Granddaddy and Roger make their thumbs disappear and then reappear.
Granddaddy and Roger make their thumbs disappear
and then reappear.
Granddaddy was one of the few people Roger would allow to hug him.
Uncle Steve started a water fight. He has artillary to spare.
Mother enjoys 'her' giftshop at Asbury.
Roger and Granddaddy try out the new cars Roger just
acquired from the giftshop.
Sarah and Roger try out her new monkey slide.
Grandmommy took us to the pool with her for her aquacise class.
While she did her workout, we enjoyed the play pool.
Granddaddy set up his equipment to view a partial solar eclipse.
Roger likes the backyard waterfall.
We were excited to see the tame deer at NIST.
Lisa plays her penny whistle under a descendent of
Newton's apple tree on the grounds at NIST.
Granddaddy at work in his office at NIST.
Viewing the building material test wall.
Explanation of above wall.
Walking around Fort McHenry in Baltimore.
Roger gets a ride with Uncle Steve.
Roger played peekaboo around a pillar in the courtyard of
the fort.
Foundry United Methodist Church, church home for the Hubbells since
the 1950s.
Faces from the past and present:
Lisa, Sarah, John Parker, Roger, Anne, Nina Lord,
Jenny, Ned and Ellen Bachman. John Parker and his wife Sue were
beloved MYF leaders when Anne was a teenager, and the Bachmans
were also treasured youth leaders. Nina is a few years older
than me and served as a role model.
More old friends: Rue Stevenson and Genevieve Taylor.
Miss Taylor was Anne's nursery school teacher at church.
Roger played in the church nursery, just like I used to, with
perhaps the same toys.
We took a whirlwind tour of DC to show the girls some of the
key sites. The Washington Monument was being refurbished,
so it was encased in scaffolding.
Have you ever wondered about dusting dinosaur exhibits?
This is in the Smithsonian.
Granddaddy conmunes with Einstein.
The new Korean War Memorial.
The Memorial reminds us the Freedom is not Free.
Across the mall is the Vietnam Memorial with its
thousands of names.
Jenny points to her cousin's name, Tom Hubbell.
Grandmommy took us to see these botanical gardens not too
far from home.
Can you find at least 3 frogs here?
These flowers are called Naked Ladies because they have no leaves.
They are infamous in our family after a car trip with Aunt Marge
who yelled out, 'There's a naked lady!' when she spotted one.
Shocked and eager faces turned to look and were disappointed
to see a simple flower.