Bruce Blair was born in 1926 on a farm in central South Dakota. Before His fourth birthday, the family had moved to western South Dakota to live on a farm. He was number five in a family of six, so in a way he learned to take care of his feelings, as we all have to do, in good times and in bad. He had a special love of God's creation (nature) very early in life, as they lived along a dry creek with a lot of trees and wildlife. With the family dog in tow, he spent many hours up and down this creek. They knew (him and the dog) every hollow tree that the rabbits would hide in, the trees that the