March 10, 2025: Janet & I took a trip to Spain to visit both some new and old sites. Particularly, Madrid and Toledo and Barcelona.
8 Day Madrid & Barcelona by Rail (Monday Departure, New York)
DAY 1, Monday - Depart for Spain
DAY 2, Tuesday - Arrive in Madrid, capital of Spain, and …
read moreNovember 28, 2024: We celebrated Thanksgiving in Bloomington this year. Charles and Tessa hosted. Jane caught a nasty cold a day or two before, so she opted out of trying to join us. The group pictures that I took came out a bit fuzzy so Charles was able to sharpen …
read moreOctober 28, 2024: Janet found some more of her slides and negatives in a Blue Binder in the basement, so I'm taking the opportunity to scan and post what she found.
read moreSeptember 18, 2024: We flew with PolyArk classmate, Don & Julie to to Edinburgh, Scotland. There, we met up with another PolyArk classmate, Karl and Barbara to begin our Gate 1 - 10 Day Classic Scotland Tour and 50th PolyArk Anniversary.
DAY 1, Tuesday arrive Wednesday - Depart for Scotland
DAY 2, Thursday …
read moreSeptember 8, 2024: We drove to Charles' and Tessa's house in Bloomington to celebrate Jane's upcoming Birthday in a few days. We got to see the many upgrades to the main house and patio area, while also spending a little time in the ADU. Charles and Tessa were making and …
read moreAugust 24, 2024: My Niece, Mary, organized a very nice lunch at Brandt Farm to celebrate the planting of three apple trees in remembrance of her Mom (my Sister), Joyce; as well as a tree for Calista and a tree for Joyce Eastburn.
She also invited several dear friends of …
read moreAugust 7, 2024: My Cousin Julie was kind enough to send me a bunch of old family photos that she had and that her Mother and Father had kept. I volunteered to digitize and post on this website, if she could get them to me. Consequently, I was happy to …
read moreApril 23, 2024: Janet wanted to make a short trip to visit with her Mother, Virginia, in Mystic so that is what we did.
We got to see Virginia's wonderful garden, which she tends every day. We also got to see John at work on the boat his father started …
read moreJuly 2, 2024: This is a copy of a White Binder that my sister, Joyce had been compiling on Eastburn Farm history.
July 5, 2024: This is a copy of the Eastburn Farm Deeds and Plats White Binder. Again, something that my sister, Joyce, had put …
read moreApril 24, 2024: It's been 6 years since Janet and I have gone on a trip of any length and longer than that since we've traveled outside the USA. Two knee replacements, thumb reconstruction, broken wrist, Covid and Breast Cancer will slow a person down. But Janet felt like it …
read moreApril 19, 2024: This is my mother's story, as she wrote during 1995. Scanned in April 2024. I've also included many miscellaneous scanned old Creel photos as well as a few more of my Father.
I also transcribed this document to make it a little more legible …
read moreApril 8, 2024: John and Sarah traveled to Indianapolis to see the total solar eclipse and luckily, for once, the weather cooperated. It was the first sunny day we've seen in quite awhile ... before or after. Looking forward to seeng everyone in 2044. The next day, we drove to Bloomington …
read moreApril 7, 2024: This is my father's story, as he wrote in 1996. Scanned in April 2024.
I transcribed the document to make it a little more legible and is now a much smaller file. PDF format.
A Story of One Life by Charles E Brandt
Added my mother's …
read moreMarch 31, 2024: It was nice to able to host Easter dinner for our family at our house this year. It's been awhile. I'm very thankful that Janet felt up to the task and that she is feeling stronger day-by-day. It was a pitch-in, but she still made the main …
read moreMarch 30, 2030: We were notified earlier in the month that our electric utility, AES, was planning on a major line clearing, tree cutting, job along our southern property line, Raymond St. And they weren't kidding. I think Wright Tree Service had 3 crews out on Saturday to finish cutting …
read moreMarch 27, 2024: This is a digitized copy of the Powers Family, 1654-1937 binder that my mother had purchased and gave to me back in 1984. I made a field trip in 1999 after my mother's passing and I've included some pictures from that outing as well. There is quite …
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