Fritz & Mary Family: New (Old) Photos
May 2016
Working on the photo timelines for Mary and myself I realized that we had been looking at the same set of greatest hits pix for years, but there were boxes and boxes of slides in the basement and many important events in our lives that had been left out.
In the old days we would get out the slide projector, set up a screen and look at the pictures that we had taken in the last weeks or months. But as time went on and new boxes of slides displaced the old we didn't look at the old slides any more.
In fact with the advent of digital photography we are looking at our pictures on computers, and iPads and big screen TV instead of digging out the old slide setup.
I realized that the birth pictures of Katherine and Matt hadn't been seen in years. We also took a grand tour of the West in 1972 when Liese and Marta were five and three and hadn't seen those pictures either, etc. etc.
With the goal of reviving some highlights not doing the monumental task of going through all the pictures, I have found some great photographs. With my photoshop skills I have cleaned up the pictures and brought some of the highlight events up to a level we didn't even see in the old days.
I spent 5 hours yesterday at the BYU Family History Center scanning slides.
I missed some and must rescan some so I'm going back tonight.
I'm just getting started putting them on this blog post...... keep tuned
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Now & Then
Fritz/Kaden, Lederhosen, Madison/Lindon, 1945/2016
71 Years ago, I played Pinocchio. when I was five-years-old, in my Kindergarten school play at Randall School in Madison Wisconsin (I think I got the part because my mother lobbied for it and I had the best outfit)
My grandson Kaden Hasler is five-years-old and surprise, he fits right into the old lederhosen.
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Grand Tour of the West: Summer 1972
Liese, Silverton, Summer 1972
High above the little town of Silverton Colorado
A former silver mining town, at the uphill terminus of the historic Silverton to Durango railway.
Mary, Marta, Sliverton, 1972
Mary and Marta, open the door bleary eyed.
There was an open field above the town, so we drove up a ways and parked for the night.
We bought an old Ford conversion van. It was strong enough to pull the boat and had two beds and a cook stove. Perfect for a 30 day tour of the West.
Colorado, Nevada, the whole West coast from San Diego to Vancouver and back through Canada and Idaho.
Mary, Marta, Sliverton, 1972
Mary, Liese, Marta, Sliverton, 1972
Liese was even more tired, if that's possible.
Mary, Marta, Sliverton, 1972
MartaLiese_BlueMesaReservoir_Colorado_1972
MaryMartaLiese_BlackCanyonOfTheGunnison_Colrado_1972
LieseMarta_MesaVerde_Summer1972
LieseMarta_BlueBrothel_Summer1972
LieseMarta_MesaVerde_Summer1972
MaryMarta_OregonCoast_Summer1972
MartaLiese_Beach_Vancouver_Canada_Summer_1972
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Marta, Liese, Mary, Swimming, Canada, 1972
Marta, Liese, Swimming, Canada, 1972
Hot summer day, no AC, no suits, but the little stream was too tempting.
Marta, Liese, Mary, Swimming, Canada, 1972
Katherine Etta
Katherine just born, Annapolis, 06August1977
Bloody, and gasping for air, Katherine comes into the world.
Mary was gasping for air also.
Katherine just born, Mary, Annapolis, 06August1977
Cleaned up, wrapped up, and in her mothers arms, she settled right down.
Not quite as happy in dad's arms
Arthur, Hatheway, Mary, Marta, Annapolis, 1977
Arthur, Fritz, Marta, Annapolis, 1977
Hatheway, Marta, Annapolis, 1977
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London Town Public House, Edgewater MD
Our Hydrodyne I/O was docked near our house at 424 Highland Drive in Edgewater. We took Dad and Hatheway on the boat out into the South River to the London Town Public House.
Arthur, Annapolis, 1977
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LieseMartaSwimming_MasterCraft_SouthRiver_Edgewater_1978
Katherine, Marta, Liese, Mary, Edgewater, 1978
Katherine, Marta, Liese, Edgewater, 1978
Katherine, Edgewater, 1978
Marta, Edgewater, 1978
Liese, Edgewater, 1978
Katherine, Fritz, Appalachians, 1978
Another Handstand
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Fritz, Mary, Liese, Marta. Katherine, Edgewater, 1979
Ski Warm Ski Supreme South River, Edgewater Maryland
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Matthew Frederick
Newborn Matt, Mary, Marta, Liese, Katherine, Edgewater 02July1982
Matt was born July 1, 1982 at the hospital in Cheverly Maryland
We signed the papers to apply for his adoption and went to the hospital to meet him.
He seemed to be very popular with the ladies of the family
Newborn Matt, Mary, Edgewater 02July1982
We decided that we wanted him and took him right home.
Except for missing the birth trauma, Mary seemed to fall right in as his mother.
Newborn Matt, Liese, Edgewater 02July1982
Or did he have two mothers
Newborn Matt, Marta, Edgewater 02July1982
Or was it three?
Newborn Matt, Katherine, Edgewater 02July1982
Maybe four?
Newborn Matt, Fritz, Edgewater 02July1982
And a very proud papa!
Everyone wanted to hold him!
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Katherine, Goats, Edgewater, 1982
Katherine, Goat, Edgewater, 1982
Matt 6-Months, Marta, Liese, Katherine, Edgewater, January1983
It took three months for our lawyer to get the official adoptions papers signed.
He was ours four sure, if we decided to keep him.
Matt 6-Months, Edgewater, January1983
Well what do you think...... Ralphie?
Matt, 2 years, Edgewater, 1984
Well it took two years, but by then he was cute enough so we decided to keep him
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Mary, Matt, Murphy, Edgewater, 1996
We lived for 25 years on three acres of heavy wooded property in Edgewater Maryland only 5 mile from Annapolis. You don't think of big snowfall when you think of Maryland, but at least three times during that period we had snow falls of over three feet which shut down everything for three or four days.
Mary always had to have animals. It started with our cat Cat Ballou when we were first married in Madison, then our Afghan dog Shila Amahari in Boulder. With the three acres in Maryland, everything was fair "game". For tenders we had three goats that we milked, there were rabbits, ducks, turtles and a dog (see Murphy above). Other people have animals, and they frequently die prematurely of one thing or another. Mary's animals are practically immortal. In 2016, we currently have two Labs that are approaching 15 years of age. (oh my god)
Matt, Murphy, Edgewater, 1996
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The only other time I have worn a Tux is for the White House Correspondents' Dinner In Washington DC when I worked for NASA.
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