Wednesday, July 11, 2018

MOM HOLDING JOE THE DOG AT THEIR DOOR (I THINK IT IS THE BACK ONE FROM THE DISH YOU SEE INSIDE) ON RIDGE ROAD IN HOMEWOOD ILLINOIS - BECAUSE DOGS WEREN'T ALLOWED IN APARTMENTS, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME FOR BILL HAVING A DOG AND HE JUST LOVED JOE - WE ARE ON A VISIT FROM TORONTO - I'M NOT SURE JUST WHEN THEY MOVED TO HOMEWOOD BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE 1968 - THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD OF SOUTH SHORE WAS CHANGING RAPIDLY WITH MANY PEOPLE LEAVING AND WAYNE WAS NEVER REALLY A CITY PERSON ANYWAY - HE USED TO BE PROUD OF BEING CALLED EITHER A COUNTRY BOY OR A HILLBILLY BUT I NEVER THOUGHT OF HIM AS MY IDEA OF A HILLBILLY - WAYNE HAD AN ADORABLE TRICK HE DID WITH JOE - HE'D GET OUT HIS WALLET AND FAN IT OPEN AND SAY, "HEY, JOE, PIZZA MONEY!" JOE WOULD JUMP UP ON THE COUCH AND GET A BILL OUT OF WAYNE'S WALLET WITH HIS MOUTH - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE

SCAN OLD Mom & Joe in Homewood