I have been reading a book to Bowden and Lucy entitled "Foam- the Life and Adventures of a Razorback Hog." This morning Bowden asked to see a picture of a razorback so we pulled down all of our nature guides and such in a vain effort to find a picture of one. Then I remembered a book that once belonged to my Grandpa McCuen, and which I keep with other books which are off limits to little kids in a little cabinet next to my desk, The book, entitled "Animals of the World," was originally published in 1917 and contains numerous descriptions of animals which are now extinct, including the Tasmanian Tiger. Sure enough we found the razorback among it's yellowing pages. Tucked inside the front cover were two maps, which I assume were drawn by my Grandfather. I had forgotten they were there, and I thought a limited number of my visitors here might like to look at them for nostalgia's sake. The scan was kind of faint, but if you enlarge the picture it is quite a bit crisper. I am genuinely impressed (and maybe a little convicted) that Grandpa knew the names of the folks who lived in the houses for miles around.
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Beautiful pictures and what memories the maps brought back. How important all those gates were when there were cows in a lot of the fields. Some of the names I remembered once I saw them but otherwise would have been lost to me forever. Thanks for the memories, Josh.
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