you may call this exhibitionism - - - I don't care

1968 --- 2005

1949

1950s Oil painting [not for sale ;-]

back when I still had hair (the one in the middle - with younger siblings)

'Volksschule am Inrath' 1950s
(photo courtesy Heinz-Peter Reyer at stayfriends.de)

holidays at Schloss Malberg (Eifel)
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1960s: adolescence isn't funny

on stage Nov. 9, 1969>>more
left to right: Reinhard (René) 'Fösch' Fischer, dr; Hartmut 'Hardy' Houben, voc;
Herbert 'Herbie' Reichardt, b; Stefan Wirz, lead g;
Walter Schmitz, rhythm & lead g, keyb, org, accordion

daughter #1

Christmas 1970

Sommer 1971 in Krefeld vor dem Ponzelar-Denkmal (Ostwall, Ecke Südwall) aus "Wirtschaft am linken Niederrhein", 2. Aufl., 1971, S. 79; Fotograf: Michael Jeiter, Aachen				"Meister Ponzelar"

Pfingsten - Pentecost 1977Foto Günter Mühlner

1981: new daughter - new hairstyle . . .

. . . (photographer: Günter Mühlner 1982) . . .

. . . biparental care of the brood . . .

study trip 1982 with Prof. Dr. Hans Kiemstedt et al.
(photographer: Barbara von Kügelgen)

. . . daughter #2 . . .

. . . a few years later "Abi-Ball 2001"

grandson #1

making a face or two

grandson #2

September 20, 2009: Enkeltreffen in Krefeld
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October 4, 2009: Hühnerfrikassée - chicken fricassee
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grandson #3

2009: grandpa still got the blues ...

2010: grandson #4

June 6, 2011 at river Leine (or was it Ihme?), Hannover with grandson #3

2015: grandson #5

best liked YouTube video
(filmed, edited & directed by Philip Bloom starring his father Arnold Bloom)