8/18 Snapshots #2

LIGHTHOUSE - CAPE COD - '84

GULLS FLOCKING FOR THE CATCH - CAPE COD - '84

LAKE - ST. LAWRENCE STATE PARK, NY 7/61

LONG SAULT DAM - LAKE ST. LAWRENCE, NY 7/61

BOBBY - 11 MONTHS - 8/55 FIRST WHEELS - "GET YOUR MOTORS RUNNING!"

THAT'S MOM WITH AUNT RUTH, RUTH MEADE AT TAUGHANNOCK FALLS, NY 5/61. RUTH WAS MY FATHER'S YOUNGER SISTER. I AM TELLING YOU THIS BECAUSE THE GLADIOLAS ARE DOING SO WELL ON RUTH'S SIDE OF MY PARENTS TOMBSTONE, AND YOU MIGHT WONDER WHO SHE WAS. SHE WAS A FUSS BUDGET, A FUDDY DUDDY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MADE HER THAT WAY. MAYBE SOME CATHOLIC SCHOOLBOY GOT FRESH WITH HER. MAYBE IT WAS HER MOTHER, MY GRANDMOTHER, AGNES MEADE. YOU SHOULD SEE THE GLADIOLAS ON GRANDMA'S GRAVE. FOUR FEET TALL. I PROP THEM UP BY STOMPING WADS OF WET GRASS UP AGAINST THEM. "I AM A FLORICULTURE SPECIALIST, AIN'T I?"