Comments on SherWords: A Trip South and Back. Way Back.

Thanks for your wishes, Ronnie, and I sure hope we...

2008-06-26T18:37:00.000-07:00

Thanks for your wishes, Ronnie, and I sure hope we don't have to abandon Fort, too. It is indeed scary around here; when I crested the ridge yesterday evening on the way home (generally westward of where I work), the sun was at least thirty degrees up above the horizon, but, because of all the smoke in the air, it had the orange-globe look it frequently has at sunset.

ronnie-with-a-cat: Your remark about the colour in the slides is going to require a whole new post to address.

Every day the news of the fires is scarier than th...

2008-06-25T21:14:00.000-07:00

Every day the news of the fires is scarier than the day before. I'm glad you have a detailed evacuation plan but I sure hope you don't have to use it!

Ronnie (no cat)

What Dann said!!! Hippo Birdies Two Ewes!The colou...

2008-06-23T09:16:00.000-07:00

What Dann said!!!

Hippo Birdies Two Ewes!

The colour in those photos has held up remarkably well. They could've been taken yesterday. (But for the life/style differences we've been discussing...)

(the other) ronnie

Not much to add beyond the hope that you had a mos...

2008-06-22T20:49:00.000-07:00

Not much to add beyond the hope that you had a most happy of birthdays.

Regards,
Dann

Brookgreen! I keep meaning to do a Brookgreen ent...

2008-06-22T19:02:00.000-07:00

Brookgreen! I keep meaning to do a Brookgreen entry but my pictures are always disappointing.

I think ronnie's right - the attire of the ladies is the main difference (and of course the car in the Orland pic). Glass bottles seem to have made a comeback, and so have diners! What's that at bottom right in the shuffleboard photo? Looks like it could be a car fin. My first car was a '61 with fins.

I think cars and radio thrust us into the basic form of daily life that we're still in. WWI and its part in all that is a bigger topic than i can wrap my brain around, but it's a big part.

I was just looking at a Georgia O'Keeffe book i got on sale yesterday, and she had a NY cityscape phase in the '20's --

(Dern! hard to see that row of headlights in the background, in this tiny version, but here it is:
http://tinyurl.com/5qfzmm )

And i thought, Yep, the era of long highway ribbons of moving headlights at night was unimaginable 15-20 years before, and hasn't altered a lot since. That's a world i'd slip right into if i got dropped there.

Oh and happy birthday!

You mean the aluminum beach chairs I bought last y...

2008-06-22T16:10:00.000-07:00

You mean the aluminum beach chairs I bought last year were antiques?

Ronnie

A little Googling shows that the solar panel (actu...

2008-06-21T11:41:00.000-07:00

A little Googling shows that the solar panel (actually a solar water heater) was a little behind its time when the picture was taken. Turns out that most Florida homes built between 1920 and 1950 or so were equipped with solar water heaters. The end of that practice came with cheap electricity, and with the power company's aggressive marketing, including giving away electric water heaters to boost power consumption.

Excluding the short shorts, glass soda bottles, al...

2008-06-21T10:53:00.000-07:00

Excluding the short shorts, glass soda bottles, aluminum beach chairs, vintage vehicles, unpaved driveway, and juke box.....I'm stumped.

The Chuck Taylors you were wearing are still very much in style.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but that solar panel seems WAY ahead of it's time.

Grandad looks pretty buff in his retro-speedo.

This is fun. More please.

Happy 61st birthday dad (june 20th)!!

Adam Harrington-

Right, Ronnie -- and, while I didn't include any i...

2008-06-21T09:34:00.000-07:00

Right, Ronnie -- and, while I didn't include any in this post, many of Dad's photos from that time frame show men wearing dressy hats. Some blame (or credit) JFK's hatless inaugural for the demise of that convention.

I'm probably missing things but I think you are co...

2008-06-21T07:48:00.000-07:00

I'm probably missing things but I think you are correct, with one exception: the ladies are so properly attired in dresses and, I'm sure, stockings. While some 2008 Moms and/or Grandmas do occasionally dress something like that, neither Diane nor I do.

Looking at our old travel photos I have been struck by seeing the same two dresses in them year after year. They were perfect for travelling with a bunch of children: a dark plaid, and a busy floral. Many untoward events could occur without marring the overall appearance of ladylike couture.

Also - the trees at Brookgreen are even bigger now.

Ronnie