Thursday, December 21, 2017

Vintage photos

“... I have always thought of Christmas-time... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.”
~Charles Dickens


me, age three
Dear all,
I'm wrapping presents and cooking so I don't have a post for today, but I'd like to send you over to Joyce's blog, where she is sharing my shivery Winter Poetry Swap poem. (I'm sorry, Australians, I keep thinking of it as the Winter swap, even though it's the Summer swap for you.)
Have a wonderful weekend, everybody!


one-year-old me at Christmas, in Granddaddy's hat...
boy, did I love that Pooh!


me, age two,
and the pure joy of all those colors


Buffy Silverman has the Poetry Friday round-up. Thanks, Buffy!

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9 comments:

  1. Irene LathamDecember 22, 2017 at 8:45 AM

    Oh, you and Pooh! ADORABLE. xo

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  2. Linda BDecember 22, 2017 at 11:00 AM

    I love your poem for Joyce and seeing "wee" you, Tabatha. Merry Christmas! It's always good to quote Dickens, isn't it?

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  3. Jane @ www.raincitylibrarian.caDecember 22, 2017 at 11:56 AM

    How sweet are those pictures!

    And a lovely quote from Dickens, truly a man who understood Christmas.

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  4. Buffy SilvermanDecember 22, 2017 at 11:57 AM

    Those wee you photos are so cute--and I love the poem you shared with Joyce.

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  5. BenDecember 22, 2017 at 12:25 PM

    Ooo, so cute!

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  6. Joyce RayDecember 22, 2017 at 1:01 PM

    Those photos of you are real treasures, Tabatha. They will be even more precious in the future. Dickens! Of course, a quote from the man whose writing rekindled Christmas celebrations in Britain and in America. Your poem is keeping me warm as I write today while the snow is softly falling. No howling wind this time! Happy Christmas and thank you for sharing your many gifts with this community!

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  7. Michelle KoganDecember 22, 2017 at 5:34 PM

    Well you were a real cutie, Tabatha–and the 2 year-old expression is priceless. The creations from that crayon set must have been fabulous! I loved the poem you wrote for Joyce, especially the "rattling pages" and the ending, letters traced "one by one." And as Dickens put it, I hope for more charity from people too! Thanks for the summer and winter poetry swaps–they were delightful. Merry Christmas to you and your family Tabatha!

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  8. Heidi MordhorstDecember 24, 2017 at 7:45 AM

    LOVE LOVE LOVE the photos--love seeing and thinking of all of us as the children I now teach, always the same joy and openness over and over again in different distinct bodies and faces. Headed over to Joyce now...

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  9. Michelle Heidenrich BarnesDecember 26, 2017 at 10:14 PM

    Awwww... what a sweetie!

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