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shootingstar

02-09-2009, 06:49 PM

I actually did post this photo some time ago here but now I can't seem to do a search older than 1 year ago.

It was to show how fat my head was (that's why I now wear a largish bike helmet!) and as a kid I was abit chubby until around 9 yrs. old I started to lose it.

Am on the right-hand side, at around 4-5 yrs. old. Which means photo shot in 1964 in downtown Waterloo, Ontario. We had no car but my family could walk around to stores and park. A sister, who is 1 yr. younger, is beside me. Can't you figure out which child was known by the parents as the grumpy kid? :p

I wish I could post a real valuable black and white photo of self, as a 4-5 month baby and my mother is wearing a high neck mandarin collared Chinese dress. When I get around to it...

and 2nd photo, how we were 2 yrs. ago. I'm on the left at 48.

Biciclista

02-09-2009, 07:26 PM

aw, you were cute!

crazycanuck

02-09-2009, 07:33 PM

I will have a peek at home & see what horrible photos i can find from when i was a sprocket.

I'd like to post a pic of before i started riding & now but that's for a diff thread.

shootingstar

02-09-2009, 08:20 PM

Mimi, your sister seems to naturally tan deeper than you. I do have another sister (not in these photos), who does not tan as deeply as the rest of us. Don't you just love the vintage cars in our photos..

At least you have a photo on bike in childhood. There were no photos taken of any of us on a bike..not at any point in time when we were children/teens. Probably because my father guarded his Pentax SLR camera and only allowed us occasionally to use his camera so not to waste cost of film. (We were poor, not because my father was unrelenting.) And when we were out playing and biking...he had to sleep in afternoon before he worked his evening restaurant shift.

Our trips out of town were just day trips by family car, to Toronto once a year.

Ah those "hillbilly" days. :D

badger

02-09-2009, 10:01 PM

me and my brother back in August of '74 (I was 3). it's Mt. Fuji in the background.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/nvwolf/mengeorg.jpg

lph

02-09-2009, 11:28 PM

1972. My serious, skinny big brother taking care of his chubby spoilt little sister. I wonder where those sweaters came from. And look at those shoes! :D

tantrumbean

02-10-2009, 03:36 AM

Not having a scanner, this is the only one I can find as someone else stuck it on the web.

I'm the skinny looking thing in the middle of the back row, wearing a dark jumper and dark blue jeans... Lovely early 80's outfits!!!

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l21/punkypossum/Klassenfoto.jpg

hirakukibou

02-10-2009, 04:25 AM

I am the one doing the negotiating.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd209/kotoridesigns/Pataasakid.jpg

Andrea

02-10-2009, 04:35 AM

:D .

bouncybouncy

02-10-2009, 04:49 AM

Geez, I loved that outfit!!! Hot pink valour...wow!

Aggie_Ama

02-10-2009, 04:57 AM

I will have to go use a scanner. None of me on my rocking bikes though. :cool:

Tuckervill

02-10-2009, 04:58 AM

That's me on the far left. We were at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. I would say this is 1970? The two in the middle--the short one and the one in shorts--are my big brothers. The other two guys, I don't know. They didn't come with us. I was a skinny little kid--wish I could get THAT back. :)

For a younger me, on a bike, please peruse my avatar.

sfa

02-10-2009, 05:40 AM

Me and my sister in about 1973. I'm the short one on the left:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/Sarahfran/QueenSarah.jpg

And all of my siblings with my grandmother in 1977. I'm the one with the goofy hair and the mustard colored butterfly dress (that I HATED) second from the right:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/Sarahfran/1977family.jpg

SheFly

02-10-2009, 05:58 AM

I am the one doing the negotiating.

You haven't changed! Shorter hair, but I definitely recognized you.

SheFly

Biciclista

02-10-2009, 06:13 AM

Geez, I loved that outfit!!! Hot pink valour...wow!

aw, I can hardly see you.

wnyrider

02-10-2009, 06:46 AM

http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr5/wnyer/blowingbubbles-1.jpg

Boys, bike, dog and me blowing bubbles. How about those Laura Petri pants... remember Mary Tyler Moore in The **** Van **** Show?! I loooved those pants. Don't know why except they were so comfortable.

I just previewed my post and it wouldn't print d-i-c-k or d-y-k-e, but you all know what show I mean right?

lph

02-10-2009, 08:18 AM

I love these photos! Andrea, did you have a thing for green or were you dressing up as someone special? The negotiating one is a really good snapshot, good timing from the photographer. And the bubbles one, you have this confident runway model look :D I wonder if it's because as kids we were all "stars of the show" in a way?

Zen

02-10-2009, 08:28 AM

Andrea, you got some 'splainin to do :rolleyes:

Brandi

02-10-2009, 08:41 AM

it;s so funny this thread cam up. Ijust scanned this old photo's to kee a safe copy of. The two other then me crying I thought wee lost forever tillmy step dad finally gave them up last year and gave them to my sister to give to me. We are not on the greatest terms and Ithought he had thrown all my stuff away. I was so happy! The dates are 11st one 1969,2nd 1974 then the tap dancing one I believe is 1976?

Biciclista

02-10-2009, 08:47 AM

Andrea

02-10-2009, 08:56 AM

I love these photos! Andrea, did you have a thing for green or were you dressing up as someone special?

I was dressed up for a dance recital :D

aka_kim

02-10-2009, 09:32 AM

Christmas 1966. Both the bike and my dress were red. I don't remember the bike manufacturer. I actually never liked that bike, and much preferred skate boarding and climbing trees.

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Biciclista

02-10-2009, 09:39 AM

oh there's a scotty on your dress!

wackyjacky1

02-10-2009, 10:14 AM

This thread is hilarious.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc71/wackyjacky1/easter1969.jpg

Easter 1969. That's me on the right (dig the awesome cateye glasses) and my two sisters (twins, but not identical). Gawd, I hated having to dress up for Easter pictures.

lph

02-10-2009, 10:38 AM

auw, you had matching purses!! :D

My mother had glasses like that all through my childhood. Then she got the big 80's glasses with multicoloured frames. She still has those.

Grog

02-10-2009, 10:47 AM

This is a fantastic thread.

I just have a few childhood pics here but I'll scan one or two when I get to the office next week!!

OakLeaf

02-10-2009, 11:09 AM

Mine will have to wait until we get back to Ohio, if the thread's still going on. I'm loving this thread! :)

Duck on Wheels

02-10-2009, 12:46 PM

Here I am holding baby sister Trek420. Isn't she cute? And I've finally got glasses by this time, so I can actually see her. Trek looks to be about 1 in this picture, which means I must be 8. I didn't have a bike yet then. That was a year later. A green Schwinn that I had til I let my flatmate at college use it for summer session when I took off to Norway at age 20. The bike got stolen that summer.

