The 21st, the start of the last full week of October

Day 15, "Every picture has a story"

This does not look like an unusual picture.  I do not know the year but I would guess around 1959 or so.  For sure it is a Christmas picture.  The story behind it is what the words are made of.  Those are used flash bulbs!  Dad must have saved all the flash bulbs for that reason.  The story behind it is how much Dad used his camera.  Back then, it was film and flash bulbs for every time you took a picture.  NO taking half a dozen pictures and then deleting all but the best.  What you snapped is what you got and what you paid for!  I do not recall when Dad purchased a flash and could stop buying the flash bulbs but am guessing maybe in the 60s sometime.  There are times I wonder where did he get the money for film and bulbs as it seemed that most of the time or I should say ALL the time money was VERY tight and hard to come by.  In this picture I think there was a disagreement as to where one should look for the picture!  Straight ahead, to your right or to your left???

I have checked my bike this morning and the back tire still has air so I assume my new tube did not get pinched when I put it in.  Good news and now I am guessing that both front and back tires are good to go for the season.  There is a big difference in riding with road tires instead of dirt tires.

Sundays are often a day to sit back and reflect.  This morning I was thinking about the changes that I have seen here where we live in Naples over the last 5 years.  The villas were built in the mid 90s so they are approaching 25 years.  I am guessing that they sold fairly quickly after they were built.  That means that maybe many of the units are in for new owners and for sure that is true.  Here are some of the changes:

• Frank, the lawyers who worked internationally, died this past year and I do not know if his place has sold
• Terry and Diane, who were original owners, moved about 2 years ago.  Terry is dealing with major health issues.
• Jim and Mary, from Michigan, sold their unit this last year.
• Frankie and Stan, from Missouri, sold their unit last winter.
• Bill, the fisherman, was forced to move after health issues.  He died a short time later.
• The Dr., was forced to move because of health and he died a short time later.
• Our neighbor John, sold his home and is now renting across the road.  His wife Diane, died in January of 2017.
• Becky and Pete, who lived on the other side, moved last winter.
• Greg and Robie, from the Twin Cities, moved into a new home on the back waters last year.
• That is NOT the entire list so one can see that again, "The only constant is change"!
• Also Jim and his wife moved in about 18 months ago.  They are from the Twin Cities.

We do start our league tennis this week.  I do have enough players to have 3 courts but will call the visiting team today to see if they have enough players.  This fall league is kind of a warm up leading to the winter so it will be interesting to see what the play is like.

I am out of memories for the morning.  My FP is pretty much depleted so it is time to get on with Sunday, October 21, 2018.