Sparky 1998 and Murray 1999

 

For other photos of Strauss-Vilmont family pets of the late 1990s, see Kate, Flower and Bun-Bun photos.  Sparky's photo didn't want to align with the frame, kinda like Sparky didn't align too well with most situations, but he was a rescue dog.  One who perhaps never could be fully rescued.  Murray was a different animal.  A character also, but funny in a mild weird way and ha-ha funny in his unique way.

Happy 70th birthday Glenn Farrell King

Here's a photo of Glenn I took in 2002, when he lived at Mt. View Lodge in Ozark:


He's living at a place called Van Buren Health and Rehab now, in Van Buren, Arkansas.  Less active physically and verbally than he was when this photo was taken, but that's probably a good thing, and he's not at all unhappy with his situation.  In fact when I visited him on his birthday he mentioned being happy living where he is now.  He and I share that trait, although not many people would choose to live where either of us live.

More Summer of '64 photos

Back in 1964 there was still a ferry that crossed the Arkansas River between Dumas (on the south side of the river) and Gillett (north side).  It was called Pendleton Ferry and operated until 1971, when the present bridge opened.  Here are Jeff, Steven and me on the ferry in the June or July of '64.  Or is that supposed to be Jeff, Steven and I?  The car doesn't look like ours, or even a model I recognize.  Jeff has his own camera in his hand.  Steven seems to be holding on to part of the car with his right hand.  I have my usual slouchy posture.

That same summer we went to Six Flags (near Ft. Worth).  Here's Greg at the petting zoo, after he just let go of a lamb he'd been hugging (as shown in another photo I didn't like as much as this one).  I don't know who the girl is behind him.

And here's Arch in the library at 4006 Cherry Street sometime after the Six Flags trip:

These are from the same roll of film, labeled June 1964 and developed in July of '64.  There are two slides taken at Arkansas Post in the same roll, not worth reproducing here.  We must have stopped there after crossing Pendleton Ferry going north.