tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post2498557355373908011..comments2024-03-28T22:21:46.973-07:00Comments on Tossing It Out: My Father Who Art In HeavenArlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-37958982202208707812010-03-01T11:23:00.784-08:002010-03-01T11:23:00.784-08:00That was such a sweet article. That is so nice th...That was such a sweet article. That is so nice that you have that picture with you now.CE Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079522429896600998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-26959352250831636842010-02-27T13:48:41.672-08:002010-02-27T13:48:41.672-08:00I love this picture of Daddy. We also have this p...I love this picture of Daddy. We also have this picture displayed in our home. Thanks for a great story!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11719403196201219880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-85330162721505261512010-02-25T13:43:26.289-08:002010-02-25T13:43:26.289-08:00That was by far my favorite photo of Papa but I al...That was by far my favorite photo of Papa but I also love the photos of him holding juggling clubs and smiling from ear to ear. I think he was all of the things you mentioned. That's what made him who he was.Ada Zdanowiczhttp://www.collagepodge.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-47350683590900856832010-02-25T08:29:06.095-08:002010-02-25T08:29:06.095-08:00Jemi -- It's funny you should mention the movi...Jemi -- It's funny you should mention the movie star thing. Maybe I thought the same thing when I was little because I used to go around singing my own little made up song about "Bob Jackson the Movie Star". I wish my kids would have had more time with their grandfather.<br /><br />Cheryl -- thanks for your visit.<br /><br />JeMa -- Thanks for coming to visit and following. I have a cousin up in Minneapolis area and I hope to go up there someday--it's a pretty part of the country, although I'm not sure about winter never been there then (I'm sure it's nice to look at, but I don't know about the cold). Also like art. I have a daughter in NJ who is an artist-- I did a story about her back in November. Hope you come back often.<br />Lee<br /><br />and I enjoy good art.Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-35949755109351215432010-02-24T19:25:25.375-08:002010-02-24T19:25:25.375-08:00The old pictures do hold such uniqueness to them, ...The old pictures do hold such uniqueness to them, a sort of clarity. Thank you for sharing this childhood memory.<br />Thanks for your comment on my blog, I would love to go and visit DC someday! I think there is more culture there than Northern MN!JeMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588941915694591890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-27910951030002783642010-02-24T17:14:22.080-08:002010-02-24T17:14:22.080-08:00What a very lovely remembrance of your father.What a very lovely remembrance of your father.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360476402810561433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-78832219477398468392010-02-24T16:20:35.334-08:002010-02-24T16:20:35.334-08:00Great picture! He could easily pass for a movie st...Great picture! He could easily pass for a movie star :)<br /><br />My dad died several years ago. My favourite picture of him is in prominent position in my living room. My 2 kids are with him. It's when they're young & the photo captures his absolute joy in his grandkids. Love it.Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-72177043059816553042010-02-24T14:09:39.448-08:002010-02-24T14:09:39.448-08:00I loved this picture of papa also!I loved this picture of papa also!Emileenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-32692194929065144132010-02-24T14:01:40.873-08:002010-02-24T14:01:40.873-08:00I do have a copy of that picture and I always look...I do have a copy of that picture and I always looked at it and loved it.jumpforjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12600634618088132756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-78470080271203440982010-02-24T11:59:50.975-08:002010-02-24T11:59:50.975-08:00Don't give it a second thought, my Brother. Th...Don't give it a second thought, my Brother. There is one thing that I value head and shoulders over all else, and that is "The Truth." As I have said many times over the years in a variety of ways: I would choose an unpleasant truth over a pleasant lie every single time! <br /><br />I never want anything but your HONEST feedback to whatever I might write. The day you feel tempted to leave a slightly dishonest comment in order to avoid hurting my feelings or in order to avoid disappointing me in some way, that is the day you should just leave no comment at all.<br /><br />Or, to put all of this in a nutshell: I'z all good, dude!<br /><br />~ "Lonesome Dogg" McTruthStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-39430928052161657522010-02-24T10:52:13.753-08:002010-02-24T10:52:13.753-08:00Ron -- We did much the same as you after our kids ...Ron -- We did much the same as you after our kids left. One of their bedrooms became my wife's office and another became my office. Both rooms, as well as the hall way are filled with family pictures and memories always reminding of happy past times.<br /><br />Carole-- Thank you for the wonderful award. Helps make my everyday posting a little more worthwhile. I will adress it on my Saturday post.<br /><br />OK Granny -- thanks for visiting and I will look forward to more visits in the future.<br /><br />Joy -- do you have a copy of that picture? Didn't you always like to look at it when we were kids?<br /><br />St McC -- You made my day with your comment. Now I feel badly that my comment on your pol.blog got you down the other day. But you know how much I respect you and your writing and I think you understood what I was saying. Thanks for your kind words and loyal support.Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-26678954329652044542010-02-24T10:41:33.632-08:002010-02-24T10:41:33.632-08:00My sincere thanks to all who have commented so far...My sincere thanks to all who have commented so far. It means a great deal to me. For those of you who had fathers who died when you were young, I'm sorry that you didn't get to experience growing up with yours. I wish my father could have been around longer, but he made it until I was almost 40 and that gave me a chance to grow with him I see him from many different aspects.Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-55076662818560190232010-02-24T10:26:14.112-08:002010-02-24T10:26:14.112-08:00What a wonderful picture, and a great entry. Thank...What a wonderful picture, and a great entry. Thanks for sharing your personal memories of your dad for us.B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112783922833164491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-90450700969951297052010-02-24T10:20:56.367-08:002010-02-24T10:20:56.367-08:00rLEE-b...
