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This picture was taken on my birthday when I got my typewriter. He set this photo up, I'm sure, wanting to dispense fatherly advice on typing.
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I opened the door and took this picture, surprising him. Even taken unaware the man was smiling. When he saw a camera he would just pose. Here he just pretended he was hosing down the porch because "the rain couldn't reach here".
I am very thankful that my Dad wrote on almost every photograph he took. He wrote the date, the occasion, and the names of the people in the picture. This was another thing we made fun of, but now that my memory is going as I age I'm so grateful to have that information. Now I know how old I was and can recount things from the past through a picture. He would have embraced the digital age, but he wouldn't have liked not having a picture in his hands to write on. Although, he would have loved messing with digital photos on his computer. Heck, he would have made videos of them!
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I have a few memories of fishing with my Dad. I didn't much enjoy it, but I'm glad I did it. Another lesson is life that I'm glad I experienced. He made us bait our own hooks and take our fish off when we caught them, which is the part I hated. But he was also a softie and I could get him to help me out on both of those most of the time.
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My father was born on the 4th of July and so it was a big day in our house. We liked to put sparklers on his cake instead of candles. He enjoyed gifts and the sillier the better. He was definitely a kids' dream because if we saw it on a television commercial during Saturday cartoons we knew he had to have it. And he loved it.
He also insisted in his photographing that we take pictures with our gifts. Every Christmas he set up all the presents we received and took our pictures next to it. I love it now looking back at the gifts and knowing when I got them. I try to do this with my own kids, but I'm not as successful as he was. This pictures is his 66th birthday. I got him the Red Cross First Aid Kit. I got on for myself too. I still have it to this day in my van.
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I'm glad I have his photos.
3 comments:
Very nice post...he was a big teddy bear! I miss him too and love looking at the pics:)
Hi, Cara,
I looked at your blog today and enjoyed the pictures of your father. Brought tears to my eyes. He was a funny guy and great friend and fun to be with. Many fond memories.
Lots of laughs. You're right about his pictures and that he would have enjoyed digital cameras.
I have to go put the fish on the grille. Have the baked potatoes on. What's wrong with this picture? Isn't this fathers' day? Why am I....
Oh, well...
Cheers!
Karl
Cara,
I was just reading your blog. That is a great tribute to your father.. I really enjoy reading the blog and keeping up with you. Maybe my father took that picture of your father at the pond holding the fish? Dad is off to a meeting right now, but he will see the blog when he gets home. That might have been one of the trips that my Dad made out there.
Hi to Connie and Tom and Darcy and Madison, and Kelly, too.
Take care, Kim
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