Brannon's 40th!

What a morning it was 40 years ago this morning. At 3:31 a.m. our lives were wonderfully revolutionized. But the carpet layers were to show up at 8 a.m. So I had to leave my wife and brand new mother with that beautiful bundle at Floyd Hospital and very-early-thirty drive home and meet a great friend, Cotton (Carl Franklin) to finish the clearing out and cleaning that had been interrupted last evening. The upstairs somehow had to be ready to carpet at 8. When I got back to the hospital I was wiped out and slept on the floor of Sheila’s room and missed several visiting well-wishers! Brannon Ruth Shaw Carlin what a blessing you have been to your father for the FOUR decades since! I love you.

It's Lillian's Birthday!

A hodgepodge of the last 35 years with this beautiful girl in no particular order.

(The best way to view the pictures: Click on the first picture to enlarge it then use the arrow keys to scroll through all the pictures.)

How I love that smile. 

Riding Uncle Chuck's motorcycle.

In Kennesaw

On the train

With Grandma Ruth

Lucky Stiff

With Matthews kin

Fourth of July

Before the Riverwalk was moved to the top of the levee.

Cherub Choir

With Daisy

"Underdog!" at Cedar Avenue

The Forum under construction

With Jonerbub

Christmas Tree from the Dooley/Burton Farm.

Riding the Giddyup Tree on a Christmas Tree hunt.

In the Cedar Avenue front yard

Lil' Dancer with Mom

At Trinity UMC front door

Easter

With Daphne

On Grandshaw's Rocky Dog

Sisters

Pandemic barber

Pandemic politicians

At Ruth's baptism

On Mt. Palomar

Ice Cream in Summerhill

Pandemic haircut...

...pandemic murder.

with Griffin

Fed up.

Prom

At the Fox Theater

Cousins

Standing for her principles

with President and Mrs. Carter

with Stacey Abrams

Lillian and Jordan made off with parts ofd our LP collection! 

At Schroeders