Family History #6: Lindsey & Carriker

MARY & WILLARD
~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~

1960

1965

1973

Pulling together all previous posts about my parents . . .
Mary Elisabeth Lindsey Carriker, 21 January 1931 - 15 June 2020
Willard Marvin Carriker, 18 July 1923 - 27 June 1987

Siblings Day
My mom and her brother John

Earl's Birthday
My mom's brother Earl

Uncle Rudy & RFK
My dad's brother Rudy

Unforgettable Uncle Gene
My dad's brother Gene

Amelioration: Earth Day
Uncle Gene & Aunt Elaine

Loos'd of Limits: The Open Road
Uncle Gene's photography

My Father's Birthday
My dad's sister Frances

Father's Day
Dad's Printing & Cursive
some inspirational advice

Books My Mom Suggested
a few of her old favorites

Thunderbird
car culture

Dodge Dart & Station Wagons
some family car stories

Time Traveler & Summer Belvedere
Rest in Peace Dad

Sunset and Evening Star
Rest in Peace Mom

Blogs after Mom Died
We Hardly Knew Ye
Lament
An Inheritance of Ephemera

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Birthdays & Holidays

Teach Your Children Well
My mother's birthday

German Chocolate Birthday Cake
My dad's birthday cake

Home Made Ice Cream
one of our best & most delicious family traditions

O Christmas Tree Unchanging
Mom's Childhood Christmas Art

Third Sunday of Advent
Dad's Childhood Christmas Poem

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Visiting Grandma and Grandpa Carriker

Les Vieux

Vintage Thanksgiving

Going For a Walk

Persimmons

Dashing!

Boy Doll & Wish Book

Birthday Cousins

Grandparents Day

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MORE FAMILY STORIES TO COME
in the meantime . . .

Lots of Family Pictures: Calendar 2024
Calendar 2025: #1 ~ #2 ~ #3
Photo Ablums: Gravestones & Grandparents

There's no vocabulary for love within a family,
love that's lived in but not looked at,
love within the light of which all else is seen,
the love within which all other love finds speech.
This love is silent." ~ T. S. Eliot

ENTIRE SERIES:
Family History #1
Family History #2
Family History #3
Family History #4
Family History #5
Family History #6

Next Fortnightly Post: Family History #7
Friday, August 14th

Between now and then, read
THE QUOTIDIAN KIT
my shorter, almost daily blogs
www.dailykitticarriker.blogspot.com

Looking for a good book? Try
KITTI'S LIST
my running list of recent reading
www.kittislist.blogsppot.com

Family History #5: Heideman & Lindsey

ROVILLA & PAUL
~ ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS ~

In the 1920s

In the 1960s

All the Paul and Rovilla Stories

Ancestors: FN & QK
Paul, Rovilla, and Others

Rovilla
Rovilla's Birth

Cousin Rovilla
Quilt made by Rovilla

Belonging to Rovilla
purse, billfold, and another view of the quilt

Sewing Box Lost Forever
Sewing box, quilt, and doily

Pink Kitchen ~ Blue Kitchen
Rovilla's childhood teacups

Mantelpiece
Rovilla's Lily of the Valley plate

Nina (rhymes with China)
Rovilla's childhood doll

Bonnie & Barbie
more hand-sewn doll clothes

Reach Out and Touch the Hem
Rovilla's childhood dress

Pie Safe
Rovilla's pie safe

Goodbye Old Brown Furniture
Little rocking chair made by Paul

Side by Side Secretary
More furniture from Paul & Rovilla's house

Steamer Trunk
emptied of vintage treasures & restored

Green Beans, Grandmas, and Air Conditioning
Rovilla's Jewel Tea ceramics

Descent Into Kansas
old newspaper clipping from Rovilla

A Moment of Silence
Rovilla notes the death of JFK

Two Fine Families
Heidemanns & Lindseys

A Bright Posterity
In the 1920s

My Shadow and Me
clever shadow pic of Paul

Tuesday Afternoon
Wedding Announcement

The Least Important Day
An "Our Town" Memory

Our Town Redux
If only I could hear her voice again . . .

Grandpa Lindsey
The Favorite

Vintage Boxing Day
Grandpa's Christmas Cards

Tools For Everyday Use
advice from Paul

My Ain Countrie
Paul and the old-time songs

Back When Kansas Was the Wild Wild West!
Lindsey Brothers

Dalton Gang
Dalton Brothers

Leap Day Wizard Dreams
A dream about Grandpa Paul

Day of the Dead
cemetery memories

Signs, Symbols, Souvenirs
funeral memories

Parallax
Funerals on Bloomsday

Transportation Has Undone So Many
RIP ~ tragic train & car accidents

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MORE FAMILY STORIES TO COME
in the meantime . . .

Lots of Family Pictures: Calendar 2024
Calendar 2025: #1 ~ #2 ~ #3
Photo Ablums: Gravestones & Grandparents

There's no vocabulary for love within a family,
love that's lived in but not looked at,
love within the light of which all else is seen,
the love within which all other love finds speech.
This love is silent." ~ T. S. Eliot

ENTIRE SERIES:
Family History #1
Family History #2
Family History #3
Family History #4
Family History #5
Family History #6

Next Fortnightly Post: Family History #6
Tuesday, July 28th

Between now and then, read
THE QUOTIDIAN KIT
my shorter, almost daily blogs
www.dailykitticarriker.blogspot.com

Looking for a good book? Try
KITTI'S LIST
my running list of recent reading
www.kittislist.blogsppot.com