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For this week the Sepia Saturday Suggestion is this photograph. Hmm.
Yep, it's an umbrella and a rainy day. Well, in this part of the world, those two things are only hazy memories. For the past few years, we have been experiencing the worst drought since records have been kept.
So let's look for the Umbrella's sunny cousin, the Parasol. We'll see how many of those we can find.
To start off with, here is a real umbrella, and in good use.
If any more umbrellas surface in the LOST GALLERY shoe box, we'll include them too.
In the meantime, here is The Parasol.
The Parasol.
This gal seems to be really enjoying hers.
This has to be one of the worst tint jobs I have ever seen.
What do you think?
Of course there is still one place you see the parasol still in use: The Beach.
But of course they are often much bigger and are called "Beach Umbrellas" now.
Taking turns with the camera!
Carmadie lived on the edge.
Only a half hour earlier, her luck had changed. She won her watch back in the alley craps game. And then her shoes.
By the time Boswell showed up for their date, she had even won an umbrella and a hat that weren’t originally hers.
Carmadie would remember this alley for a long time.
Okay, pull on the Wellies and deploy the 'brollie and slosh on back to Sepia Saturday and maybe you'll find some really rainy days!
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ReplyDeleteThanks Brett Payne. I have a page of tinted photographs. That one easily is the worst.
ReplyDeleteSince people tend to get out the camera more on sunny days than on rainy days, there logically would seem to be more parasols than umbrellas in photographs.
What a great collection of umbrellas and parasols!
ReplyDeleteThanks ScotSue.
ReplyDeleteFantastic selection for this week's topic!
ReplyDeleteI knew that the theme - a theme that has defeated many of us this week - wouldn't defeat you.
ReplyDeleteYou sure found lots of umbrellas.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jackie/jake. I was surprised at how many there were.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alan Burnett. Sepia Saturday suggestions are a challenge sometimes too.
Thanks Diane B. It's a category I have collected.
ReplyDeleteIt would be fun to see the colors of some of these umbrellas/parasols.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy! Yes, wouldn't it? I often wonder about those grays and what they represent.
ReplyDeleteThe number of parasols is surprising. I've never seen anyone actually using one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Postdardy. You know, come to think of it, I have never seen one either. Except in old photographs of course.
ReplyDeleteThe first photo with full duster coat is my favorite. And yes that is definitely the most pathetic excuse for a colorized effect. I've got a few cdv and cabinet card portraits of people posed with umbrellas. It is a curious accessory to include in a photo.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mike Brubaker. Yes I have seen studio poses with umbrellas for props. I don't know why that was done either.
ReplyDeleteAh beach umbrellas - I should have thought of that too. Nice collection as usual.
ReplyDeleteThanks Little Nell. It's an element I look for in old photographs.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the tint job on the baby! It looks like a pig.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tattered and Lost. Then it's a pig! I tried but I couldn't identify it at all!
ReplyDeleteGreat umbrella collection and not a golf one amongst them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bob Scotney. You know, I don't think the gallery has one of those. I'll look.
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