Old Pictures of Dogs

Posted on December 17, 2020 by vanbraman

Tonight I will share some old pictures of dogs. I ran across them while searching for something else and my mind wandered.

dogs, dog, railroad tracks, b/w pictureThis one is titled ‘Dog on Tracks.” I am not sure where this picture was taken, but it looks like it would have been fun to take a walk down the tracks along with your dog.

I am sure that this was taken in Iowa. Perhaps in Page county where my Dad grew up.

dog, farm equipment, tires, tractor, farmHere is a dog doing what dogs do. Sniffing tires.

I like this old tractor and plow. My Grandpa and Uncle Howard are getting the tractor ready to do some work.

great grandma, dog, iowaNow switching to the other side of my family here is my Great Grandma Pearl with her dog.

Edit: Found out that the dog’s name is Shorty.

Hotchkiss, dogs, farm houseHere is my Grandma’s youngest brother Fred with their dogs Ring and Bounce.

Dog, collie, Ottumwa, blue truckMoving forward a bit in time to the color era here is our dog, Lucky II. He is at the McGlumphry’s house north of Ottumwa, Iowa.

Also in this picture is our old blue truck. My brother was wondering if I had a picture of the truck earlier this year. I wish I would have found this picture at that time.

Some good memories of dogs tonight, hopefully the bad memories will not appear.

Steven

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The Chemnitz Christmas Market

Posted on December 16, 2020 by vanbraman

Last December I made a trip to Chemnitz, Germany to visit a special museum exhibit. See: Life at the Dead Sea

leben am toten meer, life at the dead sea, SMAC, ChemnitzAfter visiting the museum I went and visited the Christmas market.

christmas market, chemnitz, germanI really like this entrance into the Christmas market. The iron work is very nice.

christmas market, chemnitz, germanDepending on the size of the Christmas market there are sometimes multiple stages for entertainment. This was one of the smaller stages.

christmas market, chemnitz, germanYou will also see a large tree. One thing I have noticed is that the shape of the tree is usually much different than what you see in America.

In this picture you can also see some of the lines of huts where the vendors have their wares on display. Chemnitz is a larger city than Jena so the market was larger than what I am used to seeing.

christmas market, chemnitz, germanYou will also see large Weihnachtspyramides at the Christmas markets. It would be interesting to see this one lit up at night.

christmas market, chemnitz, germanThere is a lot of good food at the Christmas markets. I didn’t have too much time before I had to head to the train station so I just had a Thüringer Rostbratwurst. I was quite hungry that evening when I returned to Jena 🙂

I just realized that this trip to Germany was just a little over a year ago. Monday marked one year without taking a flight somewhere. I wonder how much longer it will be until my next travels.

Steven

 

 

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