| Glenn, Polly, Wade, Sid July, 1932 |
The road through the woods | The Kelly Cabin July, 2003 |
Star & Crescent | ? & Doris in the pony cart | Crescent & Twinkles July, 1959 |
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The Old Cottage The New Cottage Being Used Two Aerial Photos
Miscellaneous Pictures More Pictures Found in 2005 The Oakdene Log
The Sara B. The Oak Tree On Shore in 2005 The Ogden Family The Four Boys
Kyle's Pictures at the 2005 Reunion
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Wolcott,
NY - 10/05/00 (by Elizabeth Ogden, Rochester, New
York) This place, a haunt of my childhood, consists of a 75-foot bluff overlooking the lake. A forest has developed through the years from what once was a working farm. On one side of the bluff is a creek teeming with all kinds of fauna and flora--lily pads, reeds, turtles, fish, water snakes, frogs, beavers and those funny long-skinny-legged bugs that walk on water. On the other side of the bluff is a marshy area which has a smell of its own. It is a place of peace and beauty, a place to connect with the earth, and, at night, the whole universe. The sunsets in the evening are spectacular, complete with the "green flash" as the sun sinks down at the horizon. Reflections in Technicolor stream across the lake. At night you can see the drama of falling stars and comets and if you are lucky, a whole glorious display of the Aurora Borealis as it shimmers and climaxes, usually in color. Down on the earth, in this spot, fireflies twinkle at each other as do the stars above. Eerie phosphorescent light gleams from dry, decaying logs, a last glow of the life they once contained. The gentle lapping of the waves on the beach lull you to sleep as the other night sounds begin--little animal footsteps through the leaves on the ground, peepers calling to each other from the pond, and ah, yes, the hum of hungry mosquitoes. By day the sunlight plummets through the trees, creating a patterned fairyland of light and shadow. Birds and bugs are everywhere. Their sounds compete to make "modern music" in cacophonous, arrhythmic joyous busy-ness. When a storm comes, the winds and the rains and the waves in the lake and the contorted trees in the forest howl at each other as they vie for control of the earth. When finally this is settled, the air is fresh and the land ready for new growth. And I, myself, am at peace, and ready for new growth. |
| Glenn, Polly, Wade, Sid July, 1932 |
The road through the woods | The Kelly Cabin July, 2003 |
Star & Crescent | ? & Doris in the pony cart | Crescent & Twinkles July, 1959 |
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| Lunch | Brian & Doris take a walk | Cricket, Helen and Doris on the beach | Debra in the woods | The Lake (photo by Toby) | Kith, Kithie and Doris | Kith & Little Jake |
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| The Gateley Cabin | A Trek through the woods | Looking over the bluff | Kith & Toby at Grand mommy's Cabin | |
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| Jordan finds one mighty fine garter snake. Pam looks on (or away). | Kyle, Pam, Jordan, Chelsea and Snips arrived Sunday the 14th. Brooke and her fiance, Jared, flew in the following Tuesday. An expedition to the Granddaddy Oak was, of course, in order. From left to right in back: Toby, Pam, Brooke, Jared, Kyle. Left to right in front: Jordan, Chelsea, Sue. The beady eyed little one is Snips. |
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| Cricket, Mary Richards & Doris Ogden | Debra & Dave Richards in the kitchen | Lunch |
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| The side when driving in | The other side | The front | In winter | Floor Plan | Two older black & white photos | |
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| The Remains (But even these are gone into Lake Ontario now) |
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Being Built
| The foundation | Cricket, Toby & Chris | Toby, Kith & Bill on the floor | Toby thinks the floor is finished | The front wall going up | Toby on a wall |
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| Still need a wall | A front view | Taking a break | The ridge beam is half-way there | Roof rafters going up | Brian Supervises |
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| The Floor Plan (by Terry Wahler) | The back | The east end | The front | The west end | The wood box |
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| Kith, X & Chris relax | Chris, Brian & Kith have some lunch | Brian, Kith & Cricket task it over | Chris doing something | Sue and Chris get married |
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| Helen & Ponies | Brian on the beach- August, 1959 | Kyle in the water August, 1959 | Two aerial photos - 2005 | |
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The pictures and text below are from the Oakdene Log and a notebook containing numerous early Oakdene photos which Kith and Bill obtained while attending the Gateley reunion at Oakdene in July, 2005.
| The whole family in 1942 Kith - 15 Betty - 18 Helen - 12 Virginia - 9 Mr. & Mrs. Ogden Polly - 10 Scamp - 5 |
The 5 girls and their mother | Helen & Polly on Spunky & Ginger | The Old Cottage + ??? | ||
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| The Old Cottage | On the Beach | Helen, Kith & Edward M. Ogden | GrandmotherAndrew (Grammie) |
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| People in the field | Ned Ogden | Kids in the wheelbarrow | Ned and Doris | Doris | Three men on a log: Uncle Hod Cowles, Edward
Ogden & Uncle Howard Spencer ("adopted uncles") |
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| Doris & her daughters | Two girls on their ponies | The five girls | Edward Ogden | The whole family at the old cottage | Cricket on Mustard, Polly on Ginger | Edward & Doris & probably Betty in the canoe |
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| Five kids eating lunch | Kith, the kids, and their grandparents | The kids, and their grandparents | Kids climbing up the fireplace | Kids on the beach: Kyle, Chris, ?, ?, ? | A Family Reunion | Bob Ogden & Mary Lou Ogden on Ginger; Hoddy Ogden and Kith on Jake; Betty & Cricket on Skipper-Maxie; Polly & Helen on Mustard |
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| Seven kids eating | Somebody & six kids | Kith's dad , Bill, and somebody on a pony | Somebody on a pony |
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Pictures taken by Ned and Judi at the Gateley Reunion at Oakdene in July, 2005
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| Lunch with the crew while at Fairhaven | Docked at Fairhaven | More Sara B. | |||
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| Sue, Kithie, Ned & Brian(?) move the Necessary | Chelsea taking pictures and Bill watching | Bill (partly), Brian, Kith & Kithie cheering them on | Kyle, Chris, Ned, and Kithie heaving the Necessary |
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Pictures taken by Kyle at the 2005 Gateley reunion
| All sorts of Gateleys + Brian's dog | Bill & Kith & their 6 kids | The six Gateley Kids | Chelsea & Jordan | The Sara B. at the dock at Fairhaven | Toby repairs the chimney as Brian & Kithie give advice |
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| Pam & Chelsea goof off | Dinner Time | Kyle relaxes by the fire | Ned & Judi | The troops relax outside the new cottage | |
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| Kith & Cricket | Pam, Judi & Sue | Titania & a full load of passengers | The 6 women: Polly, Cricket, Kith, Pam, Judi & Sue | Chris & Sue |
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| Toby, Bill, Kith & Chris in the new cottage | Kithie & Ned in the kitchen | Ned & Judi in front of the fireplace | The Lake | Ned looking at the Lake |
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A Picture taken about 1910 - from left to right, the
people are: Jesse Switzer Ogden Horace Greeley Ogden Tarrence Ogden Edward Mikels Ogden |
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