Photo Friday - My Grandpas

Howard Lee Epps

(1906 - 1977)

John Richard Hoyle

(1876 - 1958)

my grandfathers

I think it is so cool that I have this picture from 1955 of my

grandpas sitting together. Grandpa Epps (left) was my mom's

dad. He was six-foot-three and gentle as could be. Grandpa 

Hoyle was my dad's dad. He was about five-foot-seven. I have

no memory of him, being young when he passed away. 

I am told I called him 'Little Grampin,' while I called

Grandpa Epps 'Big Grampin.' I love them both!

You can read a previous post about John Richard Hoyle here

Photo Friday - Mabel's Chickens

Mabel Elizabeth Ament

my great-grandmother

b. 20 October 1878, Muscatine, Iowa

d. 9 March 1966, Phoenix, Arizona

We believe this picture of Mabel was taken between 1913, when she filed a homestead

claim for 360 acres in Dawson County, Montana, and 1921, when she sold the land. I just

love the curtains on the window and the wood holding up the brick chimney! 

If that is just a 'few' of her chickens, how many do you think she had?!