Driving into the past…A rainy day in Weimar with Goethe & SchillerThe whole family on the River Spree, Berlin!Beer, of course…Flowers everywhere!Cousins visiting BuchenwaldI receive love & inspiration from my cousin, GerhardOnce in perfect step as children, always in perfect step as elders.Gerhard and Mary Ann, 2005. 69 years after first meeting!Gerhard in 1956 above homestead townThe old homestead in 1956.. That’s me on the driveway!1956. The cowherd collecting the cows to go out to the meadow.1956. Tante Hilda seeing the street on Saturday morning.1956. First day of school. Every child got a cone full of candy and toys on the very first time.1956. Church in my dad’s hometown.1956. Looking down the main street.2025. Old homestead steps up to the garden.2025. Old homestead. Our family’s part of the house was on the far right.2025. Front door to house.2025. Church in my dad’s hometown.2011. Village from the hills.2011. Village valley from the hills.View out to the hills KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA