ellis garfield

this is my dad. 1916/2001; he passed away nov. 16, 2001, which will be friday, 6 years ago. this will be the last post for a few days, as i will be in the hospital. i hope to be back over the weekend and i will continue posting if i can. i just wanted to leave dad up for a few days.

my weekend job for several years

here are a couple of shots from the national games in torrance, ca. a few years back.

good times on the road side

not sure what is going on here. however, it is good to see a picture of mom and dad having fun. taken 1978 in the salt river canyon area.

all happy with grandma

dated 1978, william in moms lap.

mom and dads first house

i remember taking these pictures. sometime around 1965. out of town (mendenhall), on a dirt road was this house, just off where the highway came into town; was this wonderful little old house in a field.

this was mom and dads first home together after they were married.i remember mom telling stories of how she had her plates and things in a crate on the floor and their table was a little mother-of-pearl set given to them.
the house was torn down finally for road widening, what a shame.

fun in the rocks.

probably a sunday afternoon at grandmas house.

playing in the snow

this was taken sometime in the winter of 1972. weekend trip to flagstaff and the grand canyon. just had to stop and play.

at a family picnic on the beach

i found this in a set of photos taken at a family picnic, sometime in the early 60's. this was prior to 'Camille'. all along the coast, there were these large ramadas right on the beach where you could throw a gathering. we were always having someone's birthday or an aniversity all the time. This particular one was in between the east west lanes of the coast highway and was probably less than 200 yards from the beach. (gag)dark socks with shorts...who dressed that kid.

mt. graham

this is a shot from our back yard, taken jan. of 1972. mt. graham is the 3rd highest point in arizona and is famous for the red squirrel vs. the vatican telescope 'echo' issue.

i have no clue

this would have been taken around 1975 or 76; just before i got married to my 1st wife. I was still in school and this was a little 1 bedroom duplex i live in. talk about the good times, right here!in fact, i look a little hug over in this picture.damn, i always have goofy hair.

saturday bonus post - uncle aaron and hayden

a sunday afternoon

all those sundays. this is one with me, mom,heather,aaron and dad. note that heather has that twitchy thing going on with her fingers, just like sarah.this was actually on christmas eve.

soccer days @ camp verde

this is mom and me on the 'hill' at the old site for the camp verde tourney. they have now moved the location into town. there was a lot of good times and everyone enjoys this tourney even to today.

old lighthouse on the coast

this is something you wouldn't see, even if you went down to the coast. this is the old lighthouse in gulfport. it was destroyed in hurricane camille in 1969. i remember taking this picture. we had just stopped at a mall and i had gotten a new doc savage book and we were headed back home after a visit. dad wanted to check something real quick with the car, i took this shoot and we were on our way. note the large house in the background. every one of the big, beautiful coast homes were wiped out by that storm.

update and correction to this post: i thought the light house had been destroyed in the storm; however i was mistaken in my memory. seems the Biloxi lighthouse stands tall through the years. my mistake!