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Natural to select this couplet of images for the post this week. These were in the Meg and Dave archives, and they imply what looks like a group of children grouped together in costume, likely dressed up for Halloween (or …
I pulled this one for its near-harvest cornfield in the backdrop — we drove past many on the way home from a good hiking day in Red Wing, Minnesota. Here’s to the apples and cider and pumpkins and crispy air …
It’s amazing how many inside family photos involve couches. I mean, it shouldn’t be surprising — our family rooms and living rooms usually have them as a furniture centerpiece. This is all in my brain because we just replaced our …
This week’s posting demonstrates the great power of the internet to solve photo mysteries and shows off some new photo manipulation tools. Outline It’s always been a nice and helpful feature in print media to have a visual “guide” when …
This photo features all 5 sons of Hap and Pearl Pickett, appearing to stand in front of some shrubs and a tree, near what I presume to be their home at the time. By clock positions, that’s Kenny at 12 …
Finally a Pickett photo — it’s been awhile! Erin’s paternal grandma Dortha helped me with this one — she described it as a “5 generations photo” — so we’ll go through identities from oldest to youngest. The elder at the …
I dabble around with different web resources for my genealogy and photo interests. MyHeritage (which I’m not a member of), recently unveiled a new feature wherein you can upload black and white photos for an automated colorization process. This technology …
Simple hugs and smiles for you on what would appear to be a winter (isn’t that snow through the leaded glass window?) day for Erin Pickett and her dad Dave. Those appear to be two large black and white photos …
This shot of Meg (Jordan) Pickett hugging her daughter, Erin (my wife!), almost crosses generations for me, because I could just as easily photograph her hugging my oldest — and very similarly aged — daughter Olivia, with that same exact …
Stand back and witness this dangerous trio — you are in for some trouble. They are gathered for Carey’s “Bride’s Breakfast” at Heron’s Hideaway in Sheridan, Indiana, circa September 2004, in the day’s leading up to Carey’s life union to …
Feel very sorry for these mischievous teens and tweens. They were innocently participating in a western adventure family vacation to Bryce Canyon in Utah, when something must have gone terribly wrong, leading to incarceration. Don’t be misled by their grimaces …
Erin Pickett is really enjoying the carousel in this fun photo from what looks like a fun summery day. I lightened up the contrast on the image and found Dave Pickett standing nearby helping his girl have a safe ride. …
Here is Erin with her sister Carey Pickett (Mayernick) and her dad Dave! We find maidens and father nestled between a large mossy boulder and plenty of dense, encroaching green leafery. It almost looks Amazonian, but the smiles don’t portend …
Here at wisepics, we are always looking for new ways to share these treasured photographic memories. The new feature is called, “InfoBox” and we’ll aim to include one with each photograph. Here’s an example: Let’s unpack what we are trying …
This elegant family photo stood out from the bunch and was ready for cleaning and sharing. Who A Dortha Pickett interview helped me greatly — in giving me 6 of the 7. The “bookends” of the image at leftmost, and …
No, not an image of our families — but as today is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, I thought it’d be interesting to ask if those who were alive at the time could describe what they remember about …
Great family photo of Howard “Hap” and Pearl Pickett (Erin’s paternal great grandparents) and their 5 boys together — you see that historically, female dominated litters were not always the trend! I wonder what it must have been like for …
Here we have the John and Dora Myers family posing for a front yard portrait. They are great-great grandparents to Erin through her paternal grandmother, Dortha. Dortha’s father Cloyd is the young boy sitting in the very middle, sort of …
This is a fun, summery glimpse of a few of the sons born to Howard Pickett (1904-1974) and Pearl Thompson (Pickett) (1901-2003). This is an example of photos that I have where identifications are not entirely clear. This one even …