Here we find another pose by Amanda. There are a lot of her photos on these pages; I just like them. This was shot in my studio on a Mamiya 645 Super on Plus-x developed in D-76 (a truly fine combination). Neg scanned and finished with PS6. My lighting consisted of a large softbox next to the camera and another light above and to the right in the picture shooting through an umbrella. Another light was used to make a highlight in the cove behind her. This was used in the place of a hair light which was a choice I made frequently.

I have commented about my 93 years young granny before. She sent me this her sense of humor is amazing.

OLD' IS WHEN...
Your sweetie says, 'Lets go upstairs and make love,' and you answer, 'Pick one; I can't do both!'

'OLD' IS WHEN...
Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you're barefoot.

'OLD' IS WHEN...
Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.

'OLD' IS WHEN...
You are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police.

'OLD' IS WHEN...
'Getting a little action' means you don't need to take a laxative today.

'OLD' IS WHEN....
getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.

'OLD' IS WHEN...
An 'all nighter' means not getting up to use the bathroom.

'OLD' IS WHEN....
You're not sure if these are facts or jokes.

A friend’s F-150 recently self-combusted in his driveway (which had not been driven in the last few hours). Luckily it was far enough from their house not to catch it on fire as well, but the vehicle was thoroughly totaled. The fire seemed to have originated near the speed control “module”, and the fire chief on scene said he had seen this happen more than once. That was news to me since there are zillions of F-150s on the road and I had never heard of self-immolation issues. That caused me to Google which vehicles catch fire the most (and it’s not Ford trucks), but I did pick up one tidbit from Car and Driver this year which I found interesting and not what I would have initially suspected:

“ It found that hybrid vehicles, which have an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, had the most fires per 100,000 vehicles (3475), while vehicles with just an internal combustion engine placed second (1530 per 100,000). Fully electric vehicles had the fewest: 25 per 100,000.”