Streges and Hardins.

I inherited the old Hardin photo albums when my Mom, whose maiden name was Strege, passed away, and I scanned about 190 of them into the computer.


My mom, here on the left, was beautiful at age 20...

and kept her beauty until the day she died in 2007.


Hazel and Austin on their wedding day.

With the possible exception of my older sister (holding me and her doll), my younger sister, and my younger brother, the greatest event in my parents long marriage was... me!

Very, very excited to be on a horsie, probably in Long Beach, Washington.

My first car, and the beginning of a lifelong love affair.

This one, which is currently an entry in the Bloomingdale's Willow Grove "Guess the Baby" contest, is in the computer as, "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." Love that hat.

A dark day in Bob's life, another sibling with which to have a rivalry. When will it all end? My sister Patty makes her appearance, much cuter and smarter than me. On the way home from the hospital she got to ride in the front seat and they stuck me in the back. I never got into the front again.

I was closest in age to Patty, just a year-and-a-half older. Here, apparently, we're singing together.