Dad said to me "Reach that box up on the top shelf that says "Stamps'". "Stamps" I questioned? I got the "recycled" check-blank box, opened it, dug below a stack of stamps, and discovered several photos that were taken in 1930, 1940 and about 1948. Loose little photographs in the bottom of this small box filled with stamps. I had never seen any of these pictures before. I've scoured many family photo albums, have scanned several hundred family photos and put more than a dozen albums on Google's Picasa web site. But I had not seen any of these pictures before. I was delighted! Oh, what treasures hide in places we least suspect.
One of the pictures was of me and my twin brother sitting on the grass in our yard, accompanied by a small white lamb cake. Dad thinks it was taken on our first birthday, which would have been November 5, 1948. Since tomorrow is our 61st birthday, I'm sharing this picture and using this post to also wish my brother Dennis Happy Birthday!
5 comments:
What a fun find! That lamb cake is so cute, too. However, I must say that you and your brother definitely look two years old, not one year old. There's just no way you're only a year old in that photo. What a treasure! Hopefully your dad won't keep such things tucked away like that anymore.
What a wonderful "birthday present." Isn't it terrific to still find surprises in the most unusual places! A great picture and a great story....oh and Happy Birthday!
Happy B-day, Becky! How nice to have found that photo, just in time for your special day. Hope you had a good one.
Kathryn
That's so cool that your dad is on Facebook.
Happy birthday (again) to you and your brother.
I have never seen a lamb cake. It looks awesome. What a terrific find for you. Enjoy!
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