Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Serendipity

I learned that BYU has a scrapbook
my g-great-grandfather kept.
I spent an hour today taking 300 photos of
the articles and information he saved.
You can double-click on any photo
to get a closer look.

in 1866. He opened
a successful drug store in Ogden.

I loved this caricature and found it
fun that he put this article in his scrapbook.

emigrate in 1875.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Deep Fat Fried Turkey and Sweet Potatoes
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Photos of a MGR Installation

I received these pictures in the night and decided to share.
The merry-go-rounds generate electricity.
The kids love them.
Ben has worked for 5 years to develop the technology
so these are fun -- not work.
If you can imagine, the students have never seen a MGR before.
I never saw playground equipment at all while we were there,
although I was told a few well-off schools had some.

Playworld Systems,
who built these latest merry-go-rounds.
Their motto is: The world needs play.
Isn't that great?

when a merry-go-round is installed.
Lots of poetry, speeches and dancing.

little kids would often rub my skin.
It was clear they were trying to rub the white off.
I couldn't believe it at first, but it happened so often that
I became sure that's what was happening.
When my nephew Chris Owen first went to Ghana last spring,
he brought home pictures of dancers with this white paint.
And then I suddenly understood a little better.

charges these lanterns designed for Ben by Energizer.
They will hold a charge for a month.
It's dark at 6 every night in Ghana,
but now the students have light for homework.
Test scores are rising.
Kids are reading.
All I can say is, what a retirement for Ben!
(Thanks, Chris -- for these photos!)
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Ben in the Jungle, Again
His retirement consists of building merry-go-rounds
that generate electricity.
The villagers in Akyrematang were particularly excited to
be chosen for a MGR. They live a half mile from the nearest road.
Ben, who has been to the village several times,
told the headmaster he would arrive this morning at 9.
The waiting villagers quickly emptied the truck
and carried thousands of pounds of equipment
through the jungle.
that generate electricity.
The villagers in Akyrematang were particularly excited to
be chosen for a MGR. They live a half mile from the nearest road.
Ben, who has been to the village several times,
told the headmaster he would arrive this morning at 9.
The waiting villagers quickly emptied the truck
and carried thousands of pounds of equipment
through the jungle.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Bradley Makes A Visit!

He didn't care this was my grandmother's chair,
but he liked the caning.

to Ben when he got home from church.
But lickety-split -- Brad took his glasses.

pancakes from breakfast.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Collins Telle Cannon Photos 1910-1915
he gave me a very old photo album and said,
"I don't know many of the people in this album."
The album was so old and fragile that I didn't even open it.
I remembered it this morning as I started to scan in photos
and decided to take a look.
What a treasure!
My grandfather Collins Telle Cannon was called to
serve in the French Mission in 1910.
The album, which crumbled every time I touched it,
included these photos.
"I don't know many of the people in this album."
The album was so old and fragile that I didn't even open it.
I remembered it this morning as I started to scan in photos
and decided to take a look.
What a treasure!
My grandfather Collins Telle Cannon was called to
serve in the French Mission in 1910.
The album, which crumbled every time I touched it,
included these photos.

I was not surprised to see a resemblance to his father,George,
but I was surprised to see how much
his great-grand-son Mark resembles him.




This looks like a fun group.
The woman in the front right showed up in many photos.
I'm hoping she was an investigator.

Is there any doubt that Collins Burton is this man's son?
Look closely at Elder Cannon's face, far left.
[No matter how hard I tried, I could not read the writing.
Double click if you want to try.]


but I think Elder Cannon is on the far right.
I especially like their hats.

I left this one -- that's his handwriting, not Elder Cannon's.



but Dad thought it was taken on Christmas Day 1910.
I rarely saw my grandfather without a beret.
This is where it started, of course.
He did not keep the mustache.

I believe Elder Cannon is 2nd from the right.


He's second from the left.
Please notice his shoes.

I cannot guess anything about the photo,
except I know I love the boots.
Perhaps there was some civil engineering involved.

Grandfather is on the right.
Did he have a past as a miner that I don't know about?


In this photo, he is driving, she is in the front.
I did not scan this photo in backwards.
I don't know why the steering wheel on the right.

Collins was about 26.

Collins is in the center and sweet Ida May is on the right.

Collins and Ida May are on the right.
Notice they are in the mountains all dressed up for a picnic.
That was how things were done in those days.

I love her shoes, but I'm not sure I would have
liked all the buttons.

Collins and Ida May are in the back.
That other man isn't Harry,
so this is a different picnic in the mountains.
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