Slides of Life

Even though my grandson, Enzo, has his own blog, I have to post some here sometimes. That kid is an absolute joy.

Go Zo:

enzoluck.tumblr.com

siphotos:

SI photographer Neil Leifer stands in the bleachers and uses a 4000mm lens to capture the action of a 1962 Senators-White Sox game. (Neil Leifer/SI) 

A good bit of my last few weeks have been spent with my aunt in Houston, TX. We are all having some difficult times that seem to be piling up lately. This photo always cheers me up. This is my favorite photo of my aunt and my mom. It was taken by their mother on their front porch in 1944. I posted this before on Flickr, on my old blog at ericluck.net and here. Every time I see the photo I think about posting it again somewhere. You will simply have to accept that you will probably see it again. It is that special and just that good. Each time I hold my camera I hope to take a photograph as special and as astonishingly good as this. Somehow, I always fall short. I will keep trying.

 ”Kiss your Mom today”

Here is what I have to say about it:

On the left is Mary Sue. She is my aunt…my mother’s sister. My brother and I have always called her “Suzy.” I suspect it was easier to say when we were little and it stuck…for us. To my knowledge, very few others on the planet call her Suzy. People who know her are always surprised when we call her by that name. Everyone knows her as Mary Sue. That is fun for me and my brother. She is just as beautiful now as she was then.

On the right is my mother at age 15. The photograph was taken on the porch of their
house, probably by my grandmother, Lura. My aunt says that her mom was the one who usually took pictures. I contrasted and adjusted curves a little and took dust spots off the scan for frigging hours, but it is essentially as she took it.

I honestly do not know the words to explain to you how much I love this photograph.

This is a studio proof of my mother, Pat. She appears to be about the current age of my grandson, Enzo. That would date this photo in the Spring of 1930 - a treasure.

nevver:

RIP, World’s oldest teenager

There is a little over a week until Opening Day. Time to learn a change up.

my grandson in his “office”, age 4.5 mos.

nationalpostsports:

An aerial view shows cross-country skiers climbing a hill during the Engadin Ski Marathon near the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz. More than 11,000 skiers participated in the 42.2 km (26.2 miles) race between Maloja and S-chanf near the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz. (Photo: REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann)

(via npr)

nevver:

Man with a plan

Grandma Agnes in Mexico, 1965.

nevver:

Might as well

Mad Dog Marie and CM, vintage 1953 in Colorado. Any ideas on what is going on with Mer’s hair here?

Over twenty five years after the photo in my last post we got this studio shot of CS and Agnes.