The Writing on My Great Grandma’s Paintings

I messed with the contrast and such as much as I could without having Photoshop.
Here’s the writing from the portrait of my mom:

Here’s the other picture with writing on it:

And here’s a close-up of that writing, also overcontrasted to make everything clear:

Wow, Apparently I’m Famous

What else to make from the tour bus outside my parents’ house?

Grandpa in His Football Uniform

Taking Dophin’s advice had an unintended consequence.

So, I just took the picture down and scanned it in. I had to cut off the coach. Hopefully none of his relatives were waiting around with baited breath (bated breath?) to see their great grandfather on Tiny Cat Pants. Click to embiggen and get a [...]

See? He’s Tiny

I don’t know why my dad’s cat looks so giant, but here’s him in the chair for a true reflection of his size.

Dad in Recovery

What I love about this photo is that, if you look closely, you can see how he’s turned this chair into his command center. There’s his chapstick, his house phone, the glint of his cell phone, the glass with just a smidge of Diet Vernor’s Ginger Ale in the bottom, nail clippers, a book, [...]

Interesting Things from Around the House

I tried to wander around the house finding all the stuff I’d want to show you if you were wandering around the house with me.
My Great Grandma Teckla was a writer and painter.  Here’s a portrait of my mom she did.  I have no idea what the characters in the upper right hand corner are, [...]

Photo Help

I want to take a picture of a picture, see, and I can’t figure out how to turn my dad’s camera’s flash off and so I’m getting a glare off the glass. I don’t know what kind of help I need exactly, since I can’t take a picture of the camera to get help, [...]