The fresh faced kid with the Christmas glow in her eyes is me. It was Christmas morning 1967. Each year Santa gave me a doll. But, not just any doll. I only wanted dolls that did something. This doll is Tippy Toes. She could ride a bicycle, scoot on her horse, and she was learning…
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Laundry Delivery, Ma’am
My Great Grandparents, Charles and Brigitte (Breilh) Mazeres were in the laundry business. They first ran French laundries in San Francisco, then Modesto, and finally ended up in Oakland, Alameda County, California, around 1910. This photograph was taken around 1915. The dapper gent is my Great Grandfather, Charles Mazeres dit Salanave. He is standing in…
My Three Legged Wonder Dog
[The 13th Edition of Smile for the Camera Carnival theme is All Creatures Great and Small–The Family Pets. Get ready to meet my three legged wonder dog, Sierra…] My brother gave us Sierra as a gift. She was a wobbly legged flat faced 8 week old Lab/Golden Mix pup. She cracked us up as she…