TODAY'S PHOTO
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a hat my mother wore over 60 years ago
A recent issue of Marney Makridakis' LinkLatte, a daily URL
presented for Artella
Members' pleasure, gave the link to PURSE
STORIES, a beautiful and interesting site. It features photos
and stories on purses.
Something in the nostalgic response I had triggered the memory
of my mother's hat that sits on a shelf in my closet.
A rust-colored velvety felt, it is in top notch condition, without
having been preserved in any way other than love.
I also found a picture of my mother, my brother, probably 2
or 3 years old, and me at 4 or 5 years of age with the three
of us each wearing hats. My mother had on this one, my brother
a wool cap and I wore a velvet bonnet. I can recall the velvet
of my hat and the wool of my brother's. See Hat
and Us.
Of all the photos I took of today's hat, I most like the one
above for the overal feel of it, as well as the flow veil took
as I placed the hat.
Especial thanks to my friend Linda Vining and participants in
her eCourse
Focus Group "Cheap Camera, Great Photographer - Taking
Photos You Love With The Digital Camera You Have". Out
of correspondence there, I now know that the color black is
among the best colors to use as a background when I set up something
for photographing. Though the course is officially closed, I'm
sure that Linda will include you, if you ask. Scroll to the
end of the description of her course on the Focus
Group page and you'll find Linda's email address. Simply
write her with your request.
SELF-REFLECTING QUERIES -
How many different kinds hats have you worn in your life? When
I started writing that question I was thinking of the bonnets,
baseball caps, and other types of physical hats we wear. As
I was finished I recalled there are also the metaphorical hats,
as the ones in the expressions on the "hats we wear."
I've worn more different ones of those in my life, than actual
hats.
What memories do these hats bring up for you? If you wear them
now, do they act as "cover ups" for anything other
than your hair and head.
Do different hats evoke different emotions for you, or have
they in the past? Just thinking of a few of mine has my body
assume different positions and puts me in a role playing mode.
Have fun with this.
Tomorrow I'll bring you another of Sam's wonderful black and
white photos...a totally different type of hat.
AUDIO TESTIMONIALS -
Have you yet checked out the 28
second message from Sondra who shares the impact on her
life of a custom photo/drawing of her father done by me?
Have you listened to Judith Tramayne-Barth and Renee Kleckner
on our AUDIO
LINKS page, where Judith also describes how easy it is to
record a message? I'd love to have your voice there also. A
sentence or two is more than enough, if you are person of a
few words.
I will publish the link for yours in Picture to Ponder and on
the testimonial
page on the eteletours site. You can call in yourself at
(214) 231-2905 ext 6956 or, if you wish,
e-mail me to set a time and I can call you and 3-way you
in and simply listen while you talk.
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