Here I am at 2 weeks of age. This picture was taken at our house in Essex.
I still have the patterned blanket in the background.

Here I am at 3 months or so.  Mom said the smile was pretty much my attitude back then.  What did I have to complain about?

Dad is holding me outside his depot at Essex. He was agent from 1947-56.  If you look real close, you will see that the smile is gone here.  Perhaps it was the smell of Creosote I didn't like.

Mom (5'10") stands in front of a taller snowbank ca. 1954.

Snaps, right, Goldie, left. I'm the dog in the middle. Snaps is Goldie's son. ca. 1954.

Dad stands in front of one of the GN's shiny new F-3 Diesel Locomotives.

The 1954 Essex version of a one-stop shopping center. It smelled of fragrant cigars.

Early in '55, I am digging our 1950 Ford out of the snow.
I still drive a Ford. I not long ago had to dig one out of a Montana Snowbank.
So, have I really made any progress?

Dad's Graduation Photograph.  He was a member of the Newport, Washington class of '35.  Ordway Lewis Persyn, (1917-1991)  was born and raised on the Idaho side of town, called Oldtown.

Here is a navigation link to an album of my son, who is named Ordway, after Dad.

Here's a photo of my daughter, Adyn, and her husband Josh at a New Year's Charity Ball in their home town of Choteau, Montana.  They have two children: Schyler, 10; and Shae, 7.  More about the Sonjus here!