DebTX

02-10-2009, 12:58 PM

Me and my sis - in our matching Danskin stretch clothes (I'm the one with the guitar)

rocknrollgirl

02-10-2009, 01:51 PM

Here are three of me. As a baby, sporting a shiner that my brother gave me, and with my three brothers on vacation

solobiker

02-10-2009, 01:57 PM

I am enjoying seeing everyone's pictures. I have always liked to look at pictures. There is so much history/many stories behind each. I guess I am pretty sentimental

ClockworkOrange

02-10-2009, 03:08 PM

Hey wackyjacky1

You were not the only ones who had to wear white gloves............yuck!!! :cool:

That's me with my Mum, in Regents Park, London around 1952..................yikes, that's a while back.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1228/3269943127_156e930606.jpg

It's a great thead, love seeing all the different photos.

BTW, I have not used a scanner, I used my digital camera and took a pic of the pic and it did not come out too bad.

Clock

BleeckerSt_Girl

02-10-2009, 03:30 PM

First picture I am about 4 maybe?, probably 1958.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1205/3269999695_c998fd1ab7.jpg
Next it's 1965 and I'm 11, in NYC.
I remember when that picture was taken- I was walking to school in Greenwich Village down west 11th street with my friend Susan (she's the brunette). Susan always had nice warm clothes and gloves and tights.... i had bare head, neck, hands, a too-thin coat, the wind was blowing up my bare legs and I was freezing my a** off!
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1138/3269999641_d3140abe0d.jpg?v=0
I remember trying to stop shivering and smile while Susan's father took the photo that November morning, having us pose on some stranger's stoop. He took FOREVER. :rolleyes:
I did occasionally used to get some pretty good hand me down clothes from Susan though. ;)

newfsmith

02-10-2009, 03:54 PM

Here are 2 of me, umbrella photo was the spring I was 3. The other is of my one-room schoolmates. I was in first grade along with Jimmy the boy in the bib overalls in the front row. I'm to Jimmy's left. We were dressed up for the picture, notice how everyone (except my brother, in the middle row) has their shirt buttoned right to the top.

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=278239614/a=87559563_87559563/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink

tantrumbean

02-10-2009, 04:08 PM

BTW, I have not used a scanner, I used my digital camera and took a pic of the pic and it did not come out too bad.

Clock

Excellent idea, will give that a go!!!!

wackyjacky1

02-10-2009, 04:08 PM

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=278239614/a=87559563_87559563/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink

Uh oh, can't see 'em unless you sign up with snapfish.

Brandi

02-10-2009, 04:20 PM

These are all so much fun!!!!!!! Keep em comin! I want to comment after so many of them. But you guys might get sick of me doing that. I love all of them!

divingbiker

02-10-2009, 04:28 PM

I can't believe I'm posting these, but here I am at about 2 years old on the left, and 1 year old (with my 4-year-old sister) in 1958 sitting in my grandpa's favorite chair.

8611

Tuckervill

02-10-2009, 04:39 PM

This is my favorite picture of me ever. Someone else's brother had the same hat, above, which reminded me. :)

Brandi

02-10-2009, 04:48 PM

This is my favorite picture of me ever. Someone else's brother had the same hat, above, which reminded me. :)

OMG! i want a copy of this picture! it needs to be a gretting card! I swear there are a couple I really want copies of to make into greeting cards! please im me some please. i will give my personal emil. i only want to give them to a few freinds who would love the old picture's. i would never use them to sell.PLEASE!!! I won't even use your names unless I can just title them your names. Is this a weird request?
i just love this though! Some of you with the siblings would make great one's for just friends cards. Oh I hope some of you will let me do this. I will pm the epople are would like to get a copy eamiled to me. and see what Happens.

Zen

02-10-2009, 05:05 PM

That is a great photo, Tuck.

I'm gonna have to go the shoot-the-photo-with-a-camera route.

emily_in_nc

02-10-2009, 05:23 PM

Taken on my great-grandmother's front porch in rural NC when I was three (1964). I'm the one on the right (with cousins on the left) -- as usual, off doing my own thang. :D

http://home.mebtel.net/~emilys7/fairbluff.jpg

Zen

02-10-2009, 05:48 PM

I can't believe I'm posting these,

Why not?

shootingstar

02-10-2009, 07:53 PM

This is a wonderful thread! I love all these photos...ah our innocence, our dreams back then and determination..into the unknown.

Cataboo

02-10-2009, 09:08 PM

This is a sequence of me & my older sister. My dad used to take forever to get set up to take a picture, which generally meant we were all grumpy looking by the time the picture got taken... As you can see, I didn't really have the patience for the picture taking

http://photos-c.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v648/101/117/624946864/n624946864_1423722_9297.jpg
http://photos-e.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v648/101/117/624946864/n624946864_1423724_205.jpg
http://photos-f.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v648/101/117/624946864/n624946864_1423725_648.jpg

Since we were talking about unruly hair in another thread:
http://photos-b.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v648/101/117/624946864/n624946864_1423721_8785.jpg

salsabike

02-10-2009, 09:18 PM

Oh God, I LOVE the face in the second picture. That's a hoot.

Tuckervill

02-11-2009, 04:59 AM

That is a great photo, Tuck.

I'm gonna have to go the shoot-the-photo-with-a-camera route.

Yeah, don't you love us in our panties out in the yard? Squeezing a kitten and sitting on a giant watermelon that my grandmother grew herself. Made sure I had my shoes on, because, unlike my cousins, I lived in Chicago, not rural Arkansas. My dad always called that hat a Chinamen's hat. I don't know if that's an inappropriate term or not. I wish I still had that hat, though!

It's a classic, that photo.

Karen

eclectic

02-11-2009, 05:35 AM

I can't believe I'm posting these, but here I am at about 2 years old on the left, and 1 year old (with my 4-year-old sister) in 1958 sitting in my grandpa's favorite chair.

8611

OMG! divingbiker - are we related ? ? ? ?
If I saw those pics laying around our house I would think they are me, my sister and my cousin. The one in the wagon looks like my older sister, the older one in the chair me and the little one my cousin.

