Pictures from my father's album # 5.wmv

I noticed first the chip in your tooth
More incongruous than the kimono
You are wearing, a touch of local colour.

You were always good at becoming
A part of your environment, absorbing
A foreign culture and making it your own.

Like that time a strange word slipped out and
Into your conversation. I felt then you feel it pulling
You to somewhere not measurable in miles

Even so, I can still hear myself asking you
To take me to wherever
That sound was calling

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[cinderellalifestyle]

Children do wonder, about the mysteries of a parent, their history.... another culture is even yet more tantalizing..........it is a wonderful photograph.....sad is the lack of recounting directly from him, or any time a parent passes before getting to relate it to offspring as they become adults....I'm sure he would have loved to tell you, himself....my Pa recounting at 89. his youth, and times..tom sawyer-ish stuff, some of it.......;-)I will try and get a sound clip..histories are needed.

LLC

[andrewnorris1]

@cinderellalifestyle Yes, it always happens too late that one becomes interested in one's parents history. Thankfully, my Mum is still around and I have been recording conversations with her on her last visit here, 2 weeks ago.

[MissJezebel61]

That was rather wonderful Andrew...how very lucky you are to have access to these amazing records of your mum and dad's life....great photographs,I have always loved traditional Japanese costume ...lovely music too!! sorry bit late finding this one....not on this thing much these days,,,,love Sophie xxx;))

[andrewnorris1]

@MissJezebel61 Thanks for watching. You never know when an old photo will start to speak again.

[Junemori]

Only a photograph can freeze a moment and bring such a treasure for us to see

[andrewnorris1]

@Junemori ...and how is it that some such ordinary photographs just capture a moment that leaves such a deep impression?

[BigLoveZone]

wonderful beyond words

you speak and I listen

[pnm1941]

As always, anything that you put on the web contains a touch of genius! Awesome!!

[andrewnorris2]

@MrCatstail That is such a shame that not even a picture of your folks survives. If we needed reminding to talk to our parents and cherish them while alive your comment did just that. Thanks for watching.

[MrCatstail]

Lovely Andrew.... My folks are no longer here, but worse is that there are no photos of them either.... only the pictures in my mind.

[ourDC888]

Thanks for sharing!

[andrewnorris2]

@MultiVerseUniVerse Thanks, James, sometimes a single word can resonate for years that the recollection of it sends a shiver down the spine.

[MultiVerseUniVerse]

Both your father's and your own impression captured so cleverly with so few lines of poetry. Left unspoken, that word is as present in its absence as that distance to the unnamed place is immesurable in miles. Beautiful. ;)

[cinderellalifestyle]

@andrewnorris1 that's super! all I have stopping me in capturing my Dad is lack of a new media card.........my pa, a natural rambler.......that is quite a background!!! maybe someday you can travel there...it is such an unusual country--lovely people.

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