Smiles.

{Started this post... day before yesterday.}

: )

They Make Ya...

'Smile'.

<3

: )

Put the new crop of Mushrooms out, yesterday morning, before heading to Jo Ann, and Bill's Estate.

: )

Sold the one on the far right, last night.

Went to a Happy Home.

<3

Worked at Sis, Jo Ann's Home, yesterday.

{Estate Sale... June 5, thru 8. Stay Tuned!! : ) }

Working on getting through.... 

The above... was labeled, 

'Bess and Bud'.

{paternal grandmother, and Dad.}

Somehow... I don't think so.

 Dad... had a Definite Widow's Peak...

Long Arms,

and...

 Big... Fists.

: )

We'll see what Cousin, Shirley Conner 'H'... has to say.

; )

She'll Know. 

: )

Pretty certain... the above, I found in Sister, Jo Ann's Singer Sewing Machine's drawer...

was of her Dad, and mine... astride a Pony, with Uncle Ted... holding the reins.

<3

Behind... is most likely the Derby, Iowa... Farm, where The Boy's were born and raised.

<3

It's Such a GIFT to run across these images.

<3

I, have only a few images of Dad.

None...

 from his Childhood, and Derby.

Tho... Dad had shared So Many Stories, of his Childhood, with me... 

while Bouncin' down the back roads... to Farm Auctions, and Farms where he cut scrap iron, when I was young, it's Wonderful... having 'Pictures'.

: )

Dad's 'Stories'...

were

Always...

Positive...

 Loving... Happy... Humorous....

 'Stories'.

'Memories'

; )

<3

Folk's are doing some remodeling, upstairs... 

at The Estate, so... I focused on the lower level, yesterday.

: )

Sorted, and went through... many, many... old vinyl records.

Above... is a Thimbleful.

: )

Brother in Law, Bill....

was an 'Engineer'... on Many Levels.

: )

Bill brought a 1964, and a half.... 

Mustang,

with...

a

 High Performance 289...

{California Special}

 4 barrel carb, 

Way Around, 

for me.

<3 

Dad, and I... spotted the Mustang... for sale, in a yard near Collins Road, in Cedar Rapids.

$250.00

{a Lot of Money... for an old Mustang, like Dad was cutting up for Scrap, back then.

 I used to save the Pony Emblems... from the Mustangs, he scrapped.}

I... was a Ford Mustang 'Freak', in 1978.

{most possibly, from the day I was born. ; ) and, 'til the day I die.}

That little Mustang, had been driven from California, by the Girl... who had it for sale.

No rust.

Sadly... the Mustang... hadn't run right, since she'd returned to Iowa, with it.

{In my mind... 

'Trucks'... should be the Only thing on the road. Everything 'else', should be a Mustang.}

Dad entrusted... his Son in Law... 

Bill, to rebuild the little Mustang's 

4 Barrel Carb.

I'll never forget Bill, handing the Mustang's Carb, over...

 to me.

: )

Rebuilt...

Perfectly...

Precisely...

by, Bill Ronnenburg Sr.

: )

<3

I...was 15. 

and...

felt a little better about

 'Bill'.

; )

see, before that, well...

I wasn't too fond of 

'Bill'.

Noticed, when I was about 7 years old, 

Brother in Law... Bill, stood a bit 'taller', than my Dad.

: (

Uh oh.

: (

In my eyes, back then... and, Always, 

'Nobody'

should stand Taller, than 

'Dad'.

: )

<3

Shared that Story... with Bill, the last time we visited.

: )

He Laughed!!!

: )

Me... Too!!

<3

: )

The image, labeled...

'Bess, and Bud',

well, I find...

'wrong'.

: /

?

Jo Ann's Family... hasn't decided to sell...

the Above, Amazing... Stove, that I'm Certain Jo Ann Loved to Cook On.

<3

{Jo Ann, was an Amazing Cook!! <3 }

<3

: )

Sold a Big... Mushroom, this evening.

<3

Who... couldn't Smile, looking at them.

??

: )

Priceless.

Love to Ya...

Prayers, for All.

Barb C.