September 21, 2025: Brandt Farm celebrated our family farm in Indianapolis this year. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Hollyhock Hill Restaurant on the north side of Indianapolis, where we talked about the farm and family happenings and had great fun.
September 21, 2025 Brandt Farm Hollyhock Hill Photos
read moreSeptember 18, 2025: We took a short two day trip to northeast Indiana with our good friends, Don and Julie. Weather was perfect the entire time.
As I was growing up and with my Mother's family connections, this was always an area we would visit often, especially during the summertime …
read moreJune 29, 2025: Mary & I went to the farm to take care of a few house issues and check on a few things. The corn looked really good.
I made a photo inventory of the farm house and barn interiors just for future reference.
June 29, 2025 Farm Visit and …
read moreMay 20, 2025: Janet & I took a 9 day trip to Copenhagen, Denmark with college classmates and good friends -Don & Julie
DAY 1, Tuesday - Depart for Denmark Depart for Denmark
DAY 2, Wednesday - Arrive in Copenhagen Arrive in the lively Danish capital of Copenhagen, and transfer to your hotel. Spend …
read moreApril 27, 2025: Mary, Will & I went up to the farm on a beautiful spring day for a much needed work day
The corn was planted this past week.
We saw what the raccoons had done on the inside of the house and we did our best to clean up …
read moreApril 20, 2025: Janet & I hosted Easter this year and it was a real joy.
We have some really good cooks in this family, because the dinner was delicious.
Thank you, everyone!
And the weather cooperated, too. It turned out to being a beautiful Spring day.
Miscellaneous pics include …
read moreMarch 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 20, 2024
My Mother had done a bit of Genealogy research. Here are her notes and the Family Tree items that she had compiled.
Genealogy Research and Family Tree
The following is an interesting compilation of things that had been stored in a plastic bin labeled Calista E Creel …
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