“Birth certificates show that you were born. Death certificates show that you died. Photographs show that you really lived.”
On the occasion of our 36th Wedding Anniversary in 2016
Visiting the place I call "Bradberry Knob" in San Augustine County, site of the log cabin where my grandmother was born and raised. All that remains are the footings for the limestone chimneys and the old water well, seen here. Feb 2012
The Three Musketeers: Susan, Andra, Debbie. Midland 1978
At Forest Oil, 1979
San Antonio, January 1980
Photo taken at Six Flags Over Texas amusement park, Arlington, Texas in the summer of 1980. They had a new Polaroid Photo Booth, one of the first with instant color film technology. It took a single shot as opposed to the typical 4-shots-on-a-strip format that produced photos in black & white (sepia).
On the way to Dallas to run the White Rock Marathon, December 1987
Ft. Davis National Historic Monument, Ft. Davis, Texas April 1983 Photo by Chuck Chamberlin
Eunice High School homecoming royalty, Eunice, New Mexico, 1975
Andra Kay Chamberlin, circa 1981
Andra and Kim, a.k.a "the brats" Circa 1964, probably in McCamey, Texas
Forest Oil days, fall of 1979, Midland, Texas
I'm killing Eric K. in this video game, but Andra remains skeptical. Circa 1980.
Some photos just make me smile. This is Andra determined to get across Liveoak Creek just east of Sheffield, Texas and west of historic Fort Lancaster. Circa 1981.
Bruce, Gay Nell, Andra, Chuck. Ovia Spicer (seated). Denver City, circa 1990
January 1980. At "the Farm"
At Fort Worth's historic Stockyards Hotel. 1987
1980. Gruene Hall
Denver City, about 1981-82