The Honeywells' First Lafayette Residence

810 North Street, Lafayette, Indiana

This was my mother's parents' first home after they were married.

In August, 2011, she stands outside the home and strikes a pose her father frequently asked her to do when he was photographing her as a child. As she told me, "He liked to make things look interesting, so he would ask us to look in certain directions or pose one way or another. Pointing was a popular one." She and I had a good laugh as we took this photo.

Another funny story she told me was about her own mother. This home is across the street from St. Boniface Church's former nunnery. One day Georgia looked out the window and was shocked to see the nuns' underwear hanging out to dry for all to see! Apparently this was NOT a common sight in Kansas, and my grandmother was pretty flustered to see all those undies on the line in plain sight (the home, church, and nunnery are just a few blocks from downtown Lafayette!) It wasn't just the sight of the underwear, it was how heavy and multi-layered it was. After all, this was July in Indiana and HOT. 

Now, I never, EVER saw my grandmother in anything but a dress, and she passed away in 1978, so that tells you something about her sense of what was appropriate for clothing. I can only imagine how she felt as she looked out that window so many years ago.