Tonight's theme for the 28th batch of photos of my father's that I inherited when he passed is "Ralph: The Bethel Years". Three of the five are dated for that timeframe ... and in the other two, he's clearly rocking a 70's 'stache. As I was the youngest of babies circa this time (being born in early '72), I may need others to clarify the details for the following:
#136: handwritten May 17 1970 written on it ... Ralph tending to a boiling cauldron on a fire ... maybe at hunting camp (or warlock camp if that was a thing?)
#137: shirtless Ralph building a homemade grill pit ... maybe in the back yard at Bethel?
#138: handwritten 1974 on it (I was 2) ... shirtless Ralph building something in a sand pit ... *for sure* in the back yard at Bethel based on the neighbor's house I can see in the background (ps ... he was 51 here and I do resemble this photo at my current age of 45)
#139: 'stached Ralph in what may be the living room of the house in Bethel
#140: 'stached Ralph napping on the quilted blanket on the grass somewhere