Don't Smile - This is Serious!
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325594)
Rockingham, Australia
July 28, 2016 2:04am CST
I've written a lot about photo frames lately and it brought to mind a story but I couldn't find the photo I needed to illustrate my tale. Today I found that photo so here's the story to go with it.
We picked up two lovely ornate frames at a market once but never ever used them. When a good friend turned 60, we knew she'd been looking for some fancy frames so we decided to give ours to her. One had a quite sombre picture of a girl – something that might have been painted by one of the Dutch masters. The other didn't have a picture at all.
We decided to put a 'ancestor' type photo in the frame. All our photos of ancestors shows them very formal and serious so we set up the tripod, donned hats and you can see the result. Our friend was delighted with the frames but for the moment they hang in the passageway complete with the same pictures. Not quite what we expected.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
28 Jul 16
y'all're jest such delightful folks! i'd ne'er thought to've done such. i'm sure not what'cha 'xpected, but no doubt a treasured gift to yer friend - 'n perhaps a giggle 'r 2 to see the efforts made by y'all :)
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
29 Jul 16
@JudyEv ya ought to see some'f our families pics'f ol', the folks look most stoic...but seem to've fear'n their eyes, lol. my momma's fond'f those fancy frames. i've a few myself, though they look most outta place'n my humble, rustic abode. but, they've a history so they remain.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Jul 16
@crazyhorseladycx The frames we've been making are very, very plain compared to some but I like ours - and they'll be easier to dust! Not that they'll be subjected to that too often. :)
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@koopharper (7476)
• Canada
28 Jul 16
At least your ancestor pictures are formal like that. In our family archive is a picture of most of my aunts, uncles, grandparents, great grandparents and maybe even great great grandparents both sides hand milking a Holstein.
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@koopharper (7476)
• Canada
29 Jul 16
@JudyEv There are a lot of formal posed pictures but there are specific shots of each person milking a cow. There are quite a few other farming photos as well. Some of them will have interest from museums because they go all the way back to the turn of the last century.
@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Jul 16
@koopharper So individual shots. I didn't pick that up. Farming shots are interesting I think as so much has changed. We have some very old photos of bullock teams dam-sinking.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
28 Jul 16
vince is so handsome even when he looks serious. 
you look quite intimidating 
but i love your hat and colorful blouse! 
you look quite intimidating but i love your hat and colorful blouse! 1 person likes this
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
28 Jul 16
@JudyEv you had curly hair back then
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Jul 16
@hereandthere I kept it permed for years.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
29 Jul 16
You both look very serious-but I'm not too bright and didn't get what happened. I know you took the picture of yourselves- very impressive, but what? she liked the frames and not the picture? duh! sorry! ha!
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Jul 16
@MarymargII I didn't expect her to hang up the frame with our picture in it. Vince does look serious doesn't he?
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
29 Jul 16
@JudyEv I got that part just not the part that the frames were hanging in the passageway with the same pictures? And Judy they are so fun- Vince looks so serious- ha!
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@Hanyouyomi (2187)
• Dallas, Texas
29 Jul 16
These two are ancestors of yours? A classy looking pair from what I can see.
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@JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Aug 16
I'm not sure if you're joking. The photo is of me and my husband. And yes, we're a classy looking pair! 
The photo is of me and my husband. And yes, we're a classy looking pair! @JudyEv (325594)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Aug 16
@Hanyouyomi The avatar photo is about 12 months old but I look much the same now. I'll change it one day.
@Hanyouyomi (2187)
• Dallas, Texas
1 Aug 16
@JudyEv Wow... My bad... No, I wasn't joking. See I assumed from the photo you use as your avatar that you were younger. That, and I wasn't attention to the context of your post. _
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
29 Jul 16
@JudyEv May be she liked that picture of you two and did not want to remove them.Nothing wrong in appearing serious,but the colors could have been subdued or a black and white one as Anna said.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
3 Aug 16
@JudyEv I think you should have asked her casually.Most probably it has not been changed.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
28 Jul 16
The photo is really serious. What fun...
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