Well, dearest Norm, you have just won Lil' Miss Yappy as a lifelong friend, indeed! Thank you for sharing some of your attitudes and your interests ...

Our environment ... I'm not savvy on all the environmental issues, but I'm a physical creature that depends on mommy earth and know a lot about my own vulnerability, dependence, and my own impact, on the whole of things.

Physics ... we're all so interdependent on each other for PHYSICAL survival ... I include Mommy Earth herself ... and beyond. Change is good ... extinction not ?

Now ... back to earth sitting in my little bunker and thinking about geneology, water, relationships ... family trees and old photographs ...

My family history is pretty mind boggling and interesting. I'm amazed.

I have some photos of my dads side (Jonasson's) but there is a book thats out of print that I can't get, or afford anyways, with many of these photos ... my whole dam family, paternal side, in there The Icelanders document and keep track quite well ... (except of bastards... grin!) my dad, brothers and sisters, grand parents, aunts and uncles, great grand parents etc ....

I'll have to double check the title but I think its called;

The "Icelandic River Saga" by Nelson R. Gerrard, local Manitoba historian and geneologist. Its about the Icelanders (my relations and others) coming and settling in Canada ... if you're a historian, you'll enjoy this book ... but the Icelandic names and such are tough to twist your tongue round The Icelanders were extremely challenged ... with the environment, and basically left Iceland because of that environmnt... volcanic eruptions, starvation and such.

My Amma(granny) broke her leg, or some such,on that journey over and almost perished... but didn't ...and here I sit to snoop into her life

Maternal side ... more difficult to find photos.

I don't have a scanner either ... the paternal side photos belong to my Aunty (Dad's sister) and I have some saved to my computer... I'll search them out soon and send some to you for a look see. I especially love my grandparents wedding photo! She's 20, he's 21 ... stern faces, typical pose for back then.

Wow.

I'll be in touch with you soon Norm And by the way... I love seeing the photos people post in here too!!!hint hint

MLU has a wonderful ALIVE and vibrant tone to it. Personal. Community. History. Great values. Humour that won't quit! I love this place ... and the people in it!