July is full of birthdays - and one of those, in fact today - is Charlie's!! I'm sure I post this photo every year - but then I don't have a whole lot of photos of just me with Charlie - in fact, I have few photos of me with any of my siblings - at least from the "old days!!"
I was at Mom's last week, and Phoebe's kids were running through the sprinklers - in this very backyard which is depicted here in the photograph! And I told them that very fact too. They were not significantly impressed. But they were impressed with the shower bath I was giving them and enjoyed the whole experience. That backyard has certainly seen a lot of activities - water and otherwise - over the years. If the trees could talk!!
We both look sort of "Grapes of Wrathish" don't we? We were fine - just grubby sometimes - especially in the summer time!
And I had to include this photo, since it's such a great shot of Charlie in all his Davy Crockett gear! The lineup in this photo - for those not in the know - is Mary, Barbara, Richard, Alice, Charlie. I think I was 12 or so, so it would be 1957. The top one is probably 1952 or 53.
(I cannot begin to explain why I had my bangs in pin curls - unless they just bothered the heck out of me and I wanted them out of the way.)
Charlie is a great brother and a fine son - happy day to him - and best wishes for a wonderful year ahead!!
