Totem Pole 1973

This is our totem pole that my Mother made for us.

A telephone pole and her imagination and wah-la, a totem pole.

Since we loved Lone Ranger and Tonto we loved having our own totem pole in the backyard growing up.

This is the totem pole in it's original resting place, the back yard of Lexington Ave.

It made the move with us to the country and I am not real sure about it's whereabouts or it's condition today.

You can see more about it HERE and HERE.

Snow Pose

Mom out styling in the snow in the winter of 1975.

She is standing by the totem pole she made us while we lived on Lexington Ave..

We were glad that that the totem pole made the move with us to the country.
I am pretty sure she made it from a old telephone pole.
I mentioned the totem before HERE and I know it will show up again.

I remember her being bent over making the faces that she was about to carve on her face and then banging away with a hammer and chisel, placing them on the pole.

Thanks Mom

Aerial View

I was glad to see these pictures again.

We were building a new church in Franklin and wanted some pictures from the air of the progress.

Some how I was the one who ended up in the plane that day.

After shooting the picture at the church the pilot said "We have time where do you live?".

Next thing I knew we were circling our house.

This doesn't show all of Dads property but its pretty close.

The trees are tiny.The back of the house.

The basketball court is freshly painted with a trampoline on it.
I can't tell if it is Brett or Chad jumping.

This is the front of the house.

No pond next door yet.

Lets zoom in and look at some things.

Can you see the Butler totem pole?
The dirt is is Dad's garden.

After zooming in I am guessing the jumper is Brett because he is playing ball.
Elaine says its Chad, hmm.

I found Dad mowing.

So I went and found him in the driveway in one of the other shots.

Fun pictures, I am glad they have survived.
I would gladly go up and take some new ones if I had a sponsor. Any takers?