A Thoughtful Moment - a long one :O)

I got to thinking! (A dangerous habit ~ it know). What started on the Scrapjammies message board as us posting our baby pictures turned into a discussion of things in the background of our pictures. Example ~ I posted these pictures of me.
Do you LOVE that red hair? There were no such things as car seats in the early 60's.
Talk about attitude. And look at that car! This picture was taken in 1966. If it was taken now, how many of us would crop that car out of the picture? To me the car in the picture is classic and I would never dream of cutting it out.

Then Kelly posted this semi-challenge. She said "Now the real story is....how many photos do you have of your girls that look just like you and your "attitude"? I bet you have a couple!" So here's what I found.
ME

AMBER
I'm still trying to find one of Tabitha and me. I know one is there somewhere :O)

Now this is what led me to thinking of these old pictures I have. The story behind these photos. I literally discovered this photo album about 6 months after my Mom had died. It was in the back of her closet. My brother or I had NEVER seen this book ~ EVER!!! You can imagine our surprise because we thought we've seen everything. Some of the pictures date back to 1909! It was obvious that it was my Dad's side of the family. It's the distinct DeWees nose ~ yup, I got it. Thank goodness my Aunt Marge (my Dad's sister) was still alive when we found it and she was able to fill in some of the blanks of who these people were. Next time you come over to my house look for the 1912 picture I have out and in a frame. It's really cool!


This picture reminds me of the Norman Rockwell "Waiting on the Shore" painting. This was taken in 1910 in MarbleHead, Mass.
LOVE those swimsuits?!
Both photos taken in 1911 in Long Beach, CA

So the next time we start to crop our photo's let's stop for a moment and take a step back to look at it though the eyes of our grandchildren and great-grandchildren looking at them 97 years from now.