{"id":3565,"date":"2005-11-08T16:37:33","date_gmt":"2005-11-09T00:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/08\/before-i-was-around\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T15:02:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T23:02:18","slug":"before-i-was-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/08\/before-i-was-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Before I was around"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7480,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/61403464&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/61403464&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7481,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/61403565&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/61403565&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7482,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/61403671&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/61403671&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7483,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/61403792&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260309212553\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/61403792&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/61403792&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 13:47:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 13:47:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7484,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/61403918&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Last time I went up to visit my folks in Anchorage, I snagged some old family photos. I&#8217;m (finally) starting to get some of them scanned in.<\/p>\n<p>First up: four photos of my Aunt Kay. I never met Kay, as she died long before I was born. However, I&#8217;ve been told on a few occasions that she and I are <em>very<\/em> much alike. While I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;d seen pictures of her before, I didn&#8217;t remember any of them before I found these while digging through the stacks of pictures at mom and dad&#8217;s house.<\/p>\n<p>From left to right: Kay sometime in 1960; Kay in a kilt sometime in 1961 (possibly at the University of Iowa, according to the handwritten note on the back of the photo); Kay and her date for Senior Prom sometime in 1961; Mom and Kay dressed up for Kay&#8217;s High School graduation in 1961.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/61403464\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/29\/61403464_7cfb784bce_t.jpg\" width=\"98\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Kay Ward\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/61403565\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/29\/61403565_3fdb5f503b_t.jpg\" width=\"98\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Kay Ward\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/61403671\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/31\/61403671_80c82fdef0_t.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Kay Ward, Senior Prom\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/61403792\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/24\/61403792_ea029649be_t.jpg\" width=\"98\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Berta and Kay Ward, Kay's High School Graduation\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Mom pinning Dad&#8217;s wings on after his promotion to 2nd Lieutenant in 1968.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/61403918\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/25\/61403918_739ca523b0_m.jpg\" width=\"237\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Dad's 2nd Lieutenant Promotion\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last time I went up to visit my folks in Anchorage, I snagged some old family photos. 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