UNREAL
I wish I had pics to share but they are all at my mom's and I won't be there until this summer :(

Biciclista

02-11-2009, 06:02 AM

Eclectic, ask your mom to scan one of them for us, I want to see.
What great photos. I love Clock's photo, so proper and british, and Catriona, you look like you were an entertaining little kid. Lisa, you look just as I imagined, and so many of you just have naughty looks on your faces!

oxysback

02-11-2009, 07:01 AM

Ok...I'll play!

The first one is me on my roller skates. We were living in Eugene, OR, and this was around 1974, maybe?

The second one is me in my halloween costume. We were in Nyssa, OR, and it was 1975.

The third one is me and my baby sister. This was around the start of school, September 1976. My dad had just gotten stationed at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. We lived in Bossier City in some apartments before we bought our first house. I remember I loved that polka-dot dress. I wore it for school photos and ended up having a bloody nose that day. My dress was ruined. I was so embarrassed! I think the sun must've been in my eyes in this picture, hence the wink. :p

Zen

02-11-2009, 07:24 AM

A Wonder Bread dress :D

Is that baby wearing a garter?

lph

02-11-2009, 07:50 AM

That is one triangular baby! :D

oxysback

02-11-2009, 08:08 AM

A Wonder Bread dress :D

Is that baby wearing a garter?

Didn't you know garters were all the rage in the 70's? ;)

That is one triangular baby!:D

She was, wasn't she? She was chubby until Jr. High or so, then it all evened out. She's very svelt now. :cool: Now I'm the chubby one! :eek: I'm workin' on it, though. :D

Bruno28

02-11-2009, 09:55 AM

This explains a lot. I fell on my head after the shutter clicked:rolleyes:

8620

I'm being the responsible big sister here
8621

Biciclista

02-11-2009, 10:11 AM

Bruno hasn't changed a bit!

Crankin

02-11-2009, 10:14 AM

Lisa, that picture where you said you were freezing on the step... it looks suspiciously like me at that age! Well, I guess it's the styles, since we're the same age. I will scan and post later.
And Clock, I wore white gloves, right up through about 1966-67 when I was going to lots of Bar Mitzvah parties and other times I had to dress up to go into Boston.
Of course, about a year later I was in my Landlubber bell bottoms, with the black turtleneck and long dangly silver earrings!

newfsmith

02-11-2009, 12:17 PM

[QUOTE=newfsmith;402110]Here are 2 of me, umbrella photo was the spring I was 3. The other is of my one-room schoolmates. I was in first grade along with Jimmy the boy in the bib overalls in the front row. I'm to Jimmy's left. We were dressed up for the picture, notice how everyone (except my brother, in the middle row) has their shirt buttoned right to the top.

Sorry about that, much nashing of teeth later I finally got the original scans re-sized. Here you go. Thanks for the headsup wackyjacky. First one, 1950; classroom, 1953.

BleeckerSt_Girl

02-11-2009, 12:25 PM

Wow, great classroom picture. Back in the days of real wood floors, real leather shoes and real blue jeans. Ahhh...I remember it well! :p

I noticed the flag has 48 stars- in 1959 they added Alaska and Hawaii and had to change the star pattern on the flag.

uk elephant

02-11-2009, 12:42 PM

Seeing as mom already posted pictures of her (Duck) and her sister (Trek), I thought I'd post some of me too. Don't have any of me biking, but here I am learning to ski like a true Norwegian. And looking very cool up at the cabin in summer. And one of me looking out for my brother. No idea how old I am in any of these, so mom will have to chime in with that information.

Brandi

02-11-2009, 12:58 PM

Gosh this is so great! i hope you all keep posting photo's. I got a few emailed to me today. Thank you!

tulip

02-11-2009, 01:36 PM

This is on my company's website. We're a family company, and the three of us (me, my father and my brother) all work together now. This was taken in 1973 and was in the Boston Globe. I'll find some more soon.

Biciclista

02-11-2009, 01:44 PM

Zen

02-11-2009, 02:02 PM

Tulip- your father is Kurt Vonnegut! ;)

crazycanuck

02-11-2009, 02:28 PM

Thanks Clock for posting my pic! :)

rocknrollgirl

02-11-2009, 02:33 PM

This is my favorite picture of me ever. Someone else's brother had the same hat, above, which reminded me. :)

That was my brother Gary....oh how cool we were!!!!

rocknrollgirl

02-11-2009, 02:39 PM

Here I am with that same brother and my dad....

ClockworkOrange

02-11-2009, 03:07 PM

Ok, i have no clue how to edit the pic from my work computer..

Hmm..that doesn't work..help!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/3272425885_dacdc37f5d_o.jpg

There you go crazycanuck

I can't do much but I can do this for you.

Clock

ClockworkOrange

02-11-2009, 03:09 PM

Here I am with that same brother and my dad....

Love the photograph, it looks like a shot gun wedding!

Clock

Biciclista

02-11-2009, 03:53 PM

http://www.sersale.org/bike/ballerina076.jpgwell, okay, here's one more. When I was 6.

emily_in_nc

02-11-2009, 03:58 PM

How cute, Mimi. You haven't changed a bit! :D

AnnieBikes

02-11-2009, 04:17 PM

Oh my gosh, I just love all the pictures posted here!! Thanks to everyone for posting. I wish I had some of me...all at my mom's. :)

Mr. Bloom

02-11-2009, 04:28 PM

Front Page Newspaper pic of me competing in a chess match (I lost...) WOW! I just saw the image of SilverSon in this picture! except, you can see my ears!
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/MrSilver1963/Family%20Pics/NationalChessDayOct91976BhamNewsPho.jpg

Tuckervill

02-11-2009, 04:29 PM

Okay, Mr. Silver, I've been picturing you as a little blond kid for a long time, now. That chess player can't be you! lol.

Karen

Red Rock

02-11-2009, 05:38 PM

Great Pics you all. I have to go digging and find some myself. However, I'm going to Santa Paula CA for a few days here, be back next week. I hope to have some after that.

Red Rock

newfsmith

02-11-2009, 05:51 PM

Isn't it amazing how young our parents looked! And so proud.

solobiker

02-11-2009, 06:03 PM

Here is another I found.

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr57/solobiker27/img225.jpg

silver

02-12-2009, 04:21 AM

Front Page Newspaper pic of me competing in a chess match (I lost...) WOW! I just saw the image of SilverSon in this picture! except, you can see my ears!

Wow! I've never seen that! Yes, SilverSon, exactly! The hand! I've seen him do that exact posture.

