Life's Journey

My interests are photography, genealogy, writing, and travel. Actually, I find that genealogy itself encompasses all of these interests. So, this blog will be about my travels on the road to find our long-lost cousins; to discover and record our family history, including (auto)biographies, in both text and photos. To see how a particular person mentioned here fits into our family tree, LINK to my Father's or Mother's Genealogical web site (scroll down, right column).

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The Father of Rudolf the Rednosed Reindeer smiles for the Camera

Please click (pick) on my banjo strings:

I'm assuming you know who Burl Ives is and what he looks like. And if you are a fan of his then you know he is the father of Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, or at least the Classic TV Version of it- not to be confused by the Rudolf fathered by Gene Autry in 1949. Anybody ever sing "Big Rock Candy Mountain"? The Carolina Panther's football is a significant extra. Then they shouted out with glee, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Actually, they shouted, "You'll go down in his-tor-y". Family history?

I wish to stuff this guy into the stockings of all old time musicians, especially that Banjo guy on the West Coast. And I pass the football "The Ball" onto all those wonderful genealogy bloggers who keep throwing out those challenges and carnivals which inspire us to keep blogging our family history and genealogy. Thanks to all.

Submitted for the eighth edition (my first) of "I Smile for the Camera". The topic was stocking stuffers. To see other submissions for the 8th edition, go here

1 comment:

Janet Iles said...: What a fun picture!; Mon Dec 15, 09:00:00 AM

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Most images, but not all, can be enlarged by clicking on them. Maximum size is usually 1024 x 960 pixels. Alternatively, or if image won't enlarge, link to my Picasa album to see SLIDE SHOW of full views and MAPPED locations for images. Always use your browser's back arrow key to return to blog. Hint: key f-11 to enlarge screen view, f-11 again to return.
To see where individual family members or ancestors mentioned in this blog fit into the big picture, that is the big TREE, link to either my father's genealogical web site or my Mother's. There, you will find genealogical databases with name indexes. Go to top of page, right column
The database at my mother's branch web site will be changed soon to the same format as my father's database (pedigrees and indexes rather than Modified Register).
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