When listing the things I'm grateful for in the "New Year 2008" post, I named only my living brothers. My oldest brother, John, died in the early 1990s. He was 14 when I was born, and courtesy of WWII, he was gone from home for good by the time I was 5.
John was a doctor, a warm, gentle man and, among other things, a skilled amateur photographer. Besides taking wonderful photos of his young children, he liked to photograph the TV screen for fun. I loved his moody blue and white picture of Michaelangelo's Pieta taken from a program in the 50s or 60s on the art treasures of the Vatican.
Occasionally, just for the fun of it (it's a moving target, and you never really know what you'll capture when you trip the shutter, and the results are always a bit blurry) I take photos of the TV screen, too. One night last week, there was this Barbra Streisand movie playing on cable, and while I didn't actually watch the movie--the toob was just on in the background--Streisand really has a nifty face, and her close-ups caught my eye. Here's one.
So, thanks, John, for showing me how to find beauty in the mundane. I'm very grateful for that.
Uncle John was a good guy.
ReplyDeletehe was, indeed.
ReplyDeleteTo me, his daughter, your brother John was the BEST dad in all the world! I miss him a lot! Thanks for sharing a few memories of him---from Katy in Duluth
ReplyDeletethanks, katy...i miss him, too. he wrote wonderful letters!!
ReplyDeleteWow, I've done that too. I've taken a group of them on one show and then pasted them into an e-mail with silly captions for my daughter. She tought that I was crazy.
ReplyDeleteI'm having a little give-away over at my blog. No gimicks, it's just for fun - my way of celebrating the one year anniversary of having my space on the web.
http://organizeddoodles.blogspot.com/
Hey, thanks, Rick! I've just set up a post about Organized Doodles, your give-away, etc. And I'm adding you to my faves list....Happy New Year!
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