Duck on Wheels

02-12-2009, 04:29 AM

Mimi's brings to mind a song I have on an album somewhere: Kate & Anna McGarrigle, "Dancer with bruised knees". ;) Although the song is more about that falling-on-head-after-flying-through-the-air phenomenon that Bruno mentioned. Great picture, Bruno! We don't have any like that because my Mom was always too slow, checking and rechecking the light, the distance, the shutter settings. We used to tease her that even the stones we sat on would get up and leave by the time she was ready to snap the picture.

Biciclista

02-12-2009, 06:36 AM

Duck, I had scrapes on my knees constantly until I was about 7 years old. I was not very coordinated, that's why they put me in ballet school. It was either that or BRACES!

BleeckerSt_Girl

02-12-2009, 07:52 AM

One of my favorite pictures- me at about 3 years old I think? My papa kissing me. Sadly, less than 2 years later he was gone from cancer...but i remember him so well, remember playing with him and adoring him, I even remember his voice! :o
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3332/3273925063_ef5bdd25c8.jpg

Brandi

02-12-2009, 08:02 AM

Tulip- your father is Kurt Vonnegut! ;)
I was thinking the same thing! To funny!

Brandi

02-12-2009, 08:05 AM

Biciclista

02-12-2009, 08:06 AM

Brandi

02-12-2009, 08:09 AM

here is me with my Grandma who I miss so much. She died 28 years ago. I can still remember how much i loved to hug her and just cuddle with her. She would let me eat anything I wanted. For breakfast she would give me bagles with cream cheese and bacon! Mmmmmm and Icould watch cartoons all day at her house if I wanted to!

indigoiis

02-12-2009, 08:12 AM

This is me and my dog Skippy, ca. 1980. I am wearing my new Zipps, which my mom got from Zayre's.

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4929/andyskippy31lm8.jpg

OakLeaf

02-12-2009, 08:15 AM

Oh wow, I used to have a rainbow shirt like that. I can't remember if the background was navy, though.

alpinerabbit

02-12-2009, 08:41 AM

What a lovely time warp/fashion and decorating extravaganza! (let me decorate that in pink)

I could go home and scan myself in my palestinian scarf, mousy short hair and braces. A must-have of the 80s'. Give me a week or so.

redrhodie

02-12-2009, 08:54 AM

This is me and my dog Skippy, ca. 1980. I am wearing my new Zipps, which my mom got from Zayre's.

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4929/andyskippy31lm8.jpg

I had white platform dress shoes from Zayre's. They were hideous, but I HAD to have them! I also had a rainbow shirt and a rainbow dress. I wore the dress to 8th grade graduation, with my first high heels. I was going for "foxy" :D.

indigoiis

02-12-2009, 09:35 AM

We want pics, Red! LOL.

Zen

02-12-2009, 10:13 AM

I used to work at Zayre's :p

redrhodie

02-12-2009, 11:43 AM

Well, it's really good that this thread happened, because it made me venture into the dreaded basement, where I discovered a leak had nearly ruined all of my pictures. But, I was able to take digital pics of a lot of them, so all is not lost! They came out pretty good, too.

Here's me in 1972 @ 5 years old. I told you I looked like Pipi.

Biciclista

02-12-2009, 11:45 AM

you look like your AVATAR!~! Rhodie!

crazycanuck

02-12-2009, 07:57 PM

I think it's cute that a dog can be named skippy..Did you know about Skippy the kangaroo at the time??

ClockworkOrange

02-12-2009, 11:41 PM

Humph, I want my skinny body back http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3375/3273438013_2eef765459.jpg :rolleyes:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3505/3273457597_eae22e712c.jpgI think nearly everytime there was a photo with me eating an ice cream, I had always dropped mine......note ice cream on the sand! :( Oh yes, that's me on the left.

AND how I hated bows in my hair, yuck! http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/3273437991_b7f65bac0d.jpg

Keep posting them, I love seeing photos of you guys.

Clock

indigoiis

02-13-2009, 05:06 AM

I think it's cute that a dog can be named skippy..Did you know about Skippy the kangaroo at the time??

I named him after the peanut butter... LOL.

Red, you DO look like Pippy.
Sorry to hear about your photos. :(

Zen

02-13-2009, 08:24 AM

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb14/zencentury/Tricycle-1.jpgThe Angry Tricyclist

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb14/zencentury/1stgrade.jpg
Third grade with teeth :D
My mother made that dress. I loved it.

redrhodie

02-13-2009, 10:33 AM

That open bulkhead looks like an accident waiting to happen!

divingbiker

02-13-2009, 10:54 AM

My mother made that dress. I loved it.

OMG, Zen, dotted swiss! I loved my yellow dotted swiss dress, too!

yellow

02-13-2009, 03:20 PM

Interesting timing on this thread. I'm visiting with my folks this week and wanted to scan a couple of pictures of me & a longtime friend. I scanned a few more as well for other reasons. And I did find this one of me on a bicycle (flip flops, suicide brakes...):

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1/tasdan/Just%20for%20Fun/Old%20Photos/9-76_cycling.jpg

And here's a glamour shot. I don't think I've looked this good since. I now have to pay for that blonde hair.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1/tasdan/Just%20for%20Fun/Old%20Photos/75_Sue.jpg

Crankin

02-13-2009, 04:28 PM

OK, finally getting around to this. Since I can't figure out how to put the text under the photos (it's just been an hour project for us to scan them, as something was not working), here's the info.
The one with binoculars: I was 4 and it's in front of Plymouth Rock. Yes, it's just a rock encased in a gate. 1957
The one with me and my 2 friends at the skating rink is on my 8th birthday. i was heavily into skating, lessons, etc 1962
Then, there's a picture of me and my boyfriend, where I am in a long dress. God, how did I get my hair that straight? That's in my junior year of HS, 1970, at my sorority formal on the Queen Elizabeth in Ft.Lauderdale. Well, it was really a Jewish youth group (BBYO), but in the south it became sorority-like.
The one with me in the fancy dress and white gloves is in 1966. I was going to someone's Bar Mitzvah party. I loved that dress. My dad bought it for me on a business trip to Dallas, at Neiman Marcus (they weren't in the east back then).
Then, there's one of me in 8th grade, looking very modish, with my grandparents and my brother who was 3 in the background. 1967.

Zen

02-13-2009, 04:49 PM

The white dress.
The gloves.
Gramma's coat!
The goofy brother!

Wow.

I kinda like G-Ma's coat :p

Crankin

02-13-2009, 04:55 PM

Actually, I think it was a Maremekko dress, which was a popular "artsy" brand that was sold in Harvard Square.
The white dress had a pink part on the top. It's just hard to see. I wore that dress to my senior prom, too.

jesvetmed

02-13-2009, 10:49 PM

Too fun. These are a couple I had scanned for my older sister's xmas present a couple years back. The first one is about 6th grade, I believe that was last day of school.

