tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post7390931109943585155..comments2024-03-28T13:47:45.633+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: From Florida to CaliforniaSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-90792287130534350422019-10-11T00:34:35.717+01:002019-10-11T00:34:35.717+01:00Your mother and grandmother were very nice looking...Your mother and grandmother were very nice looking. I loved all of these photos and the 65 Mustang was always my dream car!ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-52308834900070204442019-10-10T17:53:22.914+01:002019-10-10T17:53:22.914+01:00Your mom and grandmother are both very elegant. Th...Your mom and grandmother are both very elegant. That first photo looks as if you could have taken it.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-30586212105864451972019-10-10T15:09:10.208+01:002019-10-10T15:09:10.208+01:00These are wonderful photos. They really capture th...These are wonderful photos. They really capture the essence of the early 1960s. Love that top photo, quite beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-81453553083771963042019-10-10T09:46:58.330+01:002019-10-10T09:46:58.330+01:00These are all really great pictures, regarding lig...These are all really great pictures, regarding light and composition and whatnot - I sound as if I have a clue, which I have not, but anyway: striking.<br />Thanks for posting. You must find it amazing to see them, no?Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-70633274967000941252019-10-10T07:23:17.398+01:002019-10-10T07:23:17.398+01:00YP: Such powers of deduction! Yes, Smokey (if that...YP: Such powers of deduction! Yes, Smokey (if that is indeed his name) turns up in a lot of the shots around that time. Kind of like Olga in my pictures!<br /><br />Briony: Yeah, I definitely take after my dad's side of the family -- my grandfather particularly. Cat-eye glasses are popular among certain fashionistas, I believe!<br /><br />David: LOL! I barely had hair then. I've always had thin hair on top, even as a kid.<br /><br />Mary: Well, that's a good point. It's definitely not a place to take risks!<br /><br />Ms Moon: I remember it was easy to get pinched on that swingset, in the links of chain. Doesn't the slide look wonky, too? I'm sure the whole thing wouldn't pass product safety rules these days.<br /><br />Fresca: It IS very Hockney! There's really something about California light.<br /><br />Ellen: All popular in the mid-century, right?<br /><br />Vivian: People were definitely much slimmer. I don't see any overweight people in these slides, even among all my parents' friends and relatives.<br /><br />Linda Sue: Those curtains are something else, aren't they? They might have been my aunt's, actually. I think that was her house.<br /><br />Sharon: Oh, I wish I could tell people to NEVER throw away slides. Seriously, I would take them all if I could. I have so much fun combing through them. I went to a yard sale a few years ago where someone was selling about four trays full of slides. I was going to buy them but another guy beat me to it.<br /><br />Comox: The colors change a bit over time. I've tried to correct them some, but it's hard to make them look completely natural.<br /><br />Bug: The funny thing is, we used to have a ping pong table, and I don't remember my mom ever playing. How they got her to play for that picture is a mystery to me!<br /><br />Catalyst: I saw that story! LOL! There was also a mayor in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, several years ago who was named Stephen G. Reed. (Which is my full name.) I think he got indicted for something!<br /><br />Jenny-O: I agree. I just love old pictures. Even when they're people I don't know!<br /><br />Edna B: I bet your daughter is thrilled to have those glasses! Retro styles like that are quite fashionable.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-59934298067252454322019-10-09T21:40:00.425+01:002019-10-09T21:40:00.425+01:00Wonderful photos! We had a swing set for our kids...Wonderful photos! We had a swing set for our kids too and they loved it. As for those glasses, I wore some like that and my oldest daughter now wears them. Everything old becomes new again. You have a wonderful day, hugs, Edna B.Edna Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02550994321689374875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-88215973190523169242019-10-09T19:48:32.534+01:002019-10-09T19:48:32.534+01:00That first photo is amazing.
They're all int...That first photo is amazing. <br /><br />They're all interesting - thanks for sharing more of them. As I've said, I love old photos, doesn't matter if I know who's in them or not!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-71288470331871777952019-10-09T19:03:49.801+01:002019-10-09T19:03:49.801+01:00Great slides with a view into the past, Steve. Sh...Great slides with a view into the past, Steve. Should have saved them for ThrowBack Thursday! By the way, congratulations to your namesake for winning election as mayor of Montgomery, Alabama!Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-64499269088362606962019-10-09T19:02:17.754+01:002019-10-09T19:02:17.754+01:00That top photo is fabulous! Like a painting...
