Balls and Walnuts
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Depth of memory
After my August 16 post about my grandfather, my sister made copies of some old black and white photos of her and Papa. They arrived in the mail today, a most welcome surprise.
Photos in a minute. Dean, I’m working on your meem*, honest. I wrote a quickie scene this morning before the creativity organ pooped out like a whoopie cushion; I’m hoping I’ll finish tomorrow. The rest of you, check out Dean’s meem. You won’t regret it.
‘Kay, here’s Papa and Sis. Check out the cool car in the background:
With Paintshop Pro, I can enlarge things down to the individual pixel. So I thought, wouldn’t it be kewl to enlarge the car’s license plate? Just like in Blade Runner when Deckard used his high tech toy not only to enlarge a photograph but look around corners, too. If that worked, this should be a piece of cake.
Didn’t work, damn it. Technology SUCKS!
What I like about this picture: Papa’s Hawaiian shirt, and the way they’re both squinting into that hot Southern California sun.
Here’s another one. Sis’s comments:
My personal favorite. I never saw the girl by the fence til I enlarged the picture.
Hmm, let’s get a closer look:
If you stand back, it’s, it’s Abraham Lincoln! (Is that joke too obscure?) Anyway, the photo (not the dopy close-up) really makes me nostalgic for Southern California. Love that palm tree. And the look of joy on both of their faces, too: she was his first grandchild, and his pride shows.
D.
*Dean’s definition: A ‘meem’ is like a ‘meme’, only crappier. I love that line.
Beautiful pics!
Thanks, Tam. Maybe I should post the rest?
Hmm . . . I think I have an idea for a Thursday Thirteen: thirteen black & white photos. I have some nice ones.
Damn…how I wish the license plate and the girl in the photo had shown up. I love the nostalgia (not the fact that I’VE BECOME nostalgia)of black and white photos so will look forward to your 13 black and white favorites. Thanks for posting these; I think they are pretty cool too and represent what California used to be before the smog got really bad.
>>If you stand back, it’s, it’s Abraham Lincoln!
That made me laugh!
With digital cameras, you can sometimes pull rabbits out of a hat because there’s more information there than meets the eye. Not so much with regular photos. Maybe that’s how it worked in Blade Runner — their cameras gathered info around corners, too!
Jim: thanks. I’m glad that wasn’t a 100% autistic joke 😉