One of my "Most Loved Photos"! (Page 7): Thanks Boone. Your post brings up a number of thoughts. One is how we choose our "handles" for UHH. Of course there are those who simply go...

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Thanks Boone. Your post brings up a number of thoughts. One is how we choose our "handles" for UHH. Of course there are those who simply go with their names, but there are many others who no doubt have interesting stories about their UHH names.
Your post also asks the question about what makes a good image. There is the image that has been created by the most skillful operator, using the finest equipment, at the perfect time and place and then has received excellent post processing. Yes this is a quality image, one for the ages. But then there is those photographs, such as the one of your grandmother, that one a purely technical basis may not be considered a "good" photograph, but as we all know is worth its weight in gold and irreplaceable. I look at it like this. If a tornado were to scatter my possessions and in the aftermath, I was able to recover a photograph would I want it to be contest winning photograph for which I had won an award or would I want it to be a personal family image that spoke to me as clearly as the photograph of your grandmother speaks to you. I know the answer to that question for me Thanks for sharing this wonderful image with us.

Boone Loc: Groundhog Town USA

Flying Three wrote:

Thank you for sharing a beloved memory. . . .

Your welcome, and thanks for reading. You can always go there (Memories) whenever you want!

Thanks,
Boone.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Your submission brought up another thought and that is the importance of making photographs of the places, events and people in our lives no matter how commonplace these may seem at the time. Later these "commonplace" images will become essential records of a way of life gone by and precious memories of folks no longer with us. Thanks again. Your post struck a chord with many of us.

custodian Loc: New York

Beautiful story, she sounds like an amazing woman , too bad we couldnt have those old days back instead of the craziness we have in the world today, Very seldom will you find the younger generation willing to put the time in to help their elderly relatives let alone visit them , all they care about about today is what is good for them at the moment and what will be left to them when they pass on. Very selfish kids today

WAstinkbug Loc: Silverdale, WA, U.S.A.

Boone wrote:

Thanks so much for the read. I just had a moment, and I thought others (And there were) might have some

fond memories like me. Memories are something you can't create in seconds, but a "Second with an old Photo"

can bring back hours of old Memories!

Thanks again!

Thanks,
Boone.

I hope you've written this somewhere for your posterity to read and enjoy. They aren't always interested when we are HERE but it would be a treasure to pass down to those who never had the privilege of knowing her in person.

WAstinkbug Loc: Silverdale, WA, U.S.A.

Boone wrote:

Thanks so much for the read. I just had a moment, and I thought others (And there were) might have some

fond memories like me. Memories are something you can't create in seconds, but a "Second with an old Photo"

can bring back hours of old Memories!

Thanks again!

Thanks,
Boone.

And for what it's worth... "little stinkbug" is what my maternal grandfather would call me when I was a little squirt. I used that for my handle here. :-D

Boone Loc: Groundhog Town USA

RodeoMan wrote:

Thanks Boone. Your post brings up a number of tho... (show quote)

Very well said indeed. Your tornado analogy is precisely my thoughts also!

Glad you liked the story. I am sure you have many memories of the past, and they are "Free To Visit" as you

wish.

Thanks,
Boone.

Boone Loc: Groundhog Town USA

RodeoMan wrote:

Your submission brought up another thought and that is the importance of making photographs of the places, events and people in our lives no matter how commonplace these may seem at the time. Later these "commonplace" images will become essential records of a way of life gone by and precious memories of folks no longer with us. Thanks again. Your post struck a chord with many of us.

My children sometimes wonder why I take so many photos. Maybe "Sometime",...they will get it. And knowing my

kids as I do, I think they will!!!

Thanks Again,
Boone.

Boone Loc: Groundhog Town USA

custodian wrote:

Beautiful story, she sounds like an amazing woman , too bad we couldnt have those old days back instead of the craziness we have in the world today, Very seldom will you find the younger generation willing to put the time in to help their elderly relatives let alone visit them , all they care about about today is what is good for them at the moment and what will be left to them when they pass on. Very selfish kids today

You are right about most of the kids today. You and I didn't know what "Instant Gratification" was, we had to earn

what we wanted. In my opinion....it is a result of many parents today who "GIVE" their children to much to fast.

Many kids today, "Don't Understand the Concept of Delayed Gratification"!

You are right, and if you keep "SPREADING THAT IDEA", HOPEFULLY "SOMETIME THEY MIGHT GET IT"!!!!

HOPEFULLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the read. I know you and others here get what I meant. "Thanks Lots"!!!

Thanks,
Boone.

Boone Loc: Groundhog Town USA

WAstinkbug wrote:

I hope you've written this somewhere for your posterity to read and enjoy. They aren't always interested when we are HERE but it would be a treasure to pass down to those who never had the privilege of knowing her in person.

I did, and I hope sometime they all read it!

Grandma Mae was a "WISE OLD BIRD"!!!

Thanks,
Boone.

Boone Loc: Groundhog Town USA

WAstinkbug wrote:

And for what it's worth... "little stinkbug" is what my maternal grandfather would call me when I was a little squirt. I used that for my handle here. :-D

Stinkbug!!! Very cool indeed! LOL

Thanks,
Boone.

ShelbyDave Loc: Lone Rock, WI

Enjoyed your story, reminded me of my Grandparents. She even looks a little like my Grandmother.

BamaTexan Loc: Deep in the heart of Texas

Your story brings back wonderful memories of my Granny. My story is very much like yours. Thank you!

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Great story of an exceptional woman. Certainly aren't many like her today.
Thanks for the memories.

Boone Loc: Groundhog Town USA

topcat wrote:

Great story of an exceptional woman. Certainly aren't many like her today.
Thanks for the memories.

Your welcome, and thank you for the kind words. Yes...she was an exceptional woman. I admired her, and loved her deeply!!!

Thanks,
Boone.