In some fit of madness this afternoon, I rummaged around in that box. I found a vast, odd range: baby pictures of me, stuff from college, old boyfriends at the beach, the dear departed cats on vacation in Maine, wallet sized school photos of me and my siblings.
My mother always had a good eye. She dabbled in photography, her father was a commercial artist with a dark room in the cellar, and she had a pretty good Leica camera. One day, when I wasn't yet a year old, she tied me to the high chair and took a series of arty black and white photos of me in an antique baby dress. Eventually I got bored; this is the last in the series.That high chair is still at my mother's house. Her little grandchildren have all used it; Tiny still does from time to time.
But I wonder where the dress is.
That is precious.
ReplyDeleteI use a similar storage system for my photos.
dangerous, once you start to dig....
ReplyDeleteI love it! What will you do with the old photo??? Something special, I hope.
ReplyDeleteThat is lovely.
ReplyDeleteI need to remember to PRINT more of my photos. The danger of digital photograph (for me) is that too often they aren't turned into anything tangible.
that picture is hilarious, I love it
ReplyDeleteThat photo is adorable. I love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a treasure!
ReplyDeleteI'm curious about the dress, too. My mom was the absolute worst about saving stuff like that and it makes me kind of sad.
ReplyDeleteI love the photo. The feet!
ReplyDeleteIt's a rather daunting task to organize old photos, but totally engrossing to sort through them.
That is a beautiful picture;)
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous. It got me thinking about things that Violet will hope I saved. In most of the photos of Vi's first year she's just wearing a cloth diaper. If only I could have put a copy of her naked little self in a box to stay small for always.
ReplyDelete...but that would be creepy.
oh my goodness, Mag, that is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love it!
ReplyDeleteAnd now I feel guilty about a task I really should undertake.
That's a fantastic photo. It's so formal and yet so sassy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous photo!
ReplyDeleteThat is a stunning photo.
ReplyDeleteI've set aside a box containing several outfits (all the ones CG wore in the first week we met her, and generally one or two outfits from every size--as we pack away a size she's outgrown, she gets to pick one outfit to save). I wonder whether CG's adult self will look at the box and wonder where some other things are.
That's just adorable! How nice to have this collection.
ReplyDeleteDo you still have that move? ;-)
ReplyDeleteYou seriously need to blow that up and put it on a wall. That is the BEST.
ReplyDeleteOhhh, that's beautiful. How freaken wonderful that she did this! I wish I had something artful of me as a child.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful photo...so cool to have that of yourself.
ReplyDeleteI have the highchair my family grew up in, and' it's still in terrific condition.
ReplyDeleteAs there are no more babies in my future, the chair is used primarily as my bar (which make me giggle, don't ask me why) or as a loaner when small people visit our home.
I hope my son will use it when he has children...
Shade and Sweetwater,
K
I love black and whites. My parents have almost zero photos of me. I was the third, by then they were like, screw it
ReplyDeletethat picture is awesome!
ReplyDeletewhat a fantastic picture
ReplyDeleteOh, that is such a precious photo! You were darling.
ReplyDeleteI like your writing and love your pictures. Thanks for adding some beauty to the world of blogging.
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