Another edition of our monthly theme starts this week, focusing on, “Work and Play.” We’re allowed a good bit of leeway with the theme and prompt image so, since I have nothing at all in my collection like the prompt photo, I went with “Play” to start and found a good reason to share this silly one of my husband’s grandfather, Douglas (Doede) Jaarsma. The back of the photo says, “Douglas and the Ducks,” and you can see him sitting on a toy spring duck with quite the grin on his face. The photo print date says March 1973, but I’d guess this was taken the previous summer and developed later since the trees are much too leafy for March! I’m not sure of the location either, but it was probably in New Jersey. The photo was taken when he was 62 years old, proving you’re never too old for being a little silly!
Those ducks are fabulous! Wish we had some of them around here in Maine…
It just shows you are never too old to enjoy playing. I have been known to have a go on the swings in a play park – when no other adult is around!
Charming. He was having a really good day and aren’t you happy somebody caught it on film.
Great photo proving the child within still can come out at any age and enjoy playing!
Your husband’s grandfather new how to have a good time! 🙂
Funny, especially as there’s not a grandchild in sight!
When I first saw the photo, it reminded me of all those photos I took back then with the date on the side. Very helpful, even if much of the time there were several months between taking the photo and developing it.
Great fun. (but technically Douglas is riding a turtle 🙂
LOL it is a turtle! I guess I just saw the duck in the background and thought they were all the same, but clearly they’re not!