Now that I am settled, sort of, into the reality that cold is going to be the word of the day for the next few months, I have been wondering exactly what I will write about.\u00a0 In years passed before I retired and we headed south for the winter, I somehow found a way to keep posts flowing, but for this winter I fear that I will find myself\u00a0 at odds as to what I can write about for the next few months.\u00a0 It’s really easy to write about boats and such when we are aboard one but now, not so easy.<\/p>\n
Sure, I can write about the upgrades to Pandora but just how much scintillating prose can one absorb about heat guns and scrapers as I tease out the mess that’s ,no longer, holding up the headliner?<\/p>\n
My brother Bill had suggestion that is intriguing.\u00a0 He had initially shared this idea with me a while back but I never took it to heart and that was to write about the “olden days”, a sort of “what I did on my summer vacation” story.\u00a0 Ok, described that way perhaps it, does sound like a big yawn but I am going to try a version of that.\u00a0 With that in mind, I’ll try to go easy on you and bring something to the discussion beyond the “we went from Block Island to Cuttyunk and it rained with wind on the nose and took xxx hours….”<\/p>\n
No, instead I’ll, well I’m not sure what I’ll write but I’ll try to make it interesting.<\/p>\n
So, yesterday I went up into the attic to pull out a few boxes, and let me tell you these boxes are big, full of years of photos, both prints and 35mm slides.\u00a0 \u00a0I’ll admit that I got a bit teary eyed as I sorted through nearly 50 years of photos trying to decide where to begin.<\/p>\n
As it’s close to Christmas as I write this, I also found myself thinking about an Osborn Family Tradition of watching National Lampoon’s Family Vacation with Chevy Chase, on Christmas Day, after all the packages are unwrapped.\u00a0 Griswold had the crying gene too, big time.<\/p>\n
My trip to the attic reminded me of the scene in the movie when he becomes trapped up in the attic.\u00a0 If you recall the scene, skip this 2 minute clip.\u00a0 If not, view on and you’ll get the idea.\u00a0\u00a0