vintage looks

greetings

well, in truth i am not entirely certain (of anything, but specifically if) i should be posting or sharing these, but here we are. my thoughts were that family and friends around the world may well wish to have a gander. and well meaning strangers. but any weirdo or strange types can please leave this post now, look you see. there, i asked nicely. 

in recent times i have been obliged, or compelled, to a great big massive sorting out of things of stuff. this has directly, in an indirect way (and as an aside) led me to spending an awful lot of time down at the nearby tip, or "recycling centre" as it is now branded, which has left me all the more convinced that owning a scrapyard must be the best thing ever. going back briefly on subject, it was during the sorting things of stuff out phase where i stumbled upon two lovely "proof" or "sample" pictures of the boys. 

these were for some lovely pictures what we ordered but that never got delivered, as it happens. it was so that we were quite disappointed in this. yet, not all is lost, for having scanned in these samples it would appear i have obtained relatively decent, acceptable quality larger size images of each. 

so yes, our eldest pictured above. from (at time of writing) some ten or so years ago, perhaps even a very satisfactory Nigel Tufnell 11, in truth, as will be clear with the next image. 

for what reason did the larger (or if you like "proper") sets of these images not turn up? we have no idea. it was fairly, and reasonably, frequent that photographers came and offered to do some portraits at the much beloved nursery school the boys went to, and generally we purchased. on this instance, samples were delivered, orders placed, never arrived. on the one side so far as i am aware no coins of money got handed over so no loss, except we really, really liked the pictures. 

art, and arty stuff, is not really a strength of mine. beyond knowing what i like the look of, though. so no, i am unsure if these images are "black and white" as most would say, or that "sepia" thing, with the latter being, i believe, a sort of brown overtone to it all. anyway, still think they are lovely pics. 

yes, it is the presence of the two of them, wonderfully together, which allows for some reasonable guesses at accuracy of date. probably just south of 11 years ago (from date of publication), i am all but certain is the provenance of the pictures. 

right, well, anyway, time to move on from this excellent and accidentally discovered stroll down the lane of memories. but, yes, once again, if family and friends all around the world have seen this and just one has gone "aah" or similar, all worth it. 

be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!