Friday, September 4, 1964 - Newport News, Virginia
(Portrait by Nachman's Studios)

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"To be a Virginian, either by birth, marriage, adoption,
or even on one's mother's side,
is an introduction to any state in the Union,
a passport to any foreign country,
and a benediction from the Almighty God."

~ Anonymous
 

FOR MY EARLY LIFE IN PHOTOS,
CLICK ON EACH LINK BELOW:

Baby Me
(1948-1953)

Little Me
(1954-1958)

Young Me
(1959-1963)

Slightly Older Me
(1964-1966)

More Enlightened Me
(1967-1969)

Paul and I have seven children, six sons and one daughter,
 ranging in age from 40 to 23:
Lewis, Brent, Randolph, Joshua, Nathaniel, Dale, and Adrienne.

They all are the joys of my life.

"I never lose sight of the fact
that just being is fun."

 - Katharine Hepburn
(12 May 1907 - 29 June 2003)

(This quotation courtesy of  http://powerquotes.net)

"You will know no greater happiness
than that found in your home...
The truest mark of your success in life
will be the quality of your marriage."

~ Gordon B. Hinckley, May 1998
(23 June 1910 - 27 Jan 2008)

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Saturday, August 30, 1969
Norfolk, Virginia

Carol and Paul

(Photo by Ray Behunin)

Due to the distances involved,
our main wedding reception
was held two weeks after
our marriage. Coincidentally, it was
my 22nd birthday.

Tuesday, April 13, 1971
Norfolk, Virginia

Carol and Lewis

(Photo by Maxine Buckley)

This was taken the day Lewis
was six months old. He was happy, and I was having one of my best hair days ever.

Palm Sunday
March 27, 1988
Taylor Springs, Illinois

Carol - Age 40
Adrienne - Almost 8 Months Old

(Photo by Paul Harty)

If you think these
"Lift the Baby into the Air" shots didn't take muscle power, you could be wrong!

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I'm still looking for one of THESE phones -
the kind my grandmother had in her home - to be my very own.

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Image of My Favorite Phone courtesy of Phonecoinc.com - 10/24/03

Since July of 2000, much of my free time
has been spent editing the web page for the

Newport News High School
Class of 1965.

It has brought me some everlasting joy,
as I was able to reconnect with old friends
I had not seen or heard from in 25 to 35 years.

See it at : http://www.nnhs65.com

Be sure to sign the Guestbook!

  Reserved for Picture of My Wonderful Pet Bunny Rabbit Named Bunny

(Mar 1957 - May 1962)

Bunny's real name was Rufus the Red, as he was a beautiful red satin bunny rabbit, but somehow we always called him Bunny. Mama and Eleanor and I found him in a department store's Easter promotional, nestled in with scores of other young rabbits. His gorgeous color made him
an easy standout.

He was extremely tiny, obviously too young to have been taken away from his mother. When we picked him up to hold him, he nuzzled and cuddled and walked around Mama's neck like a collar.
We knew he was ours already.

Bunny was obviously much more intelligent than the three other rabbits our family had had as pets. He was very easily housebroken, and a delight to be around.

His dietary habits seemed quite peculiar. The lettuce which he craved made him violently ill, so his food intake was
restricted to rabbit pellets, water, and
Kellogg's Special K cereal.

Bunny was very fond of music, especially Daddy's classical music, played at full volume. He would sprawl out beside the rug to listen, and nod his head in perfect time to the music. Once he became enraged when we put on a small yellow kiddie record of dubious audio quality. Apparently Bunny was something of a tech rep, and the inferior sounds assaulted his standards of perfection.

He was a real hoot!

And a sweetie to boot.

At last! 
My hero has arrived! 
Alas, by this time I am married with
seven children,
and four grandchildren,
and the moment
has passed.

 Sigh.

1. Tweety Bird

2. Perry Mason

(as portrayed by
Raymond Burr)

3. Wild Bill Hickock

(as portrayed by
Guy Madison)

4. Smokey the Bear

smokeybear.com/

Carol and Smokey

Saturday, May 16, 1998
Hillsboro, IL

5. Rootie Kazootie

6. Robin Hood

(as portrayed by
Richard Greene)

(Royal Canadian Mounties are ALMOST as gorgeous as Marines in dress blues, don't you know?)

7. Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

(as portrayed by
the ORIGINAL
Richard Simmons)

8. Captain Midnight

(Thanks to Bethany Harty for locating this picture and exciting link for me!)

9. Winky Dink

10. Kukla

"What one loves in childhood stays
in the heart forever."

- Mary Jo Putney

"Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a heaven in hell's despair."

~ William Blake,
"The Clod and the Pebble,
Stanza I "

(1757 -1827)

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  "Respect all such as sing when all alone."

~ Robert Browning,
"Paracelsus, Part III"

(1812 - 1889)

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"It is not how much you do
but how much love you put into
the doing and sharing
with others that is important."

~ Mother Teresa
(Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu)

(26 Aug 1910 - 5 Sep 1997)

My New Favorite
Painting

"Forever and Ever"
by Greg Olsen

Courtesy of the Greg Olsen Gallery
- 10/27/03

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August 29, 2001

LDS Temple, Salt Lake City, UT

(Photo by Brent Harty)

"Character cannot be developed
in ease and quiet. 
Only through experience of trial and
suffering can the soul be strengthened,
ambition inspired,
and success achieved."

- Helen Keller
(27 June 1880- 1 June 1968)

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"Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair
Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes,
In looking on the happy autumn-fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more."

- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
(The Princess")

(1809 - 1892)

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 "I cannot sing the old songs
I sang long years ago,
My heart and voice would fail me,
and foolish tears would flow."

~ Charlotte Alington Barnard
("Claribel")

(1830 - 1869)

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"I would make a list against the evil days
Of lovely things to hold in memory."

- Richard Le Gallienne,
"A Ballade - Catalogue of Lovely Things, Stanza I"

(1866 - 1947)

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"The best thing to give to your enemy
is forgiveness;
to an opponent, tolerance;
to a friend, your heart;
to your child, a good example;
to a father, deference;
to your mother, conduct that will make
her proud of you;
to yourself, respect; to all men, charity."

 - Arthur James Balfour
(1848-1930)
 

(This quotation courtesy of
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE of the DAY from http://www.selfgrowth.com
Sunday, April 27, 2003)

IN GOD WE TRUST!

UNITED WE STAND!