BETH & BRAD

My sister Beth and her husband Brad came into town last night and shared a nice fish dinner. A nice time, but too brief. Here are a few pictures.

BETH AND PAUL

Probably taken mid 1980s or so, Bet and Paul in the kitchen at the Keystone Lake home. But probably photoshopped, because, really? Paul washing dishes? :)

SISTERS

A picture of my sisters taken a few years back, maybe in Georgia. Beth, stop torturing that poor pumpkin!

BETH (1993)

Beth at some McDonald's with Crystal Martin, with Falon peeking over her arm.

GABBY 2006

A few cute shots of Gabby, 2006. The third is with Beth, her grandmother and my sister.

BETH & PAUL

My sister Beth and brother Paul while visiting our Dad at the Keystone house in 2002.

BETH AND STEVE

Beth and her first husband, Steve, all gussied up for some event in 1995. Beth has that disco-era high hair. I think this may be the only known picture of Steve in a suit. :) That'll teach them not to pay the blackmail request!

PHOTO SESSION 1966

Herewith three shots from a 1966 photo session, likely in Hawaii. Left to right: me (6), Bobbie (3), Beth (5), and Paul (-1). I love my siblings.

25th ANNIVERSARY

My parents celebrated their 24th marriage anniversary was a small party held at the Keystone house.

The lady in white to my father's right is Debbie Peterson, my sister's husband's first wife. Yeah, we be that kind of family. :)

Beth stands to my parents' right.

Gathering in the kitchen. Bobbie is seated in chair facing, Angie Colon with back to camera.

BABY FALON (1984)

Ignoring her treaties and offered hush money (not really), I present a few pictures of Falon Peterson, Easter 1984, chasing eggs on the Lake Keystone estate. I just noticed that she has the exact same look her mother had when she was young, the "come here and I'll kick your butt" squint. The last two shots include her father (wearing his Easter best) and mother (you can judge if it's her best side). I am having too much fun with these pictures.

BETH & BOBBIE, 1996

My sisters Beth and Bobbie at a party at our Keystone House (this being the kitchen). Both of them do not seem pleased that they are being photographed. I was not responsible. I'm just spreading it to the world. . .hehehehehehe.

TIDD KIDS 1967-1968

In 1968 we lived near Charleston, on Edgewater Island. Here are a few picture of the Tidd kids.

I am guessing this shot may have been taken just before Christmas 1967, because it looks like we are celebrating a birthday, probably Beth's, because of the three girls her age there that I don't recognize. On the bottom row we have Bobbie, Paul, and me.

Probably Christmas 1967, but the film was developed in 1968. Paul, me, Bobbie, and Beth. Paul looks very happy, and Beth is focused. This is in out living room, coming out from two bedrooms in the rear of the house.

Undated. I think perhaps 1967.

Most likely Easter 1968. Mom with her nice bonnet, me and Beth, then Paul and Bobbie.

Summer 1968. (L to r) Paul, Bobbie, Laura McCabe, Beth, me.

SMOOCH

Herewith a picture from about 1963 of me smooching my sister, in an obviously staged shot, cause she would have been popping me. Not sure why we were both dressed up and well groomed. Not even sure where this picture was taken, although I suspect it is probably in Charleston, the first time we lived there, while my dad served aboard the SS TRIGGER (564). I wonder if I earned a black eye on this one. Beth will probably be bribing me to take this down off the blog. :)

BETH 1961

A small collection of first-year pictures of my sister, Elizabeth Ann Tidd (once Peterson, now Worth). In the last one I think she looks the most like a Tidd.

JIMMY & BETH 1961

Me and my sister, 1961. I'm the cute one. :) She was born the same year as me, a smidgen over ten months later. The second picture, with my mom, is a little blurry, but I included it anyway.

BETH & ME (1962)

A nice portrait of my little sister and me taken in Charleston, S.C. in 1962. I am 2, she a little over 1 1/2 or so.

TIDDS 1964

Enroute to Hawaii in 1964, in which we sailed on a Navy transport (my only cruise thus far) and one I remember only a few details about, the family stopped at the home of a family friend in Long Beach, California (where I was born four years earlier) and visited Lou Bridges. Here is a portrait taken there. Dad is holding Bobbie, Beth nibbling on her finger. I have always wondered where I got those squinty eyes, but at least I am not sporting my trademark photo "grimace." Mom is about five or six months pregnant with Paul.

HAWAIIAN XMAS

Hawaiian Chrsitmas in 1965, I think. I'm in the front, sister bent over, and Beth under tree.

JIMMY & BETH IN THE PAPERS

Beth and I at the Coast Guard Station on Tradd Street, Charleston, South Carolina, during the annual Armed Forces Day open house, as published in the 16 May 1964 edition of the Charleston Evening Post. The sailor is identified as Roland Gandy. I am interested in whatever he is pointing out (the cutter Cape Morgan), while Beth looks to be thinking, as she pounds her fist into hand, "You want some of me? Yeah, bring it on!"

HAWAII 1965

My father's favorite posting was in Hawaii, and if he could have, I don't think he ever would have left. Even as his memories fade, he vividly recalls crying when he got orders to return to Charleston. Here are some pictures from 1965.

Beth and me behind the house on Oahu. We seem to be dressed in old white shirts, perhaps from Dad. Were we doctors? Why am I holding babydolls? This photo needs to be censored right now! :)

That trike could handle a lot. I am standing, Beth is driving, and Bobbie is sitting over the handlebars. And we could motor.

Dad holding Paul, who is probably less than a month old here. But why is he standing out in the street?

Beth and I sitting in/on the old Jeep Wagoneer, our stalwart wagon for many years.

Beth sitting on Dad's bike. That was the two-car garage/single apartment that stood on the back of our property. My Dad offered to let me stay free there if I was accepted to university of Hawaii for graduate school. I didn't take up the offer.