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Wander project my last few pictures…

Wandering a few pictures from the past few days. One of the things I work very hard at is keeping pictures organized.. Part of that I inherited from my grandfather’s and my father. Part of that is that we are dealing with many more pictures now than my grandfathers or father dealt with.as many pictures as we have. The world continues to evolve. 500 years ago it was easy; you simply left the pictures of your ancestors hanging on the wall. If your family had no money it wasn’t a big deal, there was no picture of your ancestors. Funny how things like that work out. Now everyone has at least two, three,e and even four generations of pictures.

Eventually, it will be 10, 12 or 20 generations of pictures. All digital passed along like family heirlooms, but no one will look at them. Over time the questions will fade. Then some much will come along 200 years from now and start pointing family history projects like a crazy person. Sharing pictures with the world that hadn’t been seen in 100, 200 or more years. This is my great (add five more greats) uncle Scott. He used to post crap online and call it a family history project. Notice, by the way, how crappy the pictures he shared were!  The future family history project making fun of the current family history project because, what could I do, come back and haunt my future relative?

Finally, I will end my first family history post today with an ethical question. Two days ago as we cammed around the corner and entered the street we live, we encounter something. About a week ago on a really hot day we saw a very young snake writhing on the pavement. It couldn’t get off the asphalt and was clearly struggling. We didn’t want to break it out so we poured lukewarm water on the ground leading towards the grass. The snake laid in the water for a bit obviously cooling and then took off like a shot into the grass. The labs wanted to see if the snake wanted to come to the house for dinner but I put the kibosh on that. Two days ago we encountered the adult version of that snake. It had obviously been hit by a mower. A huge gash on its back. It was still alive, and based on that we gave it a wide berth. Should we have done more than avoided the obviously dying snake?

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Written by DocAndersen

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3 Comments

  1. More great memories. I have nobody left to leave photos to but distant relatives and that is not going to happen. Back to the snake. Injured animals of any kind can be dangerous as you know. I think you did the right thing.

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    • Well, Carol first off you are leaving wonderful pictures and stories for the rest of us! As for the snake, thanks, I have been worried about that for the past two days.

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      • Thank you for the reminder, had not even thought of that.
        Stop worrying about the snake if you can. I used to worry about sparrows
        I may have shot with my little bb gun protecting the bluebirds. 🙂 Not any more.