Early Blog Research…
Even at age 5, Winston was an avid reader, devouring anything and everything that might have a bearing on his next blog masterpiece. Sitting by a window for the natural sunlight was his favorite reading place.
Note the curls, which are not quite so prominent in this photo. They will anchor a future post or three here.
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Bibbed sunsuit by Mama, who made practically all the clothes for the family, including suits and ties for Daddy. Winston still has her old antique Singer with which she must have made a million stitches. Photo credit to Daddy, who was a pretty decent amateur photographer, developing and enlarging his own B&W shots — that was before color became widely and affordably available. He even tried his hand at tinting, and Winston’s archives include a couple of those.
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Ah, the good old days! When life was simple and stressfree…
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what a cutie…you kinda look like one of my cousins…except cleaner..we got dirty…I read alot then as i read alot now..but i also got dirty then…well, kinda like now too…
This is such a perfect post for an early Sunday morning. The photo is a great likeness to the Winston I’ve come to know here. Your father seems to have captured a moment and a person, too. Thanks for sharing this more personal peek into your world. -mg
Those WERE simple and stress-free days Winston, easier and uncomplicated times to be sure. What a handsome little guy you were. You look very deep in thought. I’m trying to picture the Winston of today with that same focused look, only a little more intense. It’s a great picture, and one I’m so glad you shared with us. Happy Sunday Winston.
great picture and definitely a good way to start my Sunday. It does seem like the ‘good old days’ but maybe it’s how every generation feels if it gets to old enough to be just plain ‘old days’…
Aren’t you the sweetest thing EVER??
I think MY good old days really were the good old days…
Remember girls, that sometimes cute kids grow up to be ugly all the way to the bone adults…
This is a beautiful photograph that caught the intensity of your personality even at that young age. I love the sunsuit. My mother made my boys similar ones on her Singer.