The essence of photography is capturing a fraction of a second, for later viewing. This moment, probably 1/60 of a second was taken in the other house - the house in Lexington Kentucky probably 15-20 years ago. At the top of the stairs with an open railing overlooking the great room, was our shared office. On the plans there was a option to enclose it as a bedroom, the house was essentially finished when we bought it and the office/loft worked wonderfully for us. The top rail, is visible just to the left of the box of Kleenex over my shoulder. There is a stack of training manuals on the top shelf, this is where I prepared probably 100 training programs. The plastic tub with a green label, is some kind of foot cream, my feet dry out terribly in the winter, nothing seems to really help other than a pedicure and letting them sand my feet with the cheese grater. The plastic storage bin, is filled with computer bits and pieces and probably a camera, it is on the shelf in my second closet today. I really should sort it out again. I was younger, a little more hair on top, a lot less grey on the chin. The framed prints on the wall behind, we left to the estate sale people when we cleaned out the house. There is so much there, so much meaning in a moment frozen in time.
I think it is rather funny to go back and look at a picture from years ago, and especially look at the background. What's gone, and what do you still have.
ReplyDeleteOver the years it's been interesting watch my interior style hone and look more mature.
The casual departure of my hair,
DeleteIt’s always fun to look at an old photo and pore over the details that were unimportant when the picture was taken.
ReplyDeleteA good reason to take random photos, a great reason to look at hold snapshots
DeletePhotos can be quite amazing in the detail they capture, never mind the essence of handsomeness.
ReplyDeleteSome the years show on my face, or is that ruggedness
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ReplyDeleteStill after all these years
DeleteI agree with Maddie, sometimes the things in the background tell a different story.
ReplyDeleteI am still often surrounded by stacks of paper
DeleteLittle details in old photos leap out at us now and are wonderful sources of nostalgia!
ReplyDeleteI will pull some of the 100 year old photos and see what we can see.
DeleteI love that. Every photo tells a story.
ReplyDeleteI listened to a YouTube video recently by a British photographer on ten mistakes photographers make, his number one mistake was deleting or destroying photos that are not special. 20 or 100 years from now that snap shot may tell a story.
DeleteThe cream, tissues and the look on your face is certainly telling me a different story! My mind is trying valiantly to crawl out of this deep gutter in which it's found itself.
ReplyDeleteI like where you mind is going, the foot cream probably had menthol in it, not advisable for sensitive body parts.
DeleteOuch! Been there, done that. You can't tell what kind of cream that is from the picture, though.
DeleteOMG same in winter!
ReplyDeleteI carry a chapstick with me everywhere and I do have do moisturize EVERYWHERE.
Bet those manuals took you a ton of time, too.
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My feet are so dry!!! I should have kept track of all of the pages I have written over 22 years
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