Bridge is down, snow added for snowmobiles

MY FOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS

CASITA, (actual tiny original painting). PETE AND I, GRAMMA

MADDIE TOROLA AND GOOD FRIENDS

SIENNA ANDERSON, JACKIE KIILUNEN, MADDIE, ALLÍ BJORN, JADA HENDRICKSON

THANKSGIVING DINNER IN DULUTH WITH AVA,AULLEN, ME, LEAH AND HANK

2024

KATRINA HELMINEN WITH CHILDREN LILY, MAGGIE, ALEX AND KEVIN

AT THEIR NEW HOUSE NEAR AHMEEK

FOUND ANOTHER PHOTO I FORGOT TO POST FROM ST. JOHN TIME

MARGARET KANGAS, DONELLE AHO, LYNN MORTBERG, MOLLY YLITALO

 

RECENT LADIES   CHRISTMAS PARTY AT MY APARTMENT…DAUGHTER INLAW AND GRANDKIDS(women)

SWEATER. CONTEST..

FUN, FOOD, LAUGH ANDLOVE

A LONG AGO PHOTO OF LOVED ONES…BOB AND LORRAINE, LEO AND ESTHE

LEAH  AND I STOPPED FOR

 A SHORT. VISIT AT TODD AND EVELYN’S (Helminen) rental camp NEAR BRUCE CROSSING.

ON OUR WAY HOME FROM DULUTH

TODD AND UNCLE TIMMY WERE THERE

AL AND MARIA RECENTLY CELEBRATED THEIR 72ND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 

 

RECENT SERVICES LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON

GENE AND KATHY MARTINI, NEIL AND EMILY YLITALO, FAYE, BLAKE , THEO, SARA AND PHIL DAHL, RITA AND WARREN WALKER, GEN AND AL ANDERSON

COUPLE GREAT GRANDS “ PLAYING “ A DUET

MAYBE I’LL DO A PAINTING OF THIS….I LOVE TODD’s LITTLE FOOT!

 

 

RECENT SERVICES AND WEDDING IN ALASKA

WEDDING…NATHAN AND MOLLY PIETI

PARENTS MARC AND BETTE PIETI, STEVE AND KARA BERG

MIKE PETERSON OFFICIATING

 

KATHERINE AND DAVIN. TOROLA AT THEIR SON’S WEDDING IN HOUGHTON RECENTLY

AMY AND RUSTY PIETILA THE OTHER PARENTS

SHADRACH ANDAND MORGAN

SISTER COOKIE AND BUTCH HARJU FAMILY

JAMES, MIKE AND AMY,COOKIE, BUTCH, DALE

NEW PAINTING,24 x 30” GALLERY WRAP, NO FRAME NEEDED

BARKENTINE PORTUGUESE  SHIP “GAZELLE PRIMIERO” 1883

(See Facebook “copper country art by artist Ellen Torola”

A GREAT VISIT WITH MY DEAR FRIEND PHYLLIS TOLEFSON OLSON IN MARQUETTE RECENTLY

WE WERE BORN IN THE SAME YEAR AND MONTH… 1938…JANUARY

NOTICE MY SWEATSHIRT…..

 

DAVE AND HIS MULEDEER OUT WEST

DAVE ANE SONS HAVING HUNTING FUN OUT WEST

CADE AND MEHGAN’s DAUGHTER MARION

6 x 6” SHELFIE HOHO

 

BROTHER EARL AT THE MUSEUM

 

EARL, JERRY AND I VISITED THE SEAMAN ROCK AND MINERAL MUSEUM

IT WAS AWESOME, WE WERE THERE FOR TWO HOURS

 COUSIN REUNION AT MY APARTMENT…BOTTOM..AL PESOLA, JERRY.

TOP..BUTCH HARJU, EARL, BUD AND DAVE RAUDIO

BLANCHE, DODIE RAUDIO  ME, COOKIE, MARILYN LANGLEY, MARYLOU PESOLA

TRYING ON DAVE’S TOPHAT…JERRY

EARL

EARL AND I VISITING OUR PARENTS

 

SISTER TIME WITH TOROLA SISTERS…ANNIE, TRICIA,KAREN, SANDI, LISA, SARAH

11 x 14” acrylic, from my deck…”morning on the Portage Canal”

TWO SHELFIES, GREAT SAND BAY, HUNTERS POINT…(for walls, as well as shelf, which is more popular)

11 x 14 ACRYLIC…SCENE FROM SHUTES AND LADDERS

TWIN BROTHER EARL CAME TO VISIT FROM CALIFORNIA AFTER 22YEARS

EARL, JERRY, ME AND COOKIE

VISITING SON CARL AND BETH

 

All of the next few photos were long over-do…format on blog changed, so my IT guy came and showed me the ONE CLICK to fix…

JACK AND JUDY HAATAJA SIBLINGS AT JACKS RECENT FUNERAL…RON, ROGER, RUTH, KATHLEEN, MARYKAY AND JOANNE

THIS CREW MET AT THE HUT IN AUGUST…FRONT..CHRIS SEITER, VIVIAN HUOTARI, JULIE KANGAS, CHERYL KANGAS, JUDY ROEPKE, PEARL LOUKUS

BACK..GAIL FRANTTI, JUDY NORDSTROM, BARB HEINONEN, CAROL ESKOLA, SARAH SHEFFER, BRITA YLITALO, BETH MAKI, MARYLOU PESOLA, JUDY ANDERSON, ME

 

SUMMER VISITORS…JANINA AND RANDY HYRKAS, SONS ..CONNOR BRADLY, TRENT

BIRTHDAY PARTY AT HELMINEN CAMP, VALENTINAS …KIDS ARE PICKING UP CANDY AFTER SOMEONE HIT THE PINJATA

CAP’N WILL HELMINEN

 

TWO GREATGRANDS TINKELING THE IVORIES

WEDDING OF MY GRANDDAUGHTER LIZZIE TOROLA TO WILL SCHECK (MPLS)  AUG 10 IN CALUMET (DAVE AND ANN, KARA AND ? SCHECK)

FLOWER GIRLS , GREATGRAND LUCY ERKKILA AND MADDY TOROLA