A 'lil HooHaa

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Snapshot Saturday: Nov. 12

Another blast from the past!

This is the third installment of a three-week series with images from me and my two brothers when we were in our younger years.

The first week, it was me.

Then is was Pat.

Now? Joe.

And look at this adorable guy. All smiles as he hams it up for the camera man. Good times here, eh? Love the shoes. Those things rock.

Quite the series, eh? Hope you all enjoyed memory lane. I have something else up my sleeve for next week. Should be a fun one, too.

Hi, Joe!

Enjoy!

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Snapshot Saturday: Oct. 29

Another blast from the past!

The next three weeks of this post should be fun as I show off me and my two brothers in our younger years. I’ll be starting from youngest to oldest, which means I’m first up on this little run through time.

A note to my brothers — laugh now, hosers, because you two knuckleheads will be getting it the next two weeks!

If I had to guess, I’d probably be somewhere between 5-7 in this photo. I almost think that someone made this sweater, too. Maybe my mother?

It’s one of the few photos taken of me over time that I actually like.

All smiles

Enjoy!

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Snapshot Saturday: Aug. 27

Another blast from the past!

In regard to Snapshot Saturday posts, this might be the mother load.

At the family reunion, my father’s cousin, Jim Keogh, brought this photo up. It was incredible. It has Harmers and Keoghs in the image. He was gracious enough to send me a scan of it.

This is awesome. And as I work toward a photo album of family images, this will be one of my favorites.

It was taken in the spring of 1941.

Harmers and Keoghs, Spring 1941

Pictured:

Front row: Joe Harmer, Adeline Keogh (holding James Keogh 3rd, keeper of this wonderful image), Philip Keogh, James Keogh Sr., Frank Harmer (my dad, seated in middle), Catherine Keogh, Frances Harmer (my grandmother) holding Phil Harmer, Grace Keogh holding Kathleen Keogh and Catherine Harmer.

Back row: Jimmy Harmer, James Keogh Jr., Elizabeth Keogh (Sister Catherine Frances), John Harmer Sr (my grandfather) and John Harmer Jr.

My Aunt Mary and my father’s cousins Louise, Phil and Bob Keogh weren’t yet born, which is even cooler with this photo. Way too wild to see things like this.

I have received a lot of family images for this photo book I am putting together. If any members of my family — from my mother’s side of my father’s side — has more, please contact me. I’ll gladly pay for shipping costs to and from to get the images and scan them, or scanned images can be e-mailed to me. They don’t have to all be older photos. Newer photos are accepted as well. Please, however, identify everyone in the photo so I can do so in the photo book.

I’d like to finish this photo book by the end of the year or early next year. I am thinking the book will be somewhere in the range of 200-300 pages.  Depending on the size I go with the book, will likely fall anywhere in the price range of $75-$150. I realize this isn’t chump change, so I’m letting everyone ow in case they want to eventually purchase one. It basically comes down to the way I handle the photos (one per page, several per page etc.)

But first things first, please contact me if you have photos you want to send. If e-mailed, I need scans to be large so I can work with them for the book.

Enjoy and I look forward to hearing from all of you!

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Snapshot: July 2

It’s another blast from the past.

I know this one isn’t from too far in the past. However, it ‘Twas a year ago the family went to Ireland. What a grand time it was. So I figured, on the one-year anniversary of our trip across the pond, how about one from then? This is me and my two brothers during one of Dublin’s pub crawls. We were the only ones to sign up that night, so we had a wild time. This is us at the first stop (where you could pour your own Guinness or Carlsberg!)

Enjoy!

The Brothers Harmer during the "Crawl."

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