In the post "Seeing Double", from August 2024, my theme was finding photos from the Swedish Roots website that looked like my relatives or people I know. But at the same time, being fascinated by clothing styles from those days, I started a file called "Dressed Alike", thinking it would make good blog material. To …
I've never been much of a hat person, but. . . I've been saving photos from the Swedish Roots website, and I've categorized a lot of them so I can use them for blog posts. If you've read "The Higher the Hair", "Pull Up a Chair", "These Boots", or even "Mad About Plaid", you'll know …
Vintage Children's Photography In "Mad About Plaid", I asked the question: What was the deal with standing toddlers on chairs by themselves for photos in Victorian and Edwardian times? I never did find the answer, but I found plenty of photos to illustrate what I meant. These kids from the Swedish Roots website are adorable, …
Victorian and Edwardian wedding photography and more. I don't know who the people in these photos are, but they were taken in Sweden, and they are somehow connected to my family history. I remember when I first saw them, I was surprised that the brides were wearing black. But after a bit of research, I …
It's one thing when the photos are from your own family. You may have tons of them. You may even put them up in your house as vintage decor. You may know who they were, or you may not. You may learn about them from a variety of sources. You might even visit the "old …
Finding your Swedish roots and more. Over the past few days, I have been enjoying an extremely interesting website (read: falling down a major ancestry rabbit hole). It's in Swedish, at https://www.rotter.se/swedish-roots, but if you don't read Swedish, you can have it translate to English. I had been on the site before but hadn't really …
So who would have thought… When I started this blog in 2016, it was mainly going to be art related. I was looking for a way to give my artwork an “online presence” so I could sell items on my Zazzle store. I have to say that my top selling item isn’t my artwork after …
Christmas on the Western Front If you've read "(Not) Home for Christmas, Part 1", you've seen this photo, and you also know how Emil and the Augustana bandsmen had spent Christmas of 1917. Christmas, 1918 found Emil "billeted" with the Bougnot family in Doulaincourt, Hte Marne, with Theo Lenz as a roommate. The Armistice had …
One of my great uncles was named Kermit. Whenever I mention this fact to people outside the family, they always question me: "Kermit? Really?" Today, people immediately associate the name with Kermit the Frog. But in 1916, well before the Muppets were ever thought of, little Kermit Johnson had a feeling his name would become …
At least I think it's Part 3... To be honest, I'm making this post in order to practice using the "new" WordPress Block Editor. I have been putting it off, and finally decided to try it out today. But I figured I needed to start with something simple, so since I had "Pets From the …
Nana's Whimsical World 