Christmas morning. Teenage me hated having her picture taken. Adult me wishes she hadn’t. #christmasmemories

Holiday safety tip from my mama: protect the tree from the kids, not the other way around #christmasmemories

Then and now 🎄 #christmasmemories

Santa stood tall over Stewart-Lakewood Shopping Center — a holiday landmark in 1960s Atlanta #Christmasmemories

It’s been 38 years since Daisy Lee Shields passed. I still have so many questions I wish I could ask her. #familyhistory #genealogy

I've been sharing my husband's uncle Ralph Murphy's photos for a while (denise-livinginthepast.blogspot.com/p/ralph-murp...), and now I'm thrilled to say they're officially on display at the Clarksburg History Museum in West Virginia (shared with permission)! #familyphotos #familyhistory

Remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice for this great nation. Freedom isn't free.

In celebration of National Panda Day!

Holiday mash-up decor. Wasn’t there for Halloween 🤪🎄💀

Merry Christmas! 🎄

This post is part of an ongoing project to record names of enslaved people of Greene County, Georgia I find in historical records - Division of Billington M. Sanders negroes: 17 named denise-livinginthepast.blogspot.com/2024/11/divi... #familyhistory #genealogy

Remembering Maudie and Claudie Burnette, twins born 119 years ago today. Maudie's grandson once told me they were named after the two mules their father had on their rural Georgia farm. Pictured here sitting on their father's lap ca. 1908. #familyhistory #familyphotos