July 29, 2004
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Split Rail Fence – heaven only knows where Photo by Robert Culbertson
Left to Right: David, Chris, Mom and Alice .
As I’ve no doubt told y’all before, my dad was an amateur photographer, and a good one too. He had a dark room in the basement where he printed out his own prints until he graduated to color film and slides. This is one of the gazillion black and white pictures he took on what looks to be one of our summer vacations. He had a thing about split rail fences. Any time we’d pass one he’d stop the car; we all knew the drill. Climb up on the fence and daddy would take our picture . . . so we have lots of split rail fence pictures at different ages.
An interesting side note: Three out of the four people in this picture are Xangans. Only my brother David isn’t. I’m obviously Chris in the picture, mom is LolaMC and Alice is Alice. I really think Dave would enjoy Xanga too, if he’d give it a try.
Split Rail Fence – Somewhere in Mississippi Photo by a helpful stranger
Left to Right: Alice, David, Chris, Mom
And here’s the same crew quite a few years later. .
Comments (15)
wow, very snazzy picture.
Your daughters are twins?
Everyone looks happy!
Actually, I’m the little girl in the white top. Lot’s of people thought we (Alice and me) were twins, though. I was born only 15 months after Alice and since I am taller, for a time we were the same height, hence the illusion that we were twins.
Oh! :shysmile:
I should have known…
That is wonderful. Cameras were a big deal.
My dad has so many pictures of us when when we were little, mostly slides which he has now put on disc.
:fun: I love family photos like yours. They always tell a story even without words. :sunny:
I love old photos!
Bannock is a type of stiff biscuit dough wrapped around a stick and baked over an open fire. Here is a recipe–more or less authentic–I don’t think the First Nations people had currants or raisins as we know them. They might have included dried berries–just a guess. I also would guess they originally used a corn flour since they did not have wheat flour until the European traders arrived. Nevertheless, slightly charred biscuits still taste good!
It’s so funny that I discovered your sister Alice’s blog yesterday. She is a photographer also, right? He pictures are amazing. I’m from Kansas and some of her pictures make me miss home.
It’s so great that you have all those pictures of your family. BTW, you are such a cutie in those suspenders!
I wish my mom and sister would blog. My mom still can’t email. She’s currently taking classes. She’s so smart, but she has a computer phobia. I visited your mom’s site, and I just love it. She seems like a wonderful, wise woman. Do you get to visit OK often?
Thanks for visiting my site. You’re right about that being quite something to overcome. I was only 23, but I learned what I was made of and capable of. I’m actually grateful, but it took a long time to feel that way.
:)
Great family shot. All we need is one of your dad to let us know what he looks like. I love the rolled jeans. That was a great time, wasn’t it? Late 40s, early 50s, I was going into highschool. Yeah, a great time in our lives.
I think I might try the bannock recipe.
That photo was taken at New Salem state Park in Illinois. Where is the grown up version ?
I just love the old photo! The split rail fence does make a good picture. :goodjob: Does Dave read the rest of the family’s blogs? Does he live near one of you, so that someone could get him started like Alice did with your mom?
:spinning: :wave: my names christine to…and i love the black and white pictures i love how they seem so old….and it makes you feel good to look at old family pictures.
*!christine!* from alabama….
It’s on my other computer at home, mom. I’ll amend.
You know, Chris, when I told you that Dave does not have a xanga, I was technically wrong. He does have one that I made for him, just so that when he finally gets ready to do it, it will be in place for him. As far as I know, he’s never gone there, though. Like I said, he’s doing good to do email. Perhaps when he retires in January, he’ll learn a little about the internet.
Hmmm…your dad had a “thing” about split rail fences…and you…well, those gates and cemeteries aren’t TOO far off from the split rail fences…apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, eh??…..
Cool, Alice. I subscribed to Dave so I’ll know if and when he starts blogging.