Christmas 1960 something


Don't know the date this photo was taken but I do know it was taken by me, a budding photographer. For Christmas that year, I received a brand new Polaroid Swinger camera and loved the instant gratification I got of seeing my pictures develop. Unfortunately, those photos don't hold up well with the passage of time. I have recently begun to scan old photos that I don't want to lose and this was one of them. This is my mom and dad posing by the horrible aluminum tree which I hated as a child. Above the fireplace is the famous peacock. I say "famous" because every time I move, my son asks me, "Mom, why do you keep this thing???" My response: "Because I love it! And because it reminds me of my childhood."

Currently, the old peacock is stored away, patiently waiting for the day that I have my own place and then it will once again have a place of honor in my living room. I had to laugh the other night while I was watching the Good Wife. Lo and behold, in someone's living room, was an identical peacock!

Comments

Thufer said…
Good photo Connie. They look beautiful and happy.
Most of us have a oeacock of some sort I am sure. hehehe Hiding him, packed away in a box, how sad. Free the peacock is shouted! :)
Momma Nic said…
Had fun looking through your blog this morning. Great work. I had to let you know we too have that peacock. We were helping a older lady move and she said, "here take this" So it now has a home on our patio. How odd to see the same thing.

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