11.19.08
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A note from Judy Breck: In the 1980s, my parents, Louis and Julia Breck, entrusted to me two diaries written by my great-grandfather Milo Roblee. He is the father of Louis W. Breck’s mother, Olive Jane Roblee Breck. He is shown in the image with this post holding one of his three grandsons who were born before his accidental death in 1904. My guess is that the boy is the oldest of the three, Milo Hewitt Roblee, oldest son of William “Will” Wallace Roblee and Beulah Hewlitt Roblee.
The diaries have now been transcribed in large portion by Phyllis Harrison, a Roblee cousin who knows a great deal about the Roblee heritage. Her translation, along with some images from the Breck collection of family photos are now displayed on the BreckNorth Family website: here. As you will see from reading the text, the picture of Milo and his grandson was probably taken during the 1901-04 period when he was writing the second diary.
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10.17.08
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This picture arrived in the daily flurry of viral emails that I exchange with some others who enjoy sending stuff around. I have no idea who the little boy is — or know anything about the dog. The email was titled “Picture of the Year.” It has my vote for that award.
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10.13.08
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Aaron writes from Roy, Utah on October 13, 2008: “My guess is that there is 15 - 18 inches of snow in this picture. I would have never believed is was possible to have ‘lake effect’ snow off of the great salt lake until we experienced it yesterday. If you go five miles north or south there is maybe 4 inches of snow.”
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10.03.08
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This lovely capturing of color by Madeline is a window of expression from the creativity of a three-year-old. One suspects that through the years ahead we will be treated to more views of God’s beautiful creation through this now young talent.
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08.17.08
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The cat lapping up the milk in this image is Patches. She is twenty-two years old. She has lived all of her years in the home of my brother and his wife. She has had access through her lifetime to outdoor as well as indoor living on their two-acre property in the Rio Grande Valley north of El Paso. Patches has lived well — hunting, relaxing, bossing dogs — and continues to lap up the good life, as her relish for milk displays. She is a terrific role model for aging.
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Three generations of Brecks participate in placing a large black beetle near a picnic shelter at White Sands, New Mexico. The place chosen to release the beetle is safely away from where an automobile tire might run the creature over.
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