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I looked up at the window while we were having dinner at a local restaurant a few years ago. The shadows are from the seats for outside dining. The sun is at just the right location and the colored blinds make it surrealistic.   

Old image I found on the web An old postcard I found with my family papers. The man looks like he could be a relative.  If you compare the helmet you can see he was in the cavalry. The back of the postcard has my father's handwriting and I can just make out the word Piedmont in Italian.  The Piedmont region is not too far from France or Switzerland. Royal Flag So, I must have some sort of family connection. My father never spoke about it. It would be lost to me if I did not find the postcard. La Marcia Reale d'Ordinanza was the national anthem of the Kingdom of Italy from the unification of the country (1861) until September 8, 1943, and again from the liberation of Rome (1944) to the fall of the Savoy monarchy (1946). It was composed as a parade march in 1831 or 1834 by the Turin-born Giuseppe Gabetti. Another view of the royal families:

  Front of postcard Note the riding pants and spurs on the heels of his boots. On the back of the postcard I'll show you more of what I found out about this card in a later post. 

I took this photo of some clouds at sunset a few years ago, but not in the direction of the sunset itself. I'm looking forward to taking more photos when I get some strength back. Here are some photos I took of a real caboose. I played around with editing the original photo. Maybe the "C" in C207 is for caboose. Notice the brake on the bottom left. The date is 1944 and it looks like the wheel was made in Pittsburgh. Take  care, John