This might be the best shot I have ever gotten of my dad. He hates photographs, so I had to sneak up on him before dinner up at the mountain house. He is one fine fellow, I might add. Honest, old fashioned and always up for some adventure.
one can tell he is old fashioned and always up for adventure from the way he is facing the jungle with drink in his hand, there is something James Bond-like in that.
I myself am terribly proud when manage to take a real photo of my father, too, it is not easy!
ariel, fathers, as a general rule, do not like photographs. Why is that?
doug, this is the highest point in South Carolina - Caesar's Head. You can see Greenville from the porch, and Spartanburg is right up the road. Off to the right is the NC state line.
Campobello is peach country! Isn't that the nicest name a place could have? We drive right through there on the historic Cherokee Foothills Trail to get to the mountains house. One of the prettiest stretches of road int he USA.
this is a wonderful picture -- tho i have to say your "old" man doesn't really look all that "old". or is it just because i may (MAY) be closer to his age than i am to yours?
whatever, this picture is perfection. guessing your old(ish) man is, too. neva xox
ariel, how right you are. It reflects our need to self-preserve and glorify, while other cultures seemed to focus on the exterior - the nature around them.
doug, only Plato lived in a true polis. We just have tent cities made out of bricks and wood.
ariel, let's not push that one!
neva, my old man is the youngest 70 year old I know. He is like Merlin, he started out old and grouchy and ended up young and spry. And as far as your age, well, you sure sound youthful to me too.
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Great photo. He looks like a fine old fellow.
one can tell he is old fashioned and always up for adventure from the way he is facing the jungle with drink in his hand, there is something James Bond-like in that.
I myself am terribly proud when manage to take a real photo of my father, too, it is not easy!
Is that near Spartanburg, by the way?
doug, thanks. He really is a great old fellow.
ariel, fathers, as a general rule, do not like photographs. Why is that?
doug, this is the highest point in South Carolina - Caesar's Head. You can see Greenville from the porch, and Spartanburg is right up the road. Off to the right is the NC state line.
Very cool, Mule. I had an old friend who worked on a farm near Campobello. That's beautiful country. And the Dale Earnhardt museum's nearby!
Campobello is peach country! Isn't that the nicest name a place could have? We drive right through there on the historic Cherokee Foothills Trail to get to the mountains house. One of the prettiest stretches of road int he USA.
http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2161/stories/46944
beautiful place. white people name places after other white people, indians give places names like "land of the noonday sun". makes more sense.
How are things in Arielopolis, Ariel?
Doug, each thing can choose its own name, and each thing can call me any names they please. they know that I'll answer.
this is a wonderful picture -- tho i have to say your "old" man doesn't really look all that "old". or is it just because i may (MAY) be closer to his age than i am to yours?
whatever, this picture is perfection. guessing your old(ish) man is, too. neva xox
ariel, how right you are. It reflects our need to self-preserve and glorify, while other cultures seemed to focus on the exterior - the nature around them.
doug, only Plato lived in a true polis. We just have tent cities made out of bricks and wood.
ariel, let's not push that one!
neva, my old man is the youngest 70 year old I know. He is like Merlin, he started out old and grouchy and ended up young and spry. And as far as your age, well, you sure sound youthful to me too.
What a classic picture, seems of a classic man.
So if you're the Old Mule...does that make him the Young Mule?
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