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1965

PhotoTalk: Stamp of (dis)Approval

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.

PhotoTalk: And she knew it too.

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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PhotoTalk: Supper anyone?

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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 [...]

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PhotoTalk: His Pink Dream

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 [...]

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PhotoTalk: You call THAT a cake?

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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PhotoTalk: Just being honest

Ever since Erin had her baby, her girlfriends thought she was becoming really two-faced.

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PhotoTalk: He IS heavy. He’s my brother.

Kathryn can still remember the day her back problems started.

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PhotoTalk: Harold’s commitment to comedy

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 [...]

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PhotoTalk: Sophie’s Wish

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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AlbumTalk: Dance Party in High Fidelity

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. [...]

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PhotoTalk: Grin and Bear it.

Elsie’s pig husband handed her the camera and said "do you think you could get one decent picture of me- or are you too stupid for that too?"
Suddenly Elsie had a lot on her mind.
Take the photo or warn her husband?
Decisions. Decisions.
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In the end she was happy she had a nice photo to use at [...]

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PhotoTalk: Beat the devil at his own game

"When Father O’Riley asked Margaret Ann to take over the new Sunday School class he probably should have asked what she had planned."

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PhotoTalk: How to be special

Bobby over heard his parents say his favorite cousin Michael had to wear a helmet all the time now because of a ‘condition’ and something about how ’special’ he was.
Bobby knew exactly what he would do at the next family get together.
He wore a helmet too.
That made them both special.

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PhotoTalk: The friendship that ended over Jello.

Erma knew that Minnie was bringing a Jello mold to the pot luck, but she brought one too. And her’s had fruit floating in it. Who could compete with floating fruit?
When Minnie asked Erma why she brought the same dish to the party she just smiled and said "Oh honey, they aren’t the same! Mine [...]

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PhotoTalk: She only had one chore

Mary was always mixing up her brother’s stroller for the lawn mower.
Mary was special.

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PhotoTalk: Rosalynn makes it perfectly clear.

Rosalynn never intended to marry Paul.
And she knew along that he intended to marry her.
But Rosalynn was actually fond of Paul’s older brother Tony, who had plans of being a photographer.
So when Tony turned around from the front and said said "let me get a photo of the happy couple!", Rosalynn decided this [...]