Vintage Photo
Well, I guess I should have really known, but for some reason I ended up on ebay and found out they actually sell art. They sell everything else… It just never dawned on me! I haven’t had a good ebay battle since the 6th James Bond joined the ranks and I was in a mad battle for his first official photo release with autograph…hey, ya got to collect something! That was when text messaging first came out to let you know you’d been outbid and at 275.00 I finally folded. Heck, even Sean Connery was only 125.00!
Anyway, I found this really cool shot from 1958 of these children on Quemoy Island. Thought I share it with you…and NO, I didn’t put in a bid.
The Towers
May 8, 2008, 6:03 am
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Attitude,
Choices,
Divide,
History,
Home on the Range,
Hope,
Images,
Life,
Lifeguard towers,
Memories,
Personal,
Piles of sand,
Too tough to die,
future,
hand of man,
it's only money,
new beginnings,
old endings,
photography,
progress,
rare breed,
the story unfolds,
thoughts 
I live across the street from the State Beach and each year I see the life guard towers towed in for another winter. They sit huddled together until close to summer and that’s when they get their yearly makeover. This year I saw some new kids in town…sitting off to the side…all fiberglass, modern sleek and shiny new. I fear for these elderly statesmen.
The maintenance is costly…all that sanding and painting…but I can’t help but be saddened by the thought of them finally gone. I woke up real early today with a bad case of Asthma which I’ve been fighting for a while. I threw on my baggy jeans, grabbed my trusty 5D, hopped in Mangie Rangie and rode over to the beach. The poor booth attendant couldn’t understand a word I was saying…all that wheezing and arm waving. He finally looked me in the eye and said…”Ahh…Just go on in Lady”. I smiled to myself…
I wasn’t about to pay for parking that early in the morning. I wasn’t there to surf. I came to visit…to breath freely…and to capture a moment in time. The old towers all stood at attention, patient and willing to be my subjects…while off in the wings, the new kids on the block took notice of my neglect. Good. I hope they were jealous…
Damn Blind Monkeys
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Damn Blind Monkeys
surrounded all around
reeking their havoc
while makin no sound
Damn Blind Monkeys
runnin me a-ground
steppin on my happy
And bringin me down
