Marianne Dittmar: Pictures of our houses.

I thought since Beckie is blogging about our houses I should post some pictures.

November 1957

Snow in San Antonio

Christmas 1957. Beckie and I were so cute. I am feeding my baby doll.

Poinsettia bush in front of our house on Infantry Post. Beckie and I out front.

First little house we lived in in Germany. It was in Bad Vilbel. It was a tiny house. Bob in the front yard.

Easter in the attic in Platenstrasse. This is the small kitchen. Notice the slanted roof, It is almost touching both Bob and Beckie;s heads. The blue dog on the table was mine. I got him as a present when I got my tonsils out in San Antonio. I loved him and probably put him on the table so he could watch us decorate Easter eggs. I was heartbroken when our dog, Dolly, chewed him up in Silver Spring.

Christmas in the Attic.

Our playroom in the attic. Our household goods were shipped over in large wooden crates and Mom stacked them to make a doll house. Beckie and I got our first Barbie dolls that Christmas in the attic. I wonder why I am not wearing my glasses. I got them when I was 3.

Bobby and Grandpa Brugger outside of our apartment building in Platenstrasse. Bob always wore his cowboy hat and cowboy boots-even with his lederhosen (leather german shorts).

Bobby and I. We had a little dutch car called a Daffodil.

Silver Spring, Maryland. Bob in front yard.

Our new home in Denver. 1967. It was a beautiful house, just not a beautiful situation.

The polygamy house in Ephraim. 1968. That is the Lind family. He was the "mormon austronaut."

My bed in Ephraim. That was probably the ONLY time my bed was ever made. When Beckie and I shared a room I was always convinced that she was the messy one. Then she left to go to Snow College and I found out I was the messy one.

Our cat, Ming, outside the Ephraim house. MIng had no front claws, but that didn't stop her. She terrorized the great dane, "Twiggy", who lived in the neighborhood. When we moved we gave her to Twiggy's family. She made friends with Twiggy and rode around on her back.