1.14.2012

LOOKING FOR THINGS ~



This picture of a girl and her dog really makes me smile. Way back when, this girl and her dog are about the same age. Maybe 9 or so?
The girl was just starting life and the dog was nearing old age. One nice summer day, the photographer from the Minneapolis studio stopped and made an appointment with her Mom to have her girl get her picture made.
You got to have a try on to see if the dress still fits, then you got a shower and shampoo, Mom got out the curlers and rolled your hair up in them (or sometimes rag curlers-easier to sleep on!) You got to wear the locket Grandpa gave you! The girl had never had a mostly white dress in her whole life and she wondered if it came from her cousin. But if it did, she didn't want to know. This girl was a tom-boy and she wouldn't get to wear it outside, she knew that.
Stubby, the little Boston Terrier, required no special treatment for his picture. He had to roll in something terrible before he would ever get a bath, and he didn't like sitting around biding his time on a nice summer day either. Back then there was no leash law, and dogs were everywhere!
After what seemed like forever, the photographer came and made quick work of these two. In a week or two the mail brought the pictures and her Mom loved them, the Dad loved them, the Girl even thought they were pretty good. The dog never said.
Until next time,
Jo

19 comments:

  1. Jo ~ we're all happy to welcome you back ... here's to a great new year of blogging fun!

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  2. Just beautiful!! (The photo and the new look!!) Love it!

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  3. Jo, hello to you! I look forward to your posts and getting to know you!

    Tom, mom Julie & Mittens

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  4. My Godfather was a professional photographer, so I have a few of those posed pictures. I'll have to dig them out of the closet and post one. Glad to have you back.

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  5. What a great post! We are so glad to have you back!

    Smileys!
    Dory, Jakey & Bilbo (along with the Mama!)

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  6. that photo reminded mum of one she had many moons ago, Lovely photo and lovely memories.. Hugs GJ xx

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  7. Hi there Jo,
    What a beautiful new blog. So pleased you made it back.
    Cheers, Gail (who always successfully resisted attempts to curl her hair) and Bertie (who has an attractive natural wave).

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  8. Nice post, sweet memories and such a cute pup!
    Welcome back.. your header is beautiful.
    ~ The Bunch

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  9. Ah so nice, we love the Style, it brings back nice memories.
    So good you are back.
    Licks Bobby

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  10. WELCOME BACK JO AND STELLA.
    WE ARE SORRY FOR ALL YOUR TROUBLES HOPEFULLY THIS GO AROUND THERE WILL BE NO MEAN SPAMS AND SCAMS.
    WE HAVE YOU BOOKMARKED AND WILL CHECK IN TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE UP TO.
    MADI AND MOM

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  11. I'm so glad to have you back!!!! I love the story and the photo. Wonderful!

    Thanks to Zoolatry for helping you!

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  12. Cute pic. Posed pictures are very popular here (in Malaysia) too. Meow from Au, Target and Guido.

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  13. Very nice story and photo. If only time could be turned back to a more simple time!

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  14. Welcome back from 3 Minnesota boys! We are three cats in the northern Mpls. suburbs. Our mom & dad are originally from E. Grand Forks in Northern MN. Stop by & visit our blog anytime.
    We came over from a note from Ann Adamus we got in our in box.
    How horrible what happened to your blog! We would be totally stunned if that happened to us, we've been blogging since '06! Glad you are resurrected and we loved this story!

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  15. Concats on getting a new blog! It looks great. We heard about it from Ann of Zoolatry. We luf these old pics they are great! Come visit us sometime at prancerpie.blogspot.com

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  16. Ann from Zoology told us about you and we came by to say hello - we are pleased to meet you and hope we will become friends.
    Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

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  17. Hello! Thank you so much for visiting my blog! Loved the story very much! Is it real or imaginary? When I was a girl a had a similar dress. Like the girl I did not like dress very much!Now I do!

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  18. Oh..you have a dog and a cat? 2 years ago I fell in love with cats! When I was a girl I prefered cats. Then I become a dog person. Then I met 3 cats from a friend and they conquered my heart! Know I like cats too as much as dogs...I wish I could adopt one...

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  19. Welcome back, Mom Jo. We're the new furchildren for Mom Paula who was the slave to Sweet Praline. Sweet Praline went to the Bridge in April 2011, but we're doing all we can to help heal the hole in Mom Paula's heart.

    Truffle and Brulee

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