Lo...That top photo is fabulous! Like a painting...<br /><br />Love the photo of your mom playing ping pong. Her hair is amazing. My mom played ping pong FEROCIOUSLY - man what a competitor! The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-16606177817533929632019-10-09T18:23:01.407+01:002019-10-09T18:23:01.407+01:00Love these photos your grandmother and mother look...Love these photos your grandmother and mother look so stylish I also like the colour of the photographs more subtle than the colour today, yes Like mentioned above I'm sorry our slides are long gone but I do have a couple of those cat like glasses my mother used to wear.Comox Valley and beyondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592683050512187874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-83553548353960401562019-10-09T16:37:19.794+01:002019-10-09T16:37:19.794+01:00I love those cat-eyed glasses! I used to wear a p...I love those cat-eyed glasses! I used to wear a pair in black rims back in the 60's. Wouldn't you love to have the Mustang today? It's a beauty. That first photo is pretty spectacular. There is something very artistic about it. I like that hazy grand canyon shot too. Lot's a great slides. You are making me regret throwing away boxes of slides years ago. However, I did keep a few good ones.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-88977514426796410972019-10-09T15:52:55.377+01:002019-10-09T15:52:55.377+01:00What a treasure! Your photos are superb, I love ev...What a treasure! Your photos are superb, I love everything about them, Your Mother , so adorable! Your Grand Mother looks quite elegant - the CURTAINS!! That is quite a swing set! I had a tire swing, would have given up all of my bubble gum money to have had yours!Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-37603841059426864752019-10-09T15:13:47.852+01:002019-10-09T15:13:47.852+01:00I love your grandmother's drapes. And I have t...I love your grandmother's drapes. And I have to say it, people were slim back then, before there was a McDonald's and a Burger King on every street corner and Coke still came in little 8-oz bottles. But also, I think your family's genes play a big part in how trim everyone looks..Vivian Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12198077488226047493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-15416104618856473372019-10-09T15:08:18.403+01:002019-10-09T15:08:18.403+01:00reminds me of the swingset we had. I don't rem...reminds me of the swingset we had. I don't remember if ours had the seesaw but we did have a set of rings, the swings, and the slide. and the cat eye glasses. my mother had some of those.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-54089947558702271342019-10-09T14:47:30.568+01:002019-10-09T14:47:30.568+01:00I love the light on your Aunt Jean's porch too...I love the light on your Aunt Jean's porch too--it's like the scene of a David Hockney painting...Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-47861883910148073662019-10-09T13:50:41.233+01:002019-10-09T13:50:41.233+01:00I remember Highlands Hammock! I think my Girl Scou...I remember Highlands Hammock! I think my Girl Scout troop camped there. <br />That swing set! Kids are still getting hurt on those things. I love the lake behind you in that scene. That is Florida. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-17780790366891804462019-10-09T13:25:22.062+01:002019-10-09T13:25:22.062+01:00Love the old photos. Thank goodness your father wa...Love the old photos. Thank goodness your father was smart enough not to get too close to the edge of the Grand Canyon considering how many selfie-takers have fallen to their death there in the last few years. Smart man.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587652444835060129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-46499983565299562942019-10-09T10:17:11.861+01:002019-10-09T10:17:11.861+01:00Great photos! The swing set was my favourite thoug...Great photos! The swing set was my favourite though. You had hair then! (I know what it is like to lose all your hair).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11707360775261600948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-66121079538540843032019-10-09T09:34:30.874+01:002019-10-09T09:34:30.874+01:00I think I see a likeness to your Dad in that photo...I think I see a likeness to your Dad in that photo Steve.<br />My Mum had a pair of those glasses. It must be time for them to come around again surely, we haven't had them as a fashion for a few years, although one of the chasers on 'The Chase' wears a pair. <br />Great pictures and I for one would love to see more.<br />Briony<br />xcrafty cat cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251582085392890533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-51396217344332745902019-10-09T07:26:45.022+01:002019-10-09T07:26:45.022+01:00Surely, the black dog that appeared in the eighth ...Surely, the black dog that appeared in the eighth photograph is the same one that appeared with your grandmother in the fifth picture!...I know, you don't need to say it, I should have been a detective - my powers of observation are legendary.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com