Number two is 7 or 8th grade (around 78 or 79). All my fillings showing!

And last, I have no idea -- I must be about 7 or 8 here - -I don't remember the trip.

Biciclista

02-14-2009, 05:10 AM

Hm, JesVetMed you haven't changed a bit!

and Crankin, looks like you hated getting your picture taken.

bmccasland

02-14-2009, 05:36 AM

Here's one of me, dated 1964, while we lived in France, although you can't tell by the photo. Not sure what I was studying so intently...

Crankin

02-14-2009, 05:49 AM

I still hate having my picture taken, although now it's because I end up looking like I have a crooked face and other assorted deformities.
But mostly I was just being a moody and bi***y teenager in those pictures.

indigoiis

02-14-2009, 10:34 AM

Jesvet, you look like you were a really happy kid!

Zen

02-14-2009, 11:13 AM

Jesvet, you look like you were a really happy kid!

I think she looks so happy because she was playing dirty tricks on someone :D

Beth= I think you were training to be a biologist :p

Selkie

02-14-2009, 11:15 AM

I think she looks so happy because she was playing dirty tricks on someone :D

p

something tells me you're speaking from experience! ;)

shootingstar

02-14-2009, 07:59 PM

Hey Mimi, another woman, non-cycling for another all-women forum that I belong to, saw your childhood photo.

She nearly freaked because she also has a photo of herself and sis on 2 separate bikes in Wildwood NJ.

And, just as you did a painting of Obama, she recently sold her handmade soaps, of which 1 of the designs is Obama's face.

She lives in New Mexico, raises goats, sells her own line of handmade soaps. I don't know her personally.

silver

02-15-2009, 07:01 AM

This is the oldest picture I can find of me right now. I need to do some scanning.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/etsterling/20neworleansedit.jpg

Mr. Bloom

02-20-2009, 05:04 AM

singletrackmind

02-20-2009, 05:30 AM

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/smcr/126-2686_IMG.jpg
1968

BleeckerSt_Girl

02-20-2009, 05:56 AM

Someone just sent my 8th grade class picture to me! Oh MY! Were we groovy or what?!?!?!?!

Was there a big sale on pink suits that year? :D

All those 2 mile wide lapels....OH the HORROR!!!!!

lph

02-20-2009, 06:29 AM

Yes, that's me too!

Someone just sent my 8th grade class picture to me! Oh MY! Were we groovy or what?!?!?!?!

I remember every name except one...I'm the one in the baby blue three piece suit near the center

Oh lord, that photo is a classic! Nothing like late 70s meets early puberty :D

I love the handsome-dudes in the back row, nr. 4 from left and farthest right. And the shell-shocked one farthest left in the next row :D I'm guessing he was friends with the Bill Gates lookalike 2nd from left in the front row. And look at the rebel in the denim jacket standing next to you! And those strappy sandals on the girl in the red dress in the front row... ooooh. Just beautiful.

BleeckerSt_Girl

02-20-2009, 06:51 AM

(quick hijack)...
Hey LPH, how are you doing? Do you still look all beat up like your avatar? I cringe every time I see it. :o

redrhodie

02-20-2009, 06:51 AM

Mr, I bet you're regretting that tie now. The open shirt was much groovier with the leisure suit.

GraysonKelly

02-20-2009, 08:03 AM

I know you have no idea what I look like now, but here's a before pic...I think I was 5 which would have 1982...I'm the one in blue.

Mr. Bloom

02-20-2009, 08:12 AM

Oh lord, that photo is a classic! Nothing like late 70s meets early puberty :D

I love the handsome-dudes in the back row, nr. 4 from left and farthest right. And the shell-shocked one farthest left in the next row :D I'm guessing he was friends with the Bill Gates lookalike 2nd from left in the front row. And look at the rebel in the denim jacket standing next to you! And those strappy sandals on the girl in the red dress in the front row... ooooh. Just beautiful.

:DAm I laughing now!:D:D

Hmmm...the handsome ones:
Nr 4 from the left: Arrested for dealing drugs
Farthest Right: High School quarterback...last I heard, feel off the face of the earth after being released from prison for theft
Bill Gates Look alike: I just found him online...he's in a rock band in Austin Tx known for "take influences of blues, soul, alternative rock and punk with a garage approach." Hmmm...
Shell ShockedAlthough not photogenic, he was the class comedian and one of the most popular in high school as well...he WAS my best friend...and is now a mining engineer (with a substance abuse problem) in West Virginia...

I'll be glad to point out the really successful ones among the frumpy group...:p:p One is the food editor for Coastal Living, I recognize three doctors, three business owners

90% of this group was together for all of elementary school since there was just one class.

Mr, I bet you're regretting that tie now. The open shirt was much groovier with the leisure suit.
Forget the tie...I regret every picture taken of me in the '70's

tulip

02-20-2009, 08:42 AM

I rather regret the 70s altogether...

Bruno28

02-20-2009, 10:09 AM

I rather regret the 70s altogether...
:D:D:D

lph

02-20-2009, 12:02 PM

(quick hijack)...
Hey LPH, how are you doing? Do you still look all beat up like your avatar? I cringe every time I see it. :o

Aw, thanks for asking. I look pretty much normal, just switched my avatar to one taken this past weekend. Skiing is so far the best thing I can do, it stretches my arm "just enough". Slowly, slowly, after a year it should be all normal.

To keep on topic, and since we're in the 70s - here's another one of me and my brother, 1979 I think. I was pretty cute back then, and I think he was too behind those awful glasses.

Thanks for the followup, Mr.Silver :D

BleeckerSt_Girl

02-20-2009, 12:19 PM

Aw, thanks for asking. I look pretty much normal, just switched my avatar to one taken this past weekend. Skiing is so far the best thing I can do, it stretches my arm "just enough". Slowly, slowly, after a year it should be all normal.

Oh, that's so much better! :p You look like you are climbing the Himalayas- so inspiring! Glad you are recovering. :)

Zen

02-20-2009, 02:39 PM

I was pretty cute back then, and I think he was too behind those awful glasses.

If he took those off you couldn't tell the two of you apart.

Those glasses are unfortunate :rolleyes:

Mr. Bloom

02-20-2009, 02:45 PM

those awful glasses.

Those are truly stylin'! I actually had them topped...but all the photos have been destroyed...

redrhodie

02-20-2009, 02:51 PM

lph, why was your hair straight back then? Isn't it curly now?

