Tina's Pic Story - Mountains

Tina provides us with her fun meme Pic Story. The idea is easy - we provide the photos to match the theme she supplies, which this week is Mountains. These old prints from the 1980s have been scanned and edited as they have faded somewhat - if not my memories...

The first was taken in October 1981, and is of Mount Monadnock near Jaffrey in southern New Hampshire. It is 3,165 feet (965 M) in height and is the tallest peak between the Berkshires in Massachusetts and Vermont and the White Mountains in northern New Hampshire...

The next was taken in August 1984 and is an unknown peak situated between Denver and Colorado Springs, and was taken on the shoulder of the I-25 highway. Until I visited Colorado, I was under the impression that the state was more mountainous than not, but the major cities are at the western edge of the Great Plains. I don't know what the name of this peak is, bud guess that is is around 12,000 ft (2660 M) - if not taller. I like this week's theme as I like visiting places from the past...

Shadow Shot Sunday - Front Range

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 reminds us that shadows of any era are fun captures, digital new or scanned old

I revert to the past, which is 1966 (per the car at the airport), the state Colorado on the Front Range leading to the Rocky Mountains. The subjects are my grandparents. As we know, Ralph wanted photographic proof he was there, and he got it. The first sepia views were taken at the wonderful Garden of the Gods near Colorado Springs, a beautiful place. Obviously he arrived, and she is seen overlooking the foothills of he Rockies - note how she dressed up - this we don't see much today...

The black-and-white shots are probably at the old Stapleton airport in Denver. Not exciting, but they were there. And both were dressed up for the flight home (naturally, people dressed up to fly back then, too...). Shadows know no era, they appear when and wherever - thankfully today’s scanners allow for digital shadowy captures - eee more of the fun at SSS2!