Conversation

Kaunas, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, about 1973. My Dad's older cousin Vytas visits my Kaunas Cousin's family. (That's Musytė on the left.)

Sunday Walk, with Musytė

Kaunas, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, about 1972. My Kaunas Cousin and her mother, Kaunas Nina, prepare to take Musytė for a walk.

Bring the dogs to the beach.

Palanga, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, about 1972 or 1973. My Kaunas Cousin and her mother, Kaunas Nina, pay little attention to their digging dogs, Mustyė and Ači.

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Palanga, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, about 1972 or 1973. Behind Kaunas Nina stand Soviet-era apartment buildings.

Loyalty

Kaunas, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, about 1973. Here's another image of my Dad's cousin, Henry, and his beloved Dachshund, "Musytė."

A good dog helps one forget the day's troubles.

Kaunas, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1973. Suzanne, the wife of my Dad's cousin, Henry, and the maternal Grandmother of my Kaunas Cousin, shares a moment with her beloved Musytė.

Henry and "Musytė"

Kaunas, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, about 1973. My Dad's cousin, Henry, cradles the beloved Dachshund, "Musytė."

Thanks to my Kaunas Cousin for making this photo available to us.

Everyone admires "Musytė."

"Musytė" is the Lithanuan word for "little fly." Musytė, the Dachshund, belonged to my Kaunas Cousin. Kaunas Cousin also had a second dog, Ači.

Kaunas, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, about 1973. My Kaunas Cousin, on the far left, sits in the library with her Grandparents, Suzanne and Henry, and her mother, Kaunas Nina. Musytė yawns on Suzanne's lap.

Describing this photo to my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, Suzanne wrote, [Kaunas Cousin] wear a dress sewn from the fabric you sent to us from America. [Kaunas Nina's] wig arrived from [a New York relative]." Recall how common it was to wear wigs in the 1970s.

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Kaunas, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, about 1973. Musytė does a better job of posing here. About this photo, Suzanne added, "[Kaunas Nina] wears the blouse that was a gift from you."

If you want to read more about the angel or the books on the shelves, then go back to this post.

Thanks to my Kaunas Cousin for making the second photo available to us.