Known to those that cut the grass as "The Hill," this is how this section of the yard of my family's home looked in the spring of 1964. This walkway fostered my love of graphic shapes and their relationships in space with one another. The grid of gray, pink, and pale ocher cement blocks filled my little brain. My use of similar shapes and the resulting repetitive patterns they create in my art today was begun by weeding this walkway and studying its color and shape patterns.
I can definitely see where you get your patterns from...I can just imagine a little Casey weeding and taking in all the color and patterns and saving it like a treasure to be pulled out at a later date and used to delight us all!
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I COULD SIT THERE WITH MARE AND BE QUIET. RIGHT MARE?
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I like the foliage this time of year, but sadly most of it falls off in a few weeks.
ReplyDeleteBtw, Polaroid instant picture cameras are trying to make a major comeback despite sold sales of digital cameras.
I wish they still made easily accessible and cheap film for their old Polaroid Land cameras. I have at least 15 of them dating back to the 1940s and up to their SX70s of the seventies and the cheaper ones from the 80s. I love the color and texture in Poloroids. I would still use one today if the film was available. They were quality cameras, I'm sure they'd still work.
ReplyDeleteI remember my mom had a Polaroid, must have been in the late 50's or early 60's, the thing weighed a ton. We would all stand around and looked at the photo while it developed, lol, quite a different era.
ReplyDeletethere was a direct interaction with Polaroids after the photo was developed also. We had backings for the "good" ones, which went on like contact paper, and then a glossy finish could be painted on them from some sort of tube. It had a very distinct, strong paint fume-type aroma. That's the finish that has cracked on some of my older photos.
ReplyDeleteSUN SLIPPING DOWN TO THE WEST. RAIN GONE. COLD TONIGHT DOWN TO THE 30S.SNOW IN WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN. I'D SAY IT'LL BE LIGHT.
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Casey, yes, I remember the little coating tube, not the smell though. You ran this over the photo to help preserve it. There was a bit of talent in applying it smoothly so it would not streak and be coated evenly.
ReplyDeleteHi Granny or rather nite nite. The days are slipping by to fast for some reason. I can't quite get my Santa hat on straight for some reason. It's cool here but I love it, but haven't had a "coat day" yet.
Weren't the Polaroids fun! Everyone trying to get a peek to see the picture come to life. I was surprised how many we had when I was scanning photos recently. I had forgotten about the coating. When you said tube I was thinking like toothpaste tube (only little) then I remembered the 'stick' that held the 'stuff' to put over the pics. I also remember the smell of it...kind of acidy.
ReplyDeleteWoody, I was tempted to get one of the new Polaroids, but the pics were so little I decided not to try. I thought it would be fun for my grandkids to see, wish I had an old one...would be fun!
Think I will have to see what they have on Ebay for instant cameras.. could be fun if one could get the film.
Time to think about reading a bit and then hitting the sack.
Night!
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