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WILD ANIMAL PARK, Escondido, California Click on the Shadow Shot link on the right to see more Shadow Shots.

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a life saver for unemployed young men during the depression. Wouldn't it be wonderful if it could be...

In 1968 my boyfriend, John, was sent to Paris by Xerox to help set up the French Government computer system. One of his co-workers had a par...

My sister and I having Bloody Mary's by the pool.  (My apologies to all of you in the bad-weather areas.)

My mother's father left his family of five children during the depression. My mother was the oldest so she started working at a very you...

My Uncle Glenn, Aunt Phyllis, Unidentified Floozy, and Uncle Bob at Sunova Beach. (About 1937) You met my handsome Uncle Bob a couple of wee...

A few weeks ago on Sepia Saturday I had a picture of my father's orphanage and a little boy in the back row was giving the finger with b...

I don't know if this is the same couple ( they all look alike) but every year about this time they show up for a swim.  The Pool Guy (th...

Such a tragic, touching, crazy story. He was at the end of his girlfriend's driveway, partly in the street, drawing a flower in chalk on...

  When I first saw this photo I was startled to see myself dressed in a vintage dress and holding a baby on my lap. It's actually my mat...

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY I posted this last Sunday but then forgot to link it to the Shadow Shot site. I'll try again.

  This is my Uncle Bob who was in the orphanage with my father.(see last Sepia Saturday) They both turned out O.K. after their traumatic exp...

  She had just run into the street in front of a car. I grabbed her and Nancy brought me a leash that she took off of Tootie who was safely ...

I've joined a group called Sepia Saturday http://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com   Every Saturday (when I remember) I'll post a photo fro...

My blog friend, Elizabeth at theworldexaminingworks shoots beautiful shadow photographs. Someone who was inspired by her started Shadow Sho...

MING TOMBS- Oh boy, a place to get your picture taken as a Chinese Empress. Who could resist? I get in line. At last I'm at the f...