Tag Archives: flight

Balloon Flight

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Caryn

These days, we often see hot-air balloons flying over our cities in the summer. In fact, there are annual balloon festivals in many cities, and people turn out in droves to watch the colorful spectacle go up or fly over their houses. People will pay good money for a chance to take a ride in them. Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Reminiscing | Tagged Caryn's Thoughts, family, festivals, flight, floating on air, hot air balloons, memories, paris | Leave a comment

Flaming Wreckage

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Caryn

While flight remains one of the safest forms of travel, there is always the possibility of a malfunction that can have devastating effects. In the case of United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6 airliner, registration NC37506, was a scheduled passenger flight from San Diego, California to New York City. Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Reminiscing | Tagged California, Caryn's Thoughts, co2, douglas dc-6, family, flight, lindbergh field, los angeles airport, memories, mount carmel, new york, pennsylvania, san diego | Leave a comment

The Common Starling

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Caryn

I have always loved watching birds in flight, especially when they are playing as they fly. They swoop, dive, and chase each other across the sky. We used to have pigeons downtown that played like that, but now they have moved near, or rather right over the trail I like to walk on. Since I don’t go downtown much, Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Reminiscing | Tagged Caryn's Thoughts, dance, family, flight, memories, murmuration, starling | Leave a comment

The White Bird

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Caryn

It was a time when the race across the Atlantic Ocean was a big as the Race to Space would become years later. Since the invention of planes, everyone trained as a pilot wanted to set some sort of record in the aviation industry Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Reminiscing | Tagged Caryn's Thoughts, charles nungesser, family, flight, francis coli, memories, new york city, paris, rash, transatlantic, white bird | 1 Comment

Superfortress Takes Flight

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Caryn

Since my dad was in the Army Air Forces in World War II, the B-17 is a plane that I have researched, watched documentaries and movies about, and toured. The B-17 was called the Flying Fortress, and my dad always … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Reminiscing | Tagged atomic bomb, b-28 superfortress, bases, bomb, Caryn's Thoughts, Europe, family, flight, Japan, memories | Leave a comment

A World Of Change

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Caryn

When my great aunt, Bertha Schumacher Hallgren passed way in 1984, much had changed in our world, in comparison to the world she found herself in as a young girl. To me, one of the most significant changes would have … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Genealogy, History, Reminiscing | Tagged Caryn's Thoughts, family, flight, galaxy, Hubble space telescope, memories, plane, space shuttle, world | 2 Comments

Behind The Camera

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Caryn

I remember getting my first camera. I was probably 6 years old at the time. Once I got it, I was almost never without it. I can’t say that I took the greatest pictures in those days, but what I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged behind the camera, birds, camera, Caryn's Thoughts, dads, family, flight, groups, memories, photographer, slide show | Leave a comment

John Seagull

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Caryn

As a kid, I was probably…different than lots of other kids. While most of my friends were listening to rock and roll, I was too, but I also liked things that were different, like Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach. … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Family, Me, Reminiscing | Tagged Caryn's Thoughts, Casper, family, fish, flight, food, friends, memories, passengers, rock and roll, seagulls, ship, whales, Wyoming | Leave a comment

Someone Else

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Caryn

As a little girl, I remember when Aunt Gladys would come over to the house and show my mom her Avon products. Of course, with 5 girls in the house, Avon products were very important little items…whether we were allowed … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Loss, Reminiscing | Tagged aunt, avon, Caryn's Thoughts, crash, dressed up, family, flight, iowa, lipstick, make-up, memories, sioux city | Leave a comment

Blizzards And New Beginnings

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Caryn

A few days ago, my father-in-law received a phone message from an old family friend. She was calling to wish my mother-in-law a belated happy birthday, and to ask my father-in-law what he remembered about the 1949 blizzard in reference … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, History, Love, Reminiscing | Tagged blizzard, Caryn's Thoughts, cattle, colstrip, emergency, family, farmers, flight, flodding, memories, Montana, ranchers, snow, train | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: flight

Balloon Flight

Flaming Wreckage

The Common Starling

The White Bird

Superfortress Takes Flight

A World Of Change

Behind The Camera

John Seagull

Someone Else

Blizzards And New Beginnings

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