sunday afternoon walk

I can't scan all the pictures I've been finding in my family archives; there are thousands of them and I like to sleep occasionally.

However, I love the narrative told by the 4 pictures below - my grandparents, Herman and Jane, talking a walk along the creek on his family's property in Kinzers, PA on a chilly Sunday afternoon. (Someone had written as much on the backs of the photos.) They were either dating or recently married - I estimate the pictures were taken in 1939 or 1940.

My grandmother Jane, in a spectacular coat. I love that she's climbing on the same retaining wall that my cousins and I dared each other to climb when visiting the family farm as kids.

Herman and Jane. Dramatic action shot. Herman is so nattily dressed!

Here's Herman, Jane, and Herman's brother Harry. I wish I knew who took the picture. Herman and Harry had 8 other siblings, so there were plenty of potential photographers.

Heading off down the creek, eventually back to the house. If Sunday afternoon traditions in our family were the same then as now, a nap was probably next.

A beautiful day.