A Post Card From Dalhousie N.B.

I was asked how do I know if Lillian Balfour was from Dalhousie and all I have are memories of my father's and of my own. The photo shows the long hill down to the harbor and I recall her telling me how she would slide down it in the winter. The reverse side I believe would date the time as after 1915.
It was addressed to my uncle who must have remained in school while she traveled. She refers to the boys as been well ( I'm inferring she's referring to my other uncle and my father as being with her). The ages of the brothers at this time would be about 11,9 and 2. The first child was born in Boston in 1904, so I'm guessing a marriage around 1902 or 1903, coming to the U.S. maybe around 1900 or 1901. I recall she worked in Boston and probably met my grandfather there. He was a railroad engineer whom I have posted about before. I find no record of her prior to 1910 (Census 1910 Webster Ma.)
P.s. I Googled H.V. Henderson and found him listed with (1920-1960) .If compared to other publishers the dates would refer to the time in business.
This would now date my postcard as post 1920. The site I found is
http://www.metropostcard.com/publishersh.html
The boys ages would now be at least 16,14, and 7.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, EXCEPT THANK YOU

MY GOODNESS !! I've been nominated by Gini at http://www.ginisology.blogspot.com/
for the Kreativ Blogger Award.
When I started this blog almost a year ago, I was disappointed by the lack of comments from our families (except of course my daughter Lynn). I did get a E-Mail from my brother (I think it was first one he ever made) who rarely uses a computer. I felt like that tree falling in the forest with nobody around to hear the fall (does it still make a sound?). Then I posted that photo over "footnote Mavens" Carnival or maybe it was the comments I made on "Ernie's Journey's", and all of a sudden I had follower's. I think it's great, the way this GeneaBloggers Group is a source of encouragement.
I'm going to pass on the list of seven just now, many of you have all ready been listed. I'll think on this because you are all deserving.

And Out of the Corner of My Eye

Well this afternoon we took a ride over to a Co-Op Antique shop. You know the kind where dealers set up a cube with their wares. As I cruised the isles for genealogy books, I spied a fellow looking at a city directory. The advertisements on the front cover had got my attention. I circled around until the man left and picked it up. Well it included the small town we had lived in (I, from the 4th grade until I married), so I looked up my parents and there they were, along with so many other families I knew. I wasn't going to buy it (it was well worn and I thought a little pricey[I've been told that I wouldn't spend a nickel to see a mouse eat a bale of hay], but my wife insisted [price has never bothered her ;-) ].
I'm so glad that I did, as the book is full of memories and information. Most of the time you find a line of info on-line with a name and address of some one you may never have known. This book had people and business' of my childhood. As thumbed thru the pages, I'd say oh look there's Mr and Mrs. ---, I didn't know her name was Julia. Or that obituary I read the other day, the directory showed the woman had been a widow in 1954 (wow). I saw that we didn't have a phone at the time. We lived in a 2 family house on a long dirt road, and it was the only house on it. The owner lived below us and they had one. Another line probably wasn't available.
The back of the book had telephone numbers and names listed, but they were listed by order of number not by name. That made no sense to me why the numbers were listed that way.
Another neat thing in the book was a section with the streets and roads with the name of residents in order along the road. If I can't remember the name then I'll just follow along their street till I find them.
Today has been a "blast from the past", Thanks Honey you were right again!

IT FEELS LIKE SPRING

Well it's 60 degrees today and the "BAT Truck" got a bath. The snow's melting fast. I hope that ground rat in Pennsylvania is wrong about 6 more weeks.
I took a look at the web cam up on Long Lake Naples, Maine. (link on my side bar, the live link is working today). There were some ice fishermen out there and they had their trucks out on the lake. I could never bring my self to bring mine out there. I remember when we first moved out near Crystal Lake and my dad drove our "53" Chevy down to the edge of the lake. He had all intentions of driving out ( there were a lot of other vehicles out there). Well we sat there for a few minutes before he threw the car in reverse and we drove home. I think I got my "good sense" from my "POP".