So I made a rookie mistake and left my camera battery at work over the weekend. Good thing that I had already taken a plethora of pictures of old things on Wednesday.
This week’s submissions for OLD:
Kim Barker
Shannon Bardole
Bill Wentworth
Sarah Karber
Christopher D. Bennett
Angie DeWaard
A pretty good selection of submissions methinks.
So what is this week’s theme…
COUNTRY!
So what is COUNTRY? When I wrote this theme down and put it on a Post-It note, my basic concept of country was anything that isn’t within a city limits. Anything rural would qualify. However, you can take the theme any way you want it. Want to saunter down to your local honky tonk and grab a picture of a pretend cowboy. That would qualify. Have a cherry collection of old Tom T. Hall 8 tracks? Take a picture of that. If you want to take a picture of a map and say “look, it’s a country!” Do that. Express the theme however you see fit.
No HOUSEKEEPING today. I’ll try to do better next week.
If the Lord’s willing and the creek don’t rise, we’ll see you next Monday. With a sweet collection of COUNTRY pictures, I have no doubts.
Thanks for the tour
Angie, did you know that’s my roommate and her mom?
Angie’s voyeurism got busted!
I didn’t know that, Shannon! I found that elderly lady incredibly interesting. I told Chris that. She was just so impeccably put together, she really put a lot of thought into what she was going to wear to the church’s 150th. She was so calm and serene – I liked her a lot, and never got to talk to her. I just was taking photos for the church of the celebration, and she stuck out to me.
So, in short, it was totally voyeurism. 🙂
If it helps, I didn’t notice Karen either. Although, I think I’m met Karen a handful of times and almost all of those were recently. So that suddenly seems like less of an excuse.
I can remember her name now. So that is progress.
I actually did forward your email text over to Shannon.
Like I said on the other post, since it was commissioned work, it is considerably less creepy. Just a funny coincidence.
Like sometimes I’ll get an email from somebody after a post… How do you know Person X that was in this post? I hate Person X. Well… good for you.
It doesn’t fit into this category, but one of the #1 things I hate in the world is people that secretly take photos of other people and then post them on the internet to make fun of such people. Such as the People of the Iowa State Fair Group or People of Wal-Mart.
This is one of the lowest form of creatures. Snugly fitting somewhere among the mosquito, Trump supporters, ticks, and Nebraska Cornhusker fans.
I can’t imagine what sort of reaction you’re looking for when you say, “oh, you know Person X? I really hate them.” Obviously “hate” is a stronger reaction than what you’re feeling, if they’re on your posts. So, what is the absolute best end-game result from that?
I really don’t enjoy those posts or sites, either. I know there have been times when I’ve been a hot mess because I’ve got children barfing and I was up all night, or something similar – there’s no way to know someone’s story.
Now, dog-shaming, on the other hand, can make me laugh. If it’s not mean-spirited.
Sometimes it is just semi-random people in a post that I have a cursory relationship.
Most recently it was a member of The Methodist Men that was a co-worker of a subscriber’s husband.
The time before that it was one of my cousin’s kids that attended the same high school as a subscriber.
Both times, hate was definitely the proper term. It was not a word thrown out lightly, but a word that came with a fair amount of venom.
I’ve never posted a picture of somebody I’m tight with and had somebody roll the H word up on me.
Hopefully that happens soon though. I’m sure I’m more likely to get an email stating that they hate me before that happens.
You’ll have to let us all know how that shakes out, if it indeed does. It sounds like there was reason for such venom, I’d guess?