You were very cute! Glad to hear you're healing so well. I bet you'll be 100% sooner than a year.

ASammy1

02-20-2009, 06:07 PM

lph

02-20-2009, 11:48 PM

i love the overall trashy 70s vibe of the photo. leather sandal in the background, shag rug, wood veneer dresser, beer ad, and baby just hanging out in a diaper, putting on her dad's dirty socks. i was having fun though. FYI... I grew into my chin. Hee Hee.

Aw, you were the cutest kid! Love that grin. :D

My hair was straight (and butt-length :( ) until I hit my early teens and my best friend and I decided we wanted to look like Anita Skorgan. We both went to the hairdressers, got our hair chopped off :( and permed. I was devastated that we didn't look anything like Anita Skorgan - and my hair never went straight again. It's just gotten curlier and curlier, and if my mother is anything to go by it'll end up frizzy. Heavy hair products here we go.

But hey - doesn't anybody have any platform shoes or truly big bellbottoms to show off? Don't we have any fashion slaves from the 70s here?

Tuckervill

02-21-2009, 05:21 AM

Here's a nice '70s pic. Check out the improper shoes. I was going to a wedding, and had forgotten the white sandals. My legs were not really that dark...it was the first time I ever wore panty hose.

sundial

02-21-2009, 11:04 AM

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y186/2dogcrew/trikeandme.jpg

Me sporting a pixie haircut.

Tuckervill

02-21-2009, 03:35 PM

Awww! That's cute. And I remember those little toddler toys!

Karen

Biciclista

02-21-2009, 03:58 PM

and polished shoes!

Zen

02-21-2009, 04:17 PM

Awww! That's cute. And I remember those little toddler toys!

I don't :(

polly4711

02-21-2009, 06:46 PM

This is a great post.... so I'll join in...

The first picture if of my family and me in our back yard (i'm the 6 year old little girl)

The second one is my family in my dorm room, the day before graduation (this past december!!!)

I love my family

OakLeaf

02-22-2009, 02:30 AM

Polly I hope you don't take this the wrong way, because you look so cute... you look just like your avatar with your blonde hair and the big smile! :D

ASammy1

02-22-2009, 05:59 AM

Polly I hope you don't take this the wrong way, because you look so cute... you look just like your avatar

Hee hee! :cool:

lph

02-22-2009, 06:15 AM

Polly I hope you don't take this the wrong way, because you look so cute... you look just like your avatar with your blonde hair and the big smile! :D

She does! And I mean that in the best way :D

sfa

02-22-2009, 07:20 AM

Polly, you must have been an easy kid to raise--your parents look like they haven't aged one day since you were six!

Sarah

polly4711

02-22-2009, 11:10 AM

Thanks girls!!! That is my Gus (from the movie Cinderella, although Gus is a girl). We have very similar personalities!!!

Yes, I was a very good child :D I got great attention by being a well behaved child.... positive reinforcement worked with me! (although I did have my few bad times of being 15 minutes late from curfew)

Anyhoo.. I LOVE seeing everyone's pictures. I forget who, but someone mentioned how all of these pictures have such great stories behind them.... it's amazing how one picture can mean so much to us!

Keep them coming!

sundial

02-22-2009, 02:01 PM

Polly, you must have been an easy kid to raise--your parents look like they haven't aged one day since you were six!

I agree!

I have to admit I was a challenge to my parents. I was always thinking outside the box and was a very determined child. I got into trouble coloring the bricks on our house. The plain red bricks and grey mortar was too boring to me.

sundial

02-22-2009, 02:19 PM

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y186/2dogcrew/muddyme.jpg

muddy me

Zen

02-22-2009, 03:31 PM

Face-down mud angels?

Jones

02-22-2009, 05:10 PM

Sundial that is a great picture. I made my daughters clean all the floors in the house last week for playing in the mud and then tracking it in the house so I will be sharing your pic with them.

crazycanuck

02-23-2009, 12:27 AM

Umm Silver, your photo reminded me of Molly Ringwald..

sundial

02-23-2009, 04:36 AM

Umm Silver, your photo reminded me of Molly Ringwald..

I thought of "Pretty in Pink" when I saw her photo. The Silvers in the early years--:)

BleeckerSt_Girl

02-23-2009, 05:56 AM

Umm Silver, your photo reminded me of Molly Ringwald..

Yes, totally!

badgercat

03-03-2009, 11:18 PM

I hope no one minds me resurrecting this thread... I've been away for months and I'm trying to catch up, and this one is just too fun to pass up. :p I want to see more pics of TE'ers as kids, so I'm adding one of my own!

This is in front of my grandparents' house in Arizona (and now *I* live in Arizona!) when I was not-quite-three years old.

The doll I'm holding is named Grunt. She is my first doll from when I was a baby. She has velcro that allowed her to hang on the crib bars... apparently, as a baby I would reach for her, and frustrated by my lack of freedom, arm-span, and/or motor skills, I would grunt. Thus, my parents named her Grunt, and that's just how it is. I should disclose that I still talk about Grunt in the present tense because she moved across the country with me for graduate school. :o

I would also love to know what kind of tree that is, because it looks like I'm standing in front of a giant pineapple (or perhaps I was a very small child...)!

tulip

03-04-2009, 04:50 AM

Very cute, Badger. I like the story of Grunt. That's a Pineapple Palm (whowudda guessed it?). Phoenix canariensis for the botanical types here.

sundial

03-04-2009, 05:15 AM

Badgercat, how cute! :)

tantrumbean

03-04-2009, 02:51 PM

Unfortunately most of my kiddie pictures are in Germany with my parents, all I got is a couple of baby pics, so here is me as a happy baby with my cousin:

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l21/punkypossum/Random/Kiddie%20Pics/017.jpg

Followed by me looking rather gormless, but a prime example of my messy eating habits. According to my mum, any food that went into my mouth would have to be pushed further in by my fist (apparently I could get my whole fist in!). The quality is unfortunately not very good, as these are photos of the originals, that's why there is so much reflection....

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l21/punkypossum/Random/Kiddie%20Pics/016.jpg

And then I grew into a rather lanky tomboy kid (must be about 9 on this one), I'm the one in navy in the middle of the back row...

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l21/punkypossum/Random/Kiddie%20Pics/Klassenfoto.jpg

Zen

03-04-2009, 03:17 PM

Tbean, someone in your family is either a professional photographer or a very good amateur.

