A RECENT PHOTO OF OUR GOLF OUTING WITH CINDY LASANEN, AT SANDY PEBBLES COURSE.  I THOUGHT ID GIVE UP GOLFING IN MY OLD AGE, BUT TRIED A FEW SWINGS AT MY GRANDSONS HOUSE AS HE WAS HITTING GOLF BALLS INTO A NET FOR PRACTICE….AND I WAS HOOKED …AGAIN….

 

CADE TOROLA (Wally’s son) AND GRANDAUGHTER MARION

 

AWESOME MORNING WITH A FOG BANK BEHIND MICHIGAN TECH

ANOTHER MORNING, SAME SCENE

MY MINI PAINTING OF. CRAIG AND ASHLEY BEKKALA’S WONDERFUL TUG BOAT NAMED “PIKKU KALA”…..a GIFT TO THEM AFTER HAVING A CRUISE TO JACOBSVILLE

AFTER OUR CRUISE….A GREAT AFTERNOON!   HANS AND CAROL IMPOLA, ME, JEANETTE KANGAS, CRAIG AND ASHLEY

A RECENT ACRYLIC OF THE BEACH AT HERMITS COVE….I PAINTED AN 8 x 10 AND ALSO A 16 x 20”

 

AN OLD PHOTO, I CANT FIGURE OUT WHO THE BABY IS

GRANDAUGHTER JULIA AND BABIES DAISY AND JANE

ME AND JOYCE KOTILA HAD A GOOD NOSE TO NOSE VISIT RECENTLY…WE HADNT SEEN EACH OTHER FOR MANY YEARS

I WAS SENT THIS OLD PHOTO RECENTLY….I RECOGNIZE  MOST OF THE BOYS.  I DONT KNOW WHERE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN.  THE LIST IS BELOW, IT DIDNT COME IN THE RIGHT PLACE…

I HOPE U CAN READ THE WRITING.

PLEASE SEND PHOTOS FOR THIS BLOG….FUN TO REMEMBER

I PROBABLY POSTED THIS YEARS AGO, BUT HERE IS MY PAINTING OF PETE AND WALLY’S DAUGHTER WATERING THE RASPBERRIES…SHE WAS FOUR AT THIS TIME, NOW SHES 20

This photo was sent to me from Finland after Pete passed away

List of the boys

 

WADE AND LIANNE MORTBERG

JEAN AND BOB PELLI

ME AND STEVE ROZICH, OUR FOR FORMER NEIGHBOR 

GOOD VISIT IN GLADSTONE

TYNNE AND DEWEY SALMEN

ME WITH MARION TOROLA, DAUGHTER OF CADE AND MEHGAN

BAPTISM OF ANDERS REINO TOROLA, CARL AND MARY

STEVE AND DENISE JOHNSON

LUKEMA GANG…JOHN, CHUCK,MARK, GRETA, HARRY,ERIC, ANITA, HANS, TRUDI, KATRINA

CAROLYN KOVALA, MARY HENDRICKSON

 

MY SISTER COOKIE AND FAMILY

JIM. BUTCH, MIKE, COOKIE, DALE

THE THREE PORTRAITS I PAINTED FOR BRIAN AND JEAN…24 x 30”

Wickstrom SIBS AND LANA VISITED….MARY, FAITH, PHYLLIS, GAIL, OUR CHILDHOOD NEIGHBORS.   “PRUNE”WAS PETES GOOD FRIEND ALL. HIS  LIFE

LISA ANDERSON AND I

JOANNE AND GARY JOHNSON

AILI AND CODY 

JOLENE HELMINEN, MARGIE, BRUCE HELMINEN

SHELFIE OF BRIAN AND JEAN HOME IN JACKSONVILLE

DAVE TOROLA FAMILY AT THE ZOOIN CARNEY, MI

PHIL AND MARY STORM

 

Me and new GREATGRAND PETER 

PARENTS JOYCE AND ISAAC ANDERSON

DONELLE AHO, MOLLYYLITALO, AUDREY MILLER, TRUDI HAATAJA AND DAUGHTER

Dan and Corinne ANDERSON