I love it (which is reflected in my &quo...rLEE-b...<br />I love it (which is reflected in my "Reaction" vote at the bottom of the Blog Bit).<br /><br />Sir, your words were very poignant and worthy of the photograph itself - which I too find myself drawn to even though I never knew the man pictured in it. Somehow or other, I can sense what it was about that photo that held such a fascination for you. I "get it", Brother. Somehow, I get it! <br /><br />If you ever decide to put together a "Best Of 'Tossing It Out' Collection", I nominate this Blog Bit for inclusion.<br /><br />~ "Lonesome Dogg" McMeStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-52282152660813620612010-02-24T09:26:00.746-08:002010-02-24T09:26:00.746-08:00Daddy is an angel in heaven. He watches out after...Daddy is an angel in heaven. He watches out after us every day.jumpforjoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12600634618088132756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-17946113580893535482010-02-24T08:31:45.593-08:002010-02-24T08:31:45.593-08:00This is a very nice post and a reflection of one t...This is a very nice post and a reflection of one that is no longer with you. My father died when I was young and I have only glimpes of what he was like and we have pictures also. Thank you for coming by.Margaret Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193782261129586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-51851676528043894652010-02-24T08:30:00.650-08:002010-02-24T08:30:00.650-08:00Thank you for visiting my blog. Please come again ...Thank you for visiting my blog. Please come again soon.<br /><br />I've enjoyed reading several posts in your blog and will visit again soon.<br /><br />You are so blessed to have such a nice photo of your father.<br /><br />Almond Roca, Heath or Skor - my vote is for the Heath bar.Oklahoma Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10053304659210754009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-29580922264507849932010-02-24T07:30:15.889-08:002010-02-24T07:30:15.889-08:00Hi I thought this post intriuging as you write abo...Hi I thought this post intriuging as you write about your father, you see Lee my own father passed away suddenly when I was three so I can't remember him, I only have 2 pictures of him one in army uniform and the other I guess towards the end of his life, they look so different yet I wonder how much he changed in the intervening years. I often wonder also would my life be any different if he had lived.<br />I really got into your post very parallel to my own dad.<br />Thanks for this wonderful write.<br /><br />Yvonne.RHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-83391763098119423872010-02-24T07:22:41.243-08:002010-02-24T07:22:41.243-08:00Photos of those we love are always nice. Your moth...Photos of those we love are always nice. Your mother was thoughtful in giving this one to you.<br /><br />I have an award for you at my blog.Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168273312704732896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-18090707828006308772010-02-24T07:09:25.212-08:002010-02-24T07:09:25.212-08:00Shortly after our last child moved out we converte...Shortly after our last child moved out we converted a bedroom into what we now call the computer room.<br /><br />It has also become the room where we display a lot of our old photos on the walls. In fact, the room is almost wall to wall photos.<br /><br />One of my favorites is a 1906 photo of my maternal grandparent's horse and buggy wedding picture. I often wonder what it was like in the early 1900's for my grandparents.<br /><br />God bless you, RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-74643321055037782582010-02-24T06:41:59.939-08:002010-02-24T06:41:59.939-08:00This is a lovely picture Lee! He does look dashing...This is a lovely picture Lee! He does look dashing!Tamika:https://www.blogger.com/profile/04874834971492028558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-71974509700398659002010-02-24T05:33:46.967-08:002010-02-24T05:33:46.967-08:00that is such a nice photo! No wonder you treasure ...that is such a nice photo! No wonder you treasure it! I have one of my father also - very unlike your dad's pose, he's hanging with his buds with a cigarate pack rolled under his shirt sleeve. But I treasure it like you do.TerryLynnJohnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380207155608982319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-19704015023227848322010-02-24T05:26:21.759-08:002010-02-24T05:26:21.759-08:00What a regal, centered disposition your Dad has in...What a regal, centered disposition your Dad has in this classic pic. Nice.ajgallionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155248959570402952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-79554875132445975052010-02-24T05:09:49.822-08:002010-02-24T05:09:49.822-08:00Some feel pictures capture the inner person as muc...Some feel pictures capture the inner person as much as the outer. Whether that's true or not, I don't know. But a picture does capture the person at that one moment.<br /><br />I'm glad you have this picture now in your home so you can see it every day. We have a wall of family pictures at the top of the stairs and I like looking at them as I go up.<br /><br />Helen<br /><a href="http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Straight From Hel</a>Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-43954628485300115562010-02-24T04:30:45.168-08:002010-02-24T04:30:45.168-08:00Oh, my friend, what a great tribute and heartwarmi...Oh, my friend, what a great tribute and heartwarming story. That is a great photo isn't it?T. Powell Coltrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.com