My dear brother Billy (probably Bill to his friends, but I knew him when) just sent me a link to his Photobucket site where he has dozens of old family photos, including this one that my brother John took of him with Dad's old original Polaroid SX70. Billy looks to be maybe 11 or 12? That would make this photo from about 1969? Looking at old photos reminds me of an experience I had in a small airplane taking aerial photos. Looking down on a busy area from that perspective you realize how close together everything is. On the ground, having to drive around with limited visibility, you think of the time to get from point A to B as some kind of objective distance when often point B is just separated from point B by a couple of one way streets and single city block. This analogy probably makes little sense unless you've been up in a plane, but it's my blog, so I'm permitted to ramble. What I'm saying is that, from the perspective of my present age, having raised three kids to college age, I sometimes wonder how when we were kids ourselves, we packed so many changes into such a shot span of time. Anyway, Billy's gift of these photos will be something I'll spend a long time unwrapping. I'm hoping that all the Broussards will start opening up their individual troves of photo gold and share them via online means.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
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yes it is brother billy in 1969, I remember it well == those were the days my friend..we thought would never End'''' a smile, a tear for all has gone by so swiftly == a mere whoosh, whirrr CLICK of the camera and the years roll back upon us all = thank you brother billy = thank you so much = maureen tobin 2008
Maureen. So true. But nothing really ends, you know. It's all stored in some great database somewhere and edited by the Grace of God. Good for us, huh?
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