What have you seen that surprised or fascinated you.

Once at a Laundromat I saw a lady fold her clothes as she took them out of a washer,  then putting them in the dryer. That struck me as strange.

I saw a girl once wearing her underwear on the outside her clothes, I thought she was maybe protesting the guys wearing they pants on the ground or trying to start a new fad.

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I just read this:

We had a power outage last week.

My computer, television and game console immediately shut down.

It was snowing, so I couldn't play golf.

All I could do is talk with my wife for a few hours.

She seems like a nice person.

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That may be silly, but I remember when Hugo hit our area. No power! Things were so quiet in the evenings and we did communicate more and made do with what we had.

Now for one of the surprises of my life. Cousin Howard Dewey out in Las Vegas is ‘trying’ to down size. In doing so he is making discoveries. Look at this  depression era photo:

I worked with it for awhile and got it clearer.

Howard sent this, He said it is dated ‘73 but knows that is wrong, that is a copy date. On the back it says Uncle Frank and Oscar Lloyd. He asked, “Who is Oscar Lloyd?”

I am so pleased, that is my dad on the left and his brother in law, Oscar. No date but it must be the late 1920’s. Two men sitting on a log, whittling.

Wondering what was on their minds. Times like this I want to ask him. This was near the time he left the farm and started looking for work to support the growing family. Dad was close to mama’s family. I loved my Uncle Oscar, he was a born business man.

Uncle Oscar left the farm and had several businesses, in his lifetime. The last was a garage and junk yard. I could sit in one of the junk cars and drive for hours shifting the old floor transmissions.  In my imagination I drove all over the country, jumped ditches and rivers and won a lot of races.

I wonder if this was the time he had looked over at Oscar and said, “Man I wish I had a can of Sardines.”

He said Oscar said quietly,  “And ten boxes of sody (soda) crackers.”

They were hungry, but dad said they both about died laughing!

Now you may not believe it, but I am going to enjoy this old picture for years to come. That is my DAD!

Nite Shipslog

PS:

I wonder what treasures are buried that I will never know about. But for me, this one is a gem.

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These cars would have been new at the time of the picture of Dad & Uncle Oscar.

‘28 Ford, ‘29 packard & ‘30 Ford.