“Happy Birthday to Gail Porter Pidgeon, Classmate”

May 11th “Happy Birthday to Gail Porter Pidgeon, Classmate”

“Gail’s BIRTHDAY – two more days…”

“Class-mate GAIL and her cousin Barbara” – – visiting German St. Vincent’s – – at one of their Picnic’s’ – – summer of 1953 or maybe 1954???

Nothing like it at all … for two good and forever friends, seeing their way to climb up and then to stand along side of our “Saint Joseph and child shrine” –

Just giving a second thought to the above scene … I just can not see our climbing up and holding on, so as to not fall off… and then you all know what will happen… I also know, that everyone would start to make remarks… as to whether we had all of our marbles working in the brain department?

I for sure know… we can not do that today – but now… if you will use a good quality magnifier… for as poor as the quality of this PHOTO – we sure do “LOOK” good!

The little girl – at the foot of “SAINT JOSEPH” is my younger sister, EVE KAREN – and it looks like… the hand that she is holding the camera case straps – she is also sticking something into her mouth – never notice that – years ago when looking at these old PHOTOS –

so… (click on the above PHOTO to see better – as to what we all are doing.)

After… giving these two PHOTOS a much closer look – in the first PHOTO… there is a NUN walking in the background – probably checking out – to see what we were up – as they would have been instructed to check – just so glad that – we were no longer living there.

In the “SAINT JOSEPH” PHOTO – too many shrubs around for a NUN to crawl around in – no checking in that area???

This PHOTO had another – photo exposure at the bottom – – but just to see – if it were possible to get – just the better part, of the PHOTO – of my friend, “GAIL” – as these “DAYS” were sure… some real good and FUN “DAYS!”

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY … Dear GAIL”

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY… to YOU….

and MANY — MANY — MORE!”