague) DeVoe had a successful day at the lake. They are the left couple, and I think they have 30+ fish here — of which …
It’s a sunny day for us to see Betty (Dague) DeVoe (Matt’s maternal grandmother), holding her first born, Judy. Betty wears a nice dress and sends a kind smile toward the camera, presumably held by her husband, Don. Judy is …
The feature image is the MyHeritage/colorized version, and below is the black and white standard: The little girl in front, is Matt’s mother Penny DeVoe. Penny’s brother Larry DeVoe is on the left, his arms behind his back. The woman …