Another view of our Primula in its hanging basket, scruffy leaves and all. With flowers like those, we can forgive a little scruffiness in a plant that is surely by now a senior citizen in the plant world. (It's been in that basket at least five years.)
I thought I'd have some time yesterday to catch up in blogland, but that was not to be. I was nonstop at work and didn't even take my full lunch break. My co-worker is out with an illness in her family, so we're short-handed and I had to clean up everything that hadn't been done by the substitute while I was away.
Having a sub in my position is never easy. It's not a difficult job -- barring the occasional physical demands of lifting and kneeling -- but it does require use of the computer system, which means training, and knowledge of lots of little internal matters like how to handle books on hold, or what to do when a kid comes in to pay for a lost book. My previous boss found that it wasn't really worth all the work to bring someone up to speed just for a few days. It was better to just struggle through with no sub. I wonder if my new boss thinks the same.
Fortunately I'm almost never absent!
They still haven't hired someone to fill my position but I think they're close.
Here's a snapshot that I found at my dad's house that I tucked into my suitcase to bring home. It's weirdly captivating, isn't it? That's my stepmother at right, with one of her brothers behind her and my stepsister at left. It was taken in the early '80s, I believe in my step-grandmother's living room, and I just love the composition and the expression on June's overexposed face. It's one of those pictures you could stare at for hours, picking out all the little details of the room and thinking about the circumstances and relationships.
Off to work!
Looks to me like June is saying "get that camera out of my face!"
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DeleteGreat photo, a lot to look at and think about.
ReplyDeleteCan you make out the photographer reflected in the mirror on the wall?
Your stepmother is wearing a velvet dress by the looks of it, and there are bottles dotted around; I guess some kind of family gathering/celebration was going on or winding down.
That's a great photo... looks like it was quite a party.
ReplyDeleteI love busy photo's from the past, little snippets of memories, plus we were all so colourful, unlike the bland world so many live in now.
ReplyDeleteA cluttered room reflecting the things collected over the years. No-one seems particularly happy about the photo though.
ReplyDeleteIt is definitely one of those pictures that you can easily identify the era it was taken due to the striped couch , mustard colored chair. and clothing styles. What was the celebration going on with all the beer bottles and also the champaign bottle?
ReplyDeleteYou’re so right about the photo. I find it fascinating and have been examining it for the past 10 minutes. (And now I’ll get back to it.)
ReplyDeleteI like hanging baskets..although I've only grown "Tumbler" tomatoes hanging in a greenhouse previously.
ReplyDeleteToo windy for outdoors ones here!
It would only be courtesy to leave a simple checklist with a sub. I bet things change after you leave!!
Old photos like that are fascinating. So much to learn from them...so much we just have to surmise if we weren't actually there..and even then...
Interesting how all three people are turned in different directions. I love these kinds of pictures of people I don't know because a story can form and go anywhere.
ReplyDeleteThat Photo Is Exactly Why Print Rules Over Digital - All The Best With The Remaining Work Week - You Got This
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That is an excellent photo! My mom often had a similar expression on her face because she did NOT want to be photographed. Fortunately we didn't listen to her.
ReplyDeleteI'm having a shoulder replacement at some point (late summer or fall - I haven't decided), and I've been writing up all my processes so that someone can at least do the bare bones of my job while I'm out (at least four weeks). I think this process will be excruciating for everyone involved. Ha!
I quite like that photo.
ReplyDeleteHow nice to get time off work, only to come back and have to do all the work that wasn't done while you were away.
You can't complain too much - you have few days left! Then it will be someone else's problem.
ReplyDeleteThat photo has so much to look at! Sharped-eyed Meike noticed the flash of the photographer in the mirror! The cards stuck on the wall make it seem like a Holiday or Birthday celebration...
Wow! That truly is a photo with a lot going on in it. A LOT. Is your step-sister contemplating snatching that beer?
ReplyDeleteHaving become a recent regular reader, it sounds like you are getting ready to retire or change jobs? I retired two years ago, it is wonderful. Great photo.
ReplyDeleteThe photo is very 1980 ish. The old 35 mm cameras had a different look. They were not automatics.
ReplyDeleteThat photo speaks of times gone by. Oh, the things you can draw from that!
ReplyDelete5 years for one basket of Primula is pretty good. The flowers are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe photo was not staged and June, with arms crossed, seems not happy about the picture taking. I wonder who the photographer was and did June give him/her a piece of her mind.
Looks as if your step sister is blowing up a balloon. It would fit the party details.
ReplyDeleteThe crossed arms--oooh. She doesn't look happy with the photographer.
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