FATHERS' DAY - 2007

A lot of father's were watching sons play baseball. Daughters, too, ofcourse. A few grandfathers were watching, also, as is the case with power-batter Peter Whitney in San Mateo.

Occasionally a father comes in handy. Peter turned his ankle in an action-play that got David's attention. A bit of sports medicine was applied - aka foot massage...

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...father's know about these things - including fixing the shoes. Mostly, grandfathers take pictures!

After the game, I cruised on down to the Cupertino area (below).(Jeez! - look how Apple has grown...) The occasion: The BIG Jazz Band in which Denise plays trombone was giving a concert and Nelson and Jamie were watching and applauding - for good reason...

The band was really great. I closed my eyes and swooned to favorites from my youth. Suddenly, they stopped playing - and I had not taken a single picture. The concert was over. So - although it's not the best thing to do - I stole a couple of frames off of Jamie's video that he uploaded to youtube.com. That's the pictures above... You can hear a little sample of the song: "Mambo" as recorded by Jamie's camera.

...and here is father Nelson and the family right after the concert .

BELOW is an example of the strange case of The Shrinking Grandfather

Now it's time to talk about cameras:

Almost exactly seven years ago - this little note appeared in the Family Album

Grampaw's new thousand dollar, 3.34 megapixel camera...

...and here is one of the very first photos - in May of 2000

That was in Nevada where Marshall was known as The Marshall of Reno

If this makes you a little nostalgic for those halcyon days of yore - you can click on the collection below which was the family album page for May 21, 2000

And here's that camera which has taken over 19,000 pictures. (You've suffered with most of them!) It has reached retirement after being held together by Nelson's Velcro and later by Steve's Ace Hardware battery retainer. The last picture taken with the old thing is next.

...It is a picture of my new camera - a Father's day gift from David, Lori, Jason and Peter that will keep Grampaw in the pixel business for a while longer.

And here, dear family, s the first picture taken with my new camera.

Jason had just returned from his Hawaian trip with 25 or so classmates. He starts his college Freshman year very soon at USF... and the next semester takes him to USC in LA.

David - like Lori is getting closer to Empty Nest Syndrome and needs some shoring up. So his Father's Day present from the wife and the boys is an atomic timepiece and a GPS navigator for the car. Now - at least - he'll know where he's going and whether he is really scheduled to be there!

Grampw - still shrinking

...and shrinking

Happy Holidays

on Fathers' Day - 2007