The past and the present

Just a glimpse of this Tetonia, Idaho, home takes me back in time to family visits to Grandpa and Grandma Elmer and Lucille Beard. The scene on the front lawn marries the past and the present. 

• The milk can on the front step reminds me of the dairy operation which governed the Beard's lives throughout my childhood. The cows scheduled the time to rise and the time to eat the evening meal.
• The trampoline in the yard speaks of the love between generations as the home passed on to children and grandchildren.

My Uncle Leon lived in this home from childhood to the end of his life. As a single adult, he shared the home with his parents until his mother's death in 1982, after which he and Grandpa shared the household chores as two bachelors.

The following year Leon was married, just shy of his 41st birthday, to Sue Woolstenhulme. A daughter and a son, Katie and Kerry, joined the family and lived here as a multi-generational family until Grandpa passed away in 1999, at the age of 94.  

Sue continues to live in the home today and her grandchildren are frequent guests in the home that has been loved by generations.

The barn and outbuildings played as must a role in family life as the home. 

One of my favorite things to do in Tetonia was to see the curious contents of the shanty behind the home. I'd like to know the stories the walls could tell.