Family gathering during Else and Ernst's visit, 1979 - Gundel, Susan, Martin, paul, Kate, Sue, Alfred, Nettie, John, Ruth, (front) Nick, Else, Oma, Norah.

16 July 1971 - Margaret and Roger had their wedding party at 17515 Ford Road, with family and close friends. Jim and Connie Cooter on the left, Gundel and Alfred in the background. The food, prepared by Gundel, was legendary, especially the potato salad.

Christmas in Pitt Meadows, 1977 - Kate (Hughes), Gundel, Alfred, Nick (Hughes), Nettie - tucking into Christmas cookies?

Oma's 91st birthday.

Germany, 1975 - Susan, Margaret, Maria Langendoerfer, Gundel.

Steven and Susan with their nephew, Sebastian (now known as Thomas), Christmas 1976. Sweater and hat knit by Grandma.

Gundel and Alfred with their first grandchild, Sebastian Thomas Cooter, December 1976.

The greenhouse years

Algund Greenhouses started with a small enclosed space on the roof of the new house, using the waste heat from the furnace. Starting with cyclamen, Alfred and Gundel moved on to pelargoniums, notably Martha Washington variety.