Those are fabulous!

tantrumbean

03-04-2009, 03:40 PM

Tbean, someone in your family is either a professional photographer or a very good amateur.

Those are fabulous!

My dad :D...he's a botanist, but he does sell a lot of his plant pictures for magazines, books, etc. - I was just a sideline for him ;)

dex

03-07-2009, 09:20 PM

I just posted this in a Facebook album and then promptly remembered this thread, so I thought I'd share. I think I was four or five in this picture (I can't quite remember how old I was when the training wheels came off of the bike). I do know that we were living in Germany at the time.

Anyway, yes. Apparently bikes have always made me smile.

jesvetmed

03-07-2009, 10:18 PM

DEX: That is SO cute!

sundial

03-08-2009, 05:53 AM

Tantrumbean, that second picture is outstanding!

Dex, you are just adorable!

sgtiger

03-08-2009, 10:06 AM

Dex, you look so adorable. I think it's cool that your bike had a built in rear rack.

Zen

03-08-2009, 10:07 AM

Dex, that looks like some fancy bike!
Are those brake cables?

dex

03-08-2009, 10:17 AM

I do think it's funny to look at pictures of me when I was a kid. I was pretty stinkin' cute back then, so I always end up wondering what happened. Hah!

It's a shame that I don't remember much about that bike except how much I loved it. (The basket had brightly colored plastic daisies on the front.) We didn't bring it back with us when we left Germany, because I'd outgrown it by that time and it had been replaced with a shiny green 3-speed.

Zen, it does look like there's a front brake on the bike now that I'm looking at the pic more closely. Interesting. :cool:

Tuckervill

03-09-2009, 05:40 PM

There's a brake caliper on the front wheel, too.

That is a very sweet picture!

Karen

Over50Newbie

03-28-2009, 06:27 PM

So, I finally got a picture of my brother and me with our very first bikes (notice my training wheels). The photo is not in great condition, but I love it anyway.

My wonderful grandmother gave me my first bike. I adored her and I adored that bike! :)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l238/lgbmsi/MyFirstBike.jpg

And here is a clearer picture of what I looked like in my younger years.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l238/lgbmsi/me.jpg

Enjoy!

Lynette

Biciclista

03-28-2009, 06:49 PM

what a beautiful little girl!

Over50Newbie

03-28-2009, 07:21 PM

Awww, biciclista, aren't you nice! :)

What I notice about both pictures is that I am wearing a dress. In the 1950's all good little girls wore dresses. I HATED dresses!! So, I guess I wasn't a very good girl! :p

Lynette

Zen

03-28-2009, 08:04 PM

And your bro is wearing a tie :eek:
What was the occasion?

Your seat is way too high:confused:

Possegal

03-28-2009, 08:14 PM

You all make me wish I had a picture of a little me and a bike. But my father forbade us to have bikes so we had to do back-alley riding, so to speak. ;) I joke all the time that I wonder what he thinks in heaven about his family having their only little Livestrong Challenge cycling team. He's probably telling my mother how he'd wish we wouldn't ride, while my mother tells him not to worry so much and isn't it a nice thing we are doing in honor of my sister. :)

I have to dig through and at least find a pic or two to scan and post. Since I never looked so good as I did at 5 or 6, there should be no embarrassment there. I definitely peaked far too soon! :)

Over50Newbie

03-28-2009, 08:35 PM

Zen, I honestly don't remember the occasion. It was probably a Sunday morning and we were either going or coming home from church (we always dressed up for church).

And I was always sooo short that my bike seats were always too high - I stood up a lot when I biked. I remember when I got my first "banana bike" - I was so excited to be able to sit down and pedal.

I am now only 5 feet tall and the only bike that I have ever found that fits me properly is made by Terry. As you know, they specialize in making bikes for shorter women. I have the Terry Classic - the one where the front wheel is shorter than the back wheel. It fits me perfectly!

Lynette

Zen

03-28-2009, 08:52 PM

my father forbade us to have bikes so we had to do back-alley riding, so to speak. ;)
:eek::confused::eek::confused:
Even the Amish and the Mennonites ride bikes!

MyLitespeed

03-29-2009, 01:13 AM

This is a picture of my two brothers and myself. I'm guessing I was around 7yrs. old. 1958?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/Litespeed/Misc/Thekids.jpg

Biciclista

03-29-2009, 05:39 AM

:eek::confused::eek::confused:
Even the Amish and the Mennonites ride bikes!

Amish women?

sundial

03-29-2009, 05:41 AM

Litespeed, I love that picture. :)

Irulan

03-29-2009, 06:22 AM

Amish women?

Sure why not? Their culture is based on avoiding technology, not keeping the women down.

Zen

03-29-2009, 08:10 AM

This is a picture of my two brothers and myself. I'm guessing I was around 7yrs. old. 1958?

That is a great photo.

Possegal

03-29-2009, 09:33 AM

:eek::confused::eek::confused:
Even the Amish and the Mennonites ride bikes!

Wasn't a technology thing, it was a danger thing. He thought the streets of Pittsburgh were too dangerous for his kids to be riding bikes on. If he could see us now......

Zen

04-08-2009, 07:37 PM

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb14/zencentury/BabyPortrait_old.jpg
OK, not really

sundial

04-09-2009, 06:11 AM

Zen, you're not that old. :D

Zen

04-09-2009, 07:21 AM

For some reason that kid's left arm looks like it belongs to someone else :confused: :D

BleeckerSt_Girl

04-09-2009, 08:38 AM

For some reason that kid's left arm looks like it belongs to someone else :confused: :D

I was just thinking that! It's downright ~~~creepy~~~! :eek:

Maybe an assistant is behind the chair, helping to keep the baby propped up and squeezing his though to make him laugh?

shootingstar

07-01-2009, 08:00 PM

Ever since mimi started this thread, I started to wonder where a highly valuable family photo was..the original.

Found it and had it immediately digitized. I have the one and only copy. It's a period piece. :p This actually needs to be sent to another family member for safekeeping. Photos of mother in this type of dress, only is total of 5 different photos of family photos out of several hundred.

1/2 century ago, shootingstar became a twinkle in the eye for real shortly after picture bride mom immigrated and married father....just 2 wks. after she met him in person for first time in Canada.

I'm sorry no childhood bike photos. :p

Biciclista

07-01-2009, 08:01 PM

so that's you? what a cool photo!

shootingstar

07-01-2009, 08:08 PM

Yup. Since I was kid no.1, I was a frequently photographed baby for lst 18 months of life. The youngest in the family is bummed out and jealous, she only has a photo of her at 12 months. Not any earlier. Parents probably too busy and tired.

