Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my paternal uncle taken in the home of his maternal aunt in Galena, Maryland in 2000.  He was always ready with his camera.  At the time this photo was taken, he was 45 years old.

James Odgers
1954 - 2007

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my paternal uncle striking a goofy pose in the home of his maternal aunt in Galena, Maryland in 2000.  He was 45 years old.

James Odgers
1954 - 2007

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my paternal uncle taken in the home of his maternal aunt in Galena, Maryland in 2000.  He was 45 years old.

James Odgers
1954 - 2007

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my paternal great-aunt and paternal aunt, probably taken on Christmas day in the 1990s in my great-aunt's kitchen in Galena, Maryland.

Kathlyene LeGates Churay (1927-2008)
Diane Odgers Veasey (1951-2002) 

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my paternal uncle taken at the home of his maternal aunt in Galena, Maryland in October 1994.  He was 40 years old.  Judging from his shirt and the pin on his sweater, it was around Halloween.  His shirt reminds me just how much he loved animation.

James Odgers
1954-2007

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my paternal uncle taken on Christmas Day 2005 in his maternal aunt's living room in Galena, Maryland.  He was 51 years old.

James Odgers
(1954 - 2007)

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my paternal aunt taken at a Memorial Day weekend picnic that was held on 26 May 1991.  She is standing in the kitchen in the home of my great- aunt and uncle in Galena, Maryland.  She was 40 years old.

Diane Odgers Veasey
1951 - 2002

Diane Jumping in Pool

My granny always told me to make sure that I wrote the names of people in a photo on the back of it, because I may know who is in the photo now, but some time in the future when I go to look at the photo, I may forget who those people were.  She was so right!  And I am glad I took what she said to heart.  I have painstakingly taken the time to write on the back of every photo I have...and it's a lot.

I think about my granny's words every time I look through the old photos that I have.  I am always so excited when there are names and, even more excited, when there are dates and places.  It makes things so easy for me.

Recently, I came across a photo that made me think of the advice that my granny gave to me, and I had to laugh.  It is a photo of my paternal aunt that was taken at the home of my great-aunt and uncle during a Labor Day weekend picnic, a family tradition.  It's a great action shot taken with a Polaroid camera of her jumping into the pool.  The date, September 3, 1978, is written on it...Score!!!  But the best is what is written above it, "Diane jumping in pool."  Just looking at it, it is obvious that she is jumping in the pool.  I guess someone wanted to make sure it was know that it was her that was doing the jumping.

I am thankful for the details...and the laugh!

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my paternal grandmother taken in the 1940's, probably on the beach in Ocean City, Maryland.

Ellen LeGates
1924-1970



Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my paternal grandmother with her older sister, probably taken in Ocean City, Maryland in the 1940s.

Ellen LeGates (1924-1970)
Norma Lea LeGates (1922-1992)