Ronald was sure his European stamp collection would impress the lay-dees.
He couldn’t understand why his penpal stopped writting after he sent her this photo.
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Anthony always thought Maria was his mother’s favorite.
But when mother allowed her to stand on the new sofa for the photo, it confirmed it.
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The Vinci triplets thought this rehearsal super the night before the wedding was a total bore.
As Uncle Simon served the bread, Philip starred at his glass of water trying to turn it into wine.
Mathew prayed it would be over soon.
And Tommy remembered back to simpler times before Dad meet his devoutly Catholic soon-to-be second wife and her daughter; ‘precious little Maria’.
Nothing left to do now.
But wait.
And see what happens next.
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It had always been Ronald’s dream to be the pinkest, furriest Easter Bunny in the parade.
This was the year his dreams came true.
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A note about the PhotoTalk series: I have received plenty of emails asking where I find these photos and if these are part of my ‘bizzare family’. So I thought I would interject on the this post to explain a little bit about the process. First off let me assure you these photos are not from my personal family collection. However, sometimes after I finish writing a story I do feel close the subjects. The majority of the photos are a collective category called ‘Found Photos’….meaning someone has found either an undeveloped roll of film (thrift store or garage sale) or has purchased whole scrapbooks and photo albums of people they do not know. And then they have taken the time to scan these photos and upload them to places like Flickr or create whole websites showcasing their finds. A few have come from photos I have purchased at antique stores. This ’story telling thing’ has been somewhat of a plaguing problem for me, since I was a young girl. When I see photos and sometimes even objects, my mind immediately writes the story. I ‘know’ the peoples names, their occupation and all the rest. The longer I look at a photo- the more I ‘know’ about the subjects and situation. Do I think for one minute that MY story is actually the real story? No. I understand it is fiction based on visual clues. But to be honest- I do often wonder about these people and if any of my details resemble the truth. If you enjoy the PhotoTalk series, remember there is a button on my side bar which will take you to the entire series. As always thank you for reading. And for being so dang Glamorous.
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Tayna was just very hard to please.
She hated all her presents too.
This was Tayna’s last birthday party.
The next year her mother gave up and just gave her cash.
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Ever since Erin had her baby, her girlfriends thought she was becoming really two-faced.
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Claire was not impressed with Harold’s ‘look-at-me-I-am-dead’ April Fools joke in the pool.
After 10 minutes she began to wonder.
After 20 minutes she took a photo.
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Side note: I hate April Fool’s Day. I think pranks are cruel and the lowest form of comedy.
Just like I tell my kids- "if you are trying to be funny, and someone involved is not laughing. Its not funny. Its MEAN."
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No matter how hard Sophie wished, HER twin never appeared.
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Do you have shoe boxes of old photos like these?
I used SCAN MY PHOTOS recently and had 1000 photos scanned in less than an hour.
So scan your shots and send the interesting ones to me and I may use for my next PhotoTalk post!
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The dynamic duo Mike & Bob were hired for an album cover.
And the creative meeting went a little something like this….
Mike: So Bob what are you thinking about for that Dance Party album cover? A shot of a dance in a gym? Or maybe a basement shot with some teenagers dancing?
Bob: I’m thinking POOL. I am thinking a pool with a bunch of kids sitting around looking lazy and bored to death. Actually just 5 girls and one guy. That’s how I see it.
Mike: Okaaaaaaay……..say when was your last vacation Bob? Think maybe you might need a break?….
(Seriously, doesn’t this album look like a snapshot at the local Motel pool and pulled out of a family scrapbook? Take a close look. Maybe you will recognize someone. Could be your mom or dad in this shot. After all nothing says "DANCE party" quite like sun-squinting kids in a pool.)
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And after they are scanned, send me the best ones and let me tell their story in my PhotoTalk series!
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