It’s story telling – aging this week for the Dogwood Photo Challenge. Love it or hate it, aging is something we all experience. The assignment is to tell the story of aging in a single photograph. We immediately think of people or animals, but didn’t want to go with the masses on this one. See the photos we took for the challenge and what we chose to be the final one.
Since we don’t have any old dogs at home to show aging, and we don’t have a puppy to compare to me or Bailie, we had to use other subjects for our photos in this week’s challenge.
Old toys are always fun. This little trailer belonged to my mom’s brother when he was a kid. We think the toy has aged gracefully, and it has a distinguished look to it with the rust spots.
An old cedar shake roof turns grey, and can often develop moss. Water splashes start to discolor the wood below on the wall. Like with people, time takes a toll on appearance. Aging also makes a subject more interesting.
Deciding which of our photos to use as the final photo for the challenge was not easy as we like all three, but we decided to go with this one. This is an actual newspaper from November 22, 1963, making it fifty six years old. As with people, the core, the story, is always the same, but with aging things start to fade, wrinkle, fall apart a bit. Aging also adds character. What do you think of our photo choice for this week?
Those were all terrific and your choice for the theme was just right.
Thank you.
I like your choice a lot and it was the sad event the whole world will remember… we also love the first one, it is this bittersweet memory about our childhood what never comes back, but what lives on in our dogs LOL
It was a sad event but it is also super cool that Gramma has such an old newspaper.
Your photo shows aging in multiple ways, so it’s perfect.
Thank you. It just seemed right.
My mom says she vividly remembers that day. That is a great choice. It mad my mom sad because she had saved all those papers and magazines about that day, and her mom tossed them out! XOXO, Sparkle
It was just before my mom was born, so she doesn’t remember it, but she is glad my gramma has such old papers around.
I too like all three, but the wagon is my favorite.
We think the wagon is the most fun photo, but the challenge people probably prefer the old newspaper.
We liked the wagon the best. It told a multi-dimensional story of aging; the wagon itself, the passage of time, and the inference of the aging of the owner.
The wagon is pretty cool and fun. It is our favorite to look at.
Good for you! Thinking outside of the box is a sure winner. I remember exactly where I was when Kennedy was shot. We were actually watching it on the TV in School – talk about traumatic! As I said,I still remember what my class mate did and said just before the shots rang out. I’m sure she does too. It was my birthday. I was 13.
My mom wasn’t quite born yet, but she remembers the Challenger explosion. She was in college at that time. All sad events.
Well done. I also linked this post to Awww Mondays.
I so remember that day in 1963. I was 12 years old.
Have a woof woof day and week. My best to your peeps. ♥
My mom was still “baking” in November 1963, but she has heard about it all her life.
Well done! A famous old newspaper headline is a great way to show time passing.
We thought so too. It just kind of fell at our feet.
We love your interpretation of this, and how cool to have that old newspaper!
Gramma has been going through old stuff lately and has found lots of old papers which is pretty neat.
Those were all excellent examples but I love the newspaper. I have to ask, do you or your mom collect newspapers? I have a box of newspapers from great days in history. I can’t let them go.
My Gramma has a bunch from various events. Mom has a couple but nothing as good as Gramma. They sure are nice to have.
All great photos! We love the way the roof shingles curl around the edge.
It is a nice looking roof for the style of house.
Great pictures and great but sad choice.
It is a sad choice, but all the old newspapers we have are from sad things it seems. That is why we added the toy because it is much more fun.
Super aging photos. It’s a good thing you gals weren’t in the photos, you stay young forever!
We don’t age like some dogs, and with a lot of white in our furs, it is hard to tell how old we are.
11-22-63…Wow! We do think it’s pretty cool to have that newspaper…and it is a great subject for this week’s theme!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
Gramma has a whole pile of old papers that she found in a box while she was cleaning out her storeroom. It’s pretty neat stuff.
Wagnificent!
All photo’s speak volumes to your subject.📸
Pawtacular!
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Thank you.
I think that was an excellent choice and that’s the first time I’ve ever seen that paper. I was in 3rd grade when he was shot, it came over the intercalm and it was such a shock especially for a 3rd grader. Then they came back over the intercom to say he had died. I didn’t understand everything then but as I got older I understood the importance.
My Gramma was pregnant with my mom when it happened, but it is amazing to still have that paper!