Mundane Thread Photographic Edition

[Balderdasha]

Yesterday's playdough creations.

[Balderdasha]

Today's garden wall "art" (materials, chalk, masking tape and small children).

[Amor de Cosmos]

Nice fruit & veg!

[Third rate Leszno]

My evening walk by the banks of the river Alt - Belfast ferries out in Liverpool bay on the horizon.

[Balderdasha]

Teaching daughter how to play animal drawing consequences.

[Balderdasha]

[Amor de Cosmos]

Ooh! It's decades since I played consequences, great idea for indoor entertainment.

[Balderdasha]

Ooh! It's decades since I played consequences, great idea for indoor entertainment.

I taught her verbal consequences as well. Lots of fun.

[Balderdasha]

Today's art activity. The eggs were expensive enough that I wasn't going to let the blue egg boxes go to waste.

[Cal Alamein]

A very attractive work using mixed media!

[Balderdasha]

Sticklebrick rainbow.

[Sits]

Beautiful

[Balderdasha]

"Build a Beetle" game.

[Balderdasha]

Yesterday's chocolate rice crispie cakes.

[Sits]

You’re doing a grand job Balders.

[Sits]

Back to the archives, a couple of my Dad from Cornish holidays in my teens. He was only a little older than I am now but already pretty stricken with Parkinson’s and it shows in his face.

The first is in 1980 or 1981, on the Motorail from Reading to St. Austell. Not sure if this is Mk. I or Mk. II compartment stock butBig Boobs and FIRE! would know for sure. The second is maybe 1982 and I think was taken at North Cliffs, Cambourne. I seem to have got a yellow edge there in the cropping. Taken with an Olympus Trip, 16th birthday present.

[Sits]

He didn’t dye his hair by the way. Must be the Irish blood.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Ah, 'Dad' pictures is it?

[Sits]

Nice 'tache!

[Amor de Cosmos]

Oh yeah. It was his pride and joy.

[Amor de Cosmos]

I won't put up any more, as it can get indulgent. But this is my very favourite photo of my parents. Prestatyn holiday camp 1963.

[Cal Alamein]

My dad is on the right in both shots. Would have been from 1948-1952.

[Amor de Cosmos]

The lower one is brilliant, the creases only add flavour to it. I don't suppose you know who the lady in the middle was? Is the guy on the left the same as the one in the upper photo?

[Cal Alamein]

My brother and I discovered these pics after my dad died. No idea about the lady. I'm guessing it's the same guy. The top shot of him is the ONLY time I've ever seen my dad w/ more than a couple days of facial hair.

My brother is rather handy w/ photoshop. This is the original shot he had to work with.

[Nocturnal Submission]

The lower one is brilliant, the creases only add flavour to it. I don't suppose you know who the lady in the middle was? Is the guy on the left the same as the one in the upper photo?

TBH, I was wondering if it was the same three people in both photos.