Forgotten Corners

I give up. What are we looking at and what is scale.  Very odd subject but then I am intrigued by odd subjects.  I wish you imaginative work and explorations of the odd.  this meets that standard:-) best, gs

Wish I could enlighten you about the subject matter but I'm kind of mystified myself. I do know it's from my sister's house in Novato, Ca., taken when I visited there last month. Maybe the play area for her grandkids. I must have been impressed with the compositional possibilities because I took six separate pictures of the scene. It doesn't really matter anyway since the picture isn't documentary in nature.

Speaking of documentary, after I read your comment, I headed over to your portfolio since I'd seen your name on other comments in the past. We share a couple of things. I spent two of years active duty in the Navy, myself, during the Vietnam War on an LST. Jack McRitchie, YN3, USNR. I really got a kick out of your navy pictures. As they slide further and further into the past they are increasingly burnished with the sheen of history. Then I went through your archived family photos, the whole batch. I felt a little like Billy Pilgrim from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five who had become unstuck in time. Your daughter's 12th birthday party and then, there she is holding her baby; your wife as pert as can be as a navy nurse and then a grandmother and then Carole as the young wife posing in front of the new console stereo system. Kids are born, have kids of their own and then become toddlers again. Years are shuffled like a deck of playing cards. It was a great trip and I enjoyed myself immensely. The other thing we have in common is Hawaii. I lived there for 6 years before I moved to Osaka 26 years ago. I hope the spirit of Aloha is still alive and well now as it was back then.

I've bookmarked your portfolio so you'll be hearing from me again. Regards, Jack

Thanks for your kind remarks, Jack.  We still have a lot of the spirit of aloha here, but we have grown with the times.  Soon to have a new Bloomingdale's where Sears used to be.  Scaling up...aloha, gs