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If you look through my photos, even though there are a lot of them, you will find my pictures of faces in rocks and trees and other objects. I love to...
Even the most meticulous gardener will find a few exceptions to their carefully laid plans. Maybe the bulbs got mixed and it was impossible to tell which...
It was raining with a mixture of snow and the wind was blowing so hard it made it difficult to keep from getting the lens of the camera spattered with...
I was helping one of my friends with some research recently, who was looking for some record of a birth in Pennsylvania. The problem was that the ancestor...
I recently asked the question, "What is Genealogy?" Now I ask a more difficult and important question, "What is Research?" I think it is easier to think...
Many of the cactus plants with the most spectacular flowers are not native to Arizona. Even though they are cactus, they can't survive the intense heat...
One of the fascinating things about flowers is the intricate and detailed inner workings of the flower. Every species has a slightly and sometimes dramatically...
There are not words to describe these flowers and the photos do not do them justice. I have two images here so you can see the size of these blooms. All...
The above daguerreotype was reportedly of my Great-great-great-grandfather, John Tanner. However, after some extensive research and using historical and...
We like to think of ourselves as part of a genealogical research community, but what is genealogy and what is research? Sometimes we accept classifications...