i had always imagined that i could travel back in time and witness what had transpired in my life from the moment i was born. but last night, i dreamed of a little girl who kept following me wherever i went. when i confronted her she said she came from the past and that i was her in 1957. when i looked at her closely, she stood there and started to disappear, and all that was left after a few moments was a photograph. this.
i was three or four in this photograph. my parents had always liked the idea of taking us to the studio on our birthdays to have our picture taken. but, as the family grew, my father would take our photographs to save money. this was taken behind our old house. just behind that wall of leaves was the public cemetery where i used to play on top of the old tombs.
what an ugly duckling i was!
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for the artist challenge, the artist is Julia Margaret Cameron.
also for the five plus two theme this week macro selfie. i looked too close and this is what i found, me. i had to laugh, the knitted eyebrows are still the same, well, almost. and the stance! oh, my goodness, i just realized i've been doing that since i was a little girl. :-P
Your determination to strive and succeed was with you from an early age! Love your expression and your stance! Just look how much love you have surrounding you in this picture - the backdrop is a wonderful wall of living hearts :-)
Nooo! You're too cute! =) I remember when I was about 7, my parents woke us up because a family friend arrived with camera in hand and extra films too. So we had a photo op by the family garden, the papaya trees and dad's sayote. And we waited for about a month to have a copy of the pictures. Good ol days. =)
You were not an ugly duckling- however you do look very serious. I think you were already thinking, "When I am older and have my own camera, I will not make children stand still for their pictures. I will do it my own way and let them play while I take their picture!"
