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I always imagined that my Aunt Donna would be waiting for me in Canby, Oregon for a visit.  I always thought I’d be able to drive South, take the exit at Charbonneau and drive past Fir Point, a place she introduced to me, to get to her house.  When, I got there she would beContinue reading “Donna”

Marilyn wrote on the back of these photographs and I will write what they say, below each one. This was in the 1970s at the Val de Sol Condominium in Ketchum, Idaho. Wool just off the sheep. The dark wool in the foreground is wool sent from New Zealand. The white, coming out of theContinue reading “Marilyn Joan Bake’s weaving days.”

May, 1980 was the last time I wore a mask. I had flown to Oregon to visit relatives. Mount St. Helens had erupted a week or two before I got there. I was staying with my Grandma Bake and my Aunt Buffy and Uncle John invited me to go to a movie. They picked meContinue reading “Mount St. Helens May 18, 1980”

Audrey Bake’s 100th Birthday Today, would have been Audrey Bake’s 100th birthday.  As I have been writing down this family history and looking through photographs I realized how much I missed my Grandma Bake.  I lived far away from her, but I called her often and we would talk on the phone and I couldContinue reading “02/02/2020”

Household Normal? Bake Menagerie Includes Boa By: Joan Meehan Newspaper article found in box of photos. Mrs. Audrey Bake, a member of the Marylhurst library staff for six years, has, by her own description, a normal household. It includes, however, five horses, a goat, four dogs, five cats (each of the little boys has hisContinue reading “Bake Menagerie”

Over Thanksgiving, Mrs. Bake’s children were all together (except for Donna) laughing and sharing stories. They looked through some boxes of photographs, which brought back many memories. No one was quit sure what to do with all of the photographs and who should keep them. That was when the idea for this blog came toContinue reading “Share.”

This was written by Audrey Bake: Donna suggested that when I had time, I should sit down and write some things I remember about the past. Well right now all I have is time, so here goes. I was thinking that you would like to know a little about your father (Jon Bake). Especially youContinue reading “Audrey Bake talks about her husband Jon Bake.”

In 1944, Agnes Gray had a fortune teller come into her beauty shop and she read Agnes’ future.  The fortune teller told her that she would be married within 6 months.  At the time, Agnes was living alone and the owner of her own beauty shop. She had raised her daughter (Audrey Bake) on herContinue reading “Agnes Gray”

In 1923, Fray Ebert, his then wife Agnes, her sister Harriet, their daughter Audrey and their baby Donald drove from Bismarck, North Dakota to Portland, Oregon. This according to the back of the photograph. It also says that they camped most of the way and Donald was in the back seat in a basket. FrayContinue reading “1923”

In 1976, Grandma Royal typed up these stories of her life. I have written them word for word the best I could. Using the internet, it is fun to look up images and more of the history of these places. I have included a few links and photos from the internet to add to theseContinue reading “Agnes Gray’s younger years in her own words”