An Old Cold Spot
My brother Mike emailed me this photo last night. He said this was a goodbye salute that he snapped today in his garage where this old freezer has been chugging away since 1988. That was the year our mama decided she was tired of bending over and digging through it. Besides, she no longer needed the capacity and hadn't for several years. Mike and my sister-in-law spent the next 25 years "digging" through this old freezer. My sis-in-law was very good at keeping it and the cupboards stocked. The two of them kept promising each other that "It is going to die soon, so we will just keep it until that day." Twenty-five years may seem like a very long life for a freezer. It is MUCH older than that. Sears only sold Coldspot through 1976. I thought that my parent's purchased this freezer in the sixties. My brother said he put the serial number 'on-line' and it matched a 1953 manufacturing date. Here is a close up of the make and model that
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'lets go fly a kite, up to its highest height, up where the air is clear............... come lets go fly a kite'
That is such a beautiful photograph...
xo
cool...
Iam 38 yo and my dad is 76 yo...sometimes just hearing his voice makes everything better.
Fantastic photo!
Daddies are the best...it did not take Grace long to figure out that Bill would do all he could to help her if something went wrong. I always felt that my Dad could do anything...
He was my hero!
Hugs dear Pam,
Sue
You got 7 out of 9 on my little quiz. You won!!! Thanks for playing!!!!
tail decorates the clouds...
gust of wind.
...there are several other haiku in this lovely tail, waiting to be revealed.