In ways I can't quite articulate, looking at old photos of parents when they were young with unlined faces, makes me abit sad.

Maybe this thread will inspire more members to post who haven't posted yet. It is a fun thread, mimi.

Zen

07-01-2009, 08:11 PM

I'm kid #3. There are hardly any photos of me :p

Biciclista

07-01-2009, 08:12 PM

no infant photos of my sister either.

Now, there are a couple albums for each of my sons. no one got cheated there.
Shootingstar, you look a lot like your mother. She looks so elegant in that dress.

snapdragen

07-01-2009, 08:47 PM

How did I miss this thread, it's fantastic. I'll have to see if I can find any photos of me, I'm kid #4 aka "Whoops!". :rolleyes:

IFjane

07-03-2009, 08:52 AM

What a fun thread this is. I only just discovered it and started browsing. What wonderful pictures!

Better late than never, I decided to jump in with a few photos of my own. The first is the earliest picture I have of me. That's my mom and dad & brother (he was 10 years older).

The next was at a beach near the house where I grew up (on the lower Potomac for you MidAtlantic gals). I am playing in my brother's boat. Note it was named for me :D .

The last is obviously not in the summer! The snow had drifted enough so that we could make a cave! Great memories.

Tuckervill

07-03-2009, 09:02 AM

What fun having a brother who was so much older! He could do ANYTHING! I'll bet that's what you thought!

Karen

Crankin

07-03-2009, 10:33 AM

I am ten and half years older than my brother. I still feel like an only child; I mean I moved out when he was 7. We have only lived in the same city for about 3 years, when he was in middle school/HS. I wish we were closer, as we get along well, but I rarely see him.

Reesha

07-03-2009, 12:04 PM

I'm the one collapsing the roof of the box fort:
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v77/6/52/511688654/n511688654_41938_6704.jpg

Here's me with the 4th grader buck teeth-- you know... when your head is too small for you new adult teeth!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/reeshywater.jpg

The obligatory bike picture!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/sc000522e801.jpg

IFjane

07-05-2009, 12:06 PM

What fun having a brother who was so much older! He could do ANYTHING! I'll bet that's what you thought!

Karen

Oh Karen you are so right! I loved him and followed him around all the time. His nickname for me was "Brat" and I am sure I earned it.

I, too, feel like I was an only child because he was gone to college by the time I was 8. He spent two years at a college here in VA, then an appointment to West Point, then the Army, then Vietnam....and he never came home. :( He died December 9, 1969.

Still, the memories are wonderful. Thanks for this thread!

Crankin

07-05-2009, 01:12 PM

IF Jane, I am sorry about your brother. That was a crazy time. It sounds like you have wonderful memories.

nolemom

07-06-2009, 06:19 AM

This is the only childhood photo I have - my mom doesn't trust me with them yet - she keeps telling me I might lose them. Keep in mind I am 47 years old. I loved this dress. It came with matching bloomers.

Tuckervill

07-06-2009, 07:17 AM

Oh Karen you are so right! I loved him and followed him around all the time. His nickname for me was "Brat" and I am sure I earned it.

I, too, feel like I was an only child because he was gone to college by the time I was 8. He spent two years at a college here in VA, then an appointment to West Point, then the Army, then Vietnam....and he never came home. :( He died December 9, 1969.

Still, the memories are wonderful. Thanks for this thread!

Oh, I'm sorry! That really is a great picture of the two of you, in the snow cave. :)

Karen

IFjane

07-06-2009, 08:48 AM

Crankin & Karen - thank you for your good thoughts. It was a crazy time and even though I only had my brother for 16 years, the memories are wonderful.

BTW - I don't think we have had enough snow for a snow cave since that photo was taken! :eek:

sarahspins

07-06-2009, 10:19 AM

I'm on the right.. this was Earth Day, '88 or '89? I really don't remember.. all I know is that 20 years later, that tree is HUGE.. so huge it's hard to believe we actually brought it home in the back of our minivan and planted it ourselves.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/31/102812181_3ef5bee557.jpg

TrekTheKaty

07-08-2009, 04:04 PM

Are you ready? This one is an eye roller. My brother still has that bottle--he uses it as a change jar.

shootingstar

07-08-2009, 04:52 PM

Are you ready? This one is an eye roller. My brother still has that bottle--he uses it as a change jar.

A darling photo there! :)

Tuckervill

07-08-2009, 08:20 PM

Look at those eyelashes!!

Karen

lph

07-08-2009, 10:45 PM

Oh my lord. You look like you just hatched :D And in the first picture you can see that you're really a fairy, just missing a couple of wings. Beautiful!

TrekTheKaty

07-12-2009, 09:24 AM

I'm a vodka girl now, and I grew into the eyelashes:p

Zen

07-12-2009, 09:37 AM

Is that Jimmy Carter?

sgtiger

07-13-2009, 10:56 AM

I found bike pictures!:D

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Yo_Ms_wipD4/Slt-9zm50dI/AAAAAAAABKs/m71PuQbRvlQ/s512/yellow%20001.jpg
I think I was around 9 when this pic was taken.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Yo_Ms_wipD4/Slt-pH423aI/AAAAAAAABKk/rdSjwfHwvpM/s512/10speed2%20001.jpg
I loved this bike. I remember going with my dad to the bike shop across the street to pick it out for my 12th birthday and riding it along the Walnut Creek Trail (I think that was what it was called anyway).

bluejellybean

07-13-2009, 06:06 PM

My first bike! I found it early on my birthday when my brother convinced me to check out our parents' room...so glad I was introduced to riding at a young age!

Michelemarrano

07-25-2009, 05:29 PM

Hi! In 1969 my day changed the seat and handlebars of my Sears blue bike and turned it into a Stingray!

I was so impressed that during my lunch break from school (2nd grade) I hopped on my upgraded ride in my school dress! :D

Michelemarrano

07-25-2009, 05:34 PM

Let's see if the pic comes across....

Zen

07-25-2009, 05:52 PM

Man, that photo SCREAMS 1969.

I think we lived in the same neighborhood ;)

bikerchic

07-25-2009, 08:40 PM

I loved seeing all the fabulous pictures, OMG I am grinning from ear to ear!

Here's my contribution, who knew my sister and I would grow up to be a couple of bikerchicks? My sister is the blonde. I'll try to find our most recent photo of us on our bikes.

The bikerchicks here (http://www.slide.com/r/yI2bpOoK7j8sMMtQKPqSi8MTKVuDMPCZ?previous_view=lt_embedded_url).