Northwest Adventure

Here is a link to a selection of images from our adventure this past week to visit the farm of our friend Dirk in the Columbia River gorge, and attend an alpaca raising seminar at a farm in Hillsboro, Oregon.

http://windmt.com/pages/alpaca/

Straw Bale Green House

Here is a selection of photos from our recent adventure to Boulder, Utah to participate in the building of a straw bale green house.

http://windmt.com/strawhouse/

Contributors Wanted!!

We have added a vodpod to the Wilkes family blog. A vodpod allows you to share video on this blog. You will find it at the bottom of the navigation bar. It currently contains a single video featuring footage from the recent Floyd A. Wilkes family Christmas festivities and birthday celebration for Beverly Ann (Bird) Wilkes.

If you have an essay, a thought, a video, a story, a picture, a personal experience or an insight you would like to share with the W.L. and Eva M. Wilkes family, we would love to hear from you, so please contact us here.

A Day Spent Fishing

Make sure and check out the new comments and great story posted by Cornel and Floyd A., in the Picture In The Header thread!

Horse and two riders

Can anyone name the horse and the two riders appearing in this picture? How about the location where this photo was taken for extra credit?

Family Name: Attie

I have a question concerning the family name “Attie”. This name belonged to my great grandfather. True? It is also the middle name of my father. Where does this name come from? How many “Atties” are there in the family?

It is my understanding this family name is a derivative of “Atlas” and that Atlas means “long suffering”. Is that true? How many people named Atlas or Attie are there in the family tree?