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Just gorgeous Dave. Stunning play with light (figuratively and literally ). Here is a different type of play with light from our patio

09/13/14 05:40 PM

#978

Jonathan, Lost in the Fifties-Another Time, Another Place. Wow, thanks for posting! A nice mix of poignant and fun memories. Astounded at how many names I could come up with as the images flashed by. And the cars- just saw a number similar this morning at our Cars and Coffee gathering. I’d like to think- and do truly believe- that with that milieu mix from our formative years we hopefully helped make our world a better place along the way.

09/13/14 09:58 PM

#979

Dave: I think you're confused between a pair of "wretches" (WHHS 7th graders) and a pair of "wenches" (hot babes on Prom Night). And a "Screwdriver" is a drink (along the lines of its more vicious -- or viscous -- cousin, the Piledriver. A Screwdriver is Vodka and Orange Juice; a Phillips Screwdriver is Phillips Milk of Magnesia and Orange Juice; a Piledriver is Ex-Lax and Orange Juice).

09/13/14 11:16 PM

#980

Nancy: Sir Griswald was your uncle? Amazing! I think it's Danny Kaye's best movie. In the years I taught 6th Grade History at a private school outside of Washington, I'd show that movie to the kids when we were studying the Middle Ages. (My boss was a classic movie freak, and he loved it, too.) The movie has so many wonderful and classic set pieces; it was written mostly by Danny Kaye's wife, Sylvia Fine, and is just so incredibly clever. (Our chemistry teacher at WHHS used to imitate Danny Kaye's final dance at the close of his TV show.)

09/13/14 11:19 PM

#981

Very cool Nancy. Six degrees of separation

09/14/14 01:41 AM

#982

Phil, I'm only alive today because of your posts.

09/14/14 06:12 AM

#983

Ann Shepard (Rueve)

Jonathan - I love Lost in the Fifties. You know I will have to share it elsewhere. That really was a trip down memory lane.

I'm you Dave, Phil Spiess is a national treasure and my raison d'être. Wasn't he portrayed by Nicholas Cage in the movie by the same name?

Dave and Jeff - the photographs keep getting better since your competition began.

Laura - I LOVE that picture. That was from our FIRST reunion? You ALL look the same. I'm glad I could help with getting in the right format to post.

09/14/14 07:56 AM

#984

Hi Ann,

Thanks. But I don't think Dave and I are in a competition. His extremely artistic images tend to trigger a memory of a shot of mine at times and an opportunity to share.

09/14/14 10:58 AM

#985

Susan Patterson (Schramm)

If Jeff hadn't said that I would have. Some weeks ago Nelson encouraged all of us to contribute to the forum. I've posted photographs. Laura and Judy have both asked how to post photographs, and you, Ann, posted a wonderful photo of Chief. Dick, Paul, Dale, Jeff, and a number of others have posted some wonderful images. Despite the cerebral nature of the class of '64 I can't help but think that there are a number of artists who could easily post images of their work, too. If Jeff can translate his totems to pixels, surely there are a number of you who could do the same. It isn't competition; it's sharing, and that's the fun—even if my wife silently thinks I'm just showing off. I love seeing all this stuff up on the forum, and I only wish that more from the class would take advantage of it. And Phil, of course, without your posts, truly, I don't think I could make it until evening and my nightly plierdriver, shaken, not stirred.

09/14/14 11:42 AM

#986

Al's first excursion out of the hospital after 6 months. Maybe not the best photography, but the emotion is real!

taken Labor Day, 2012.

09/14/14 12:19 PM

#987

Susan Patterson (Schramm)

Nonsense. That is the best photography. Realtors say "location, location, location. Photographers say "emotion, emotion, emotion. That is wonderful!

09/14/14 12:33 PM

#988

Thanks, Dave. I think the joy in Al's face says it all.

09/14/14 07:00 PM

#989

Dave: A Plierdriver should always be accompanied by nuts -- but don't bolt them, or the choke's on you. [P.S.: Although my sister got all of the art talent in the family, while I got the literary talent, if I can figure out the system, I'll post some of my art work (not Whitey Davis cartoons).]

Ann: The movie they made about me was The Song of Bernadette (1943 -- curiously, it was made three years before I was born). Anyway, it was about how we celebrated in the Spiess household when our mortgage was paid off (okay, think about it).

So far, no takers on solving the Sursum as Summum Challenge on "the rabbit in the moon" (Entry #963, above)?

09/15/14 11:09 AM

#990

From feathers to leaves. I walk a lot. Tilden Park is a huge open space high in the Berkeley hills, with lots of hiking, several nearly dry lakes begging for the rainy season, oaks, eucalyptus trees, mountain lions, coyotes, and deer...and oh yes, leaves. I found this one, too, the same time I found the feather.

Bad news alert for everyone! I'm not reaching into my 36,000 photo trove now, just posting what I'm doing at the moment. This was taken this morning.

P.S. It didn't come with the water droplet on the left side. I used one light on the right, stuck the leaf in Play Dough (having grandchildren means you have stuff around the house that you might not have otherwise), sprayed the leaf lightly with water, then held a mirror down below to pick up the light, the droplet, and put a bright edge on the left side.

09/16/14 10:59 AM

#991

Very nice artistic interpretation Dave.

09/17/14 12:15 AM

#992

Okay, Dave, you obviously know what you're doing photographically, given your various techniques. I'm impressed! That leaf almost looks like a Medieval Middle Eastern scimitar!

(By the way, when I was teaching the "Golden Age of Greece" to my 5th Graders, they thought the philosopher Plato was "Play Dough." And I know you're going to ask, "Did they think his School of Academia was "School of Macademia"? You nuts!)

09/17/14 12:20 AM

#993

Larry Klein

Here is the old golf coach with the young phenom, Katie Hallinan. Katie has been medalist in the last three matches for the BOYS team, all of which we have WON. She is averaging 39 and change for the season - from the BLUE tees. And she's a FRESHMAN. Call me in a few years when she's on the LPGA tour and I'll see what I can do about autographed copies.

09/17/14 12:58 AM

#994

Okay, Larry, I'm no Old School (well, yes I am, in many areas), but please explain BOYS TEAM here -- is there no GIRLS TEAM? (And congratulations to you all!)

09/17/14 12:59 AM

#995

Gail Weintraub (Stern)

Impressive, Larry. Good coaching!

09/17/14 08:12 AM

#996

Larry Klein

Phil, etal - we really tried to field a girls team this year, and as of July 1st, it appeared as though we had enough girls to accomplish that. One by one, however, 4 of the 5 girls opted out, so we play Katie on the Boys team until the state qualifiers, then she will compete in the girls tournaments as an individual. I'm crossing my fingers for a trip to Columbus this year. The Boys team will compete in the Sectional without her. As a side note, we have 3 girls on the JrHi team this year, so maybe in a couple more years we will have girls golf at Walnut.

09/17/14 08:23 AM

#997

As an avid golfer (1 hole-in-one my first year playing!), I thought that learning the game was going to be easy. Now I'm just pleased to break 80...on the front nine! Congratulations, Larry.

09/17/14 09:25 PM

#998