This should keep me occupied for a while…
Yesterday, I spent the afternoon scanning 96 photos of varying quality from my photo albums of ages past. I plan to post samplings of these 96 photos on Flickr every few days for as long as they last. I will try to add appropriate commentary here when necessary. The samplings will be divided topicially with a rough draft of the divisions as follows:
Zoos, Zoo Camp, Exchange Students, Dollywood, Fishing, Young Me and Julia at Grandma and Granddad’s House, Dogs, Poland, Taiwanese Scenery, Taiwanese Buildings, People Visiting Taiwan, Oliver!, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Little Shop of Horrors, Tunisia, Serbia, Governor’s School, South Dakota, Young Michael playing Hockey, Snow Day, My first day in England, Large Russian Eggs, The road to Wallace Monument, The Changing of the Guard, Canterbury Cathedral, Oben, Iona, Staffa, Edinburgh and David Rizzio, Colorful clay containers decorated with shells from Iona and Tunisia
I’ll go ahead and warn you that I may post some of the photos such that only my family and friends on Flickr can see them. Thus, if I talk about a photo which you can’t see then it’s probably because you are not logged on to Flickr and/or I have not listed you as my friend or family. I don’t know yet if this will be an issue, but I figured I’d mention it just in case.
Okay, so let’s see. Where should I start? How about Fishing?
We used to always take a trip out to the Cross-Eyed Cricket to catch some catfish when we visited my Grandparents. Here is a sampling of the resulting photos.
- First up is a picture of my brothers, Julia, and I holding a lovely catfish whilst in one of my Grandparent’s camping trailers. The best part of this picture is the pricelessly disgusted face of my young cousin as I am clearly forcing her to take part in holding the fish.
- Second, we have my Granddad assisting me in catching what is undoubtedly a fine specimen of the catfish species. Of course, it is clear that the only reason I needed his help was to allow me time to pose for this photo (Oh yeah, and to actually get the fish out of the water and off the hook and into the bucket. That too.)
- Finally, we find me posing with the ACTUAL CROSS-EYED CRICKET! How cool is that, right? Okay, so maybe it’s not that cool, but it is an unusual mascot.