Aunt Joan and Uncle Tom in the yard at the farm, playing a game that requires a few handy props and a little resourcefulness. No Playstation necessary. They look like good kids, don't they? There's a nice car in the garage and that same old chest freezer up against the far garage wall that remained until the 80's.

Here's my Gramma as a young woman, in the late 1910's or early 1920's probably. She poses with the horse, Kate, and her colt. Kate was a critical part of the farm, as was every horse on every farm at that point in time - before pickup trucks were the standard. She pulled carriages and wagons, transported people and things, hauled the one or two cans of milk into the creamery every day.

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