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September’s Here Again

September 1, 2009

September’s Here Again

Every September 1st, for the past some 20 odd years, I've listened to this song:

It seems to set a tone for fall, even if fall is truly still weeks away. The sound of David Sylvian's voice is nothing if not cooler weather, shorter days and distant memories of 20-something angst. Sigh. Those were the days.

In other news, I shared a photo last week from our Minnesota State-cation that looked something like this:

6-posed by statues 

Every time we stopped to pose at a statue or an otherwise unnaturally large landmark, I begged the kids to do this pose. Why? I was recalling, in my mind, a shot taken from a 2002 road trip in front of an Iowa landmark of sorts, in which the kids were much smaller and doing a similar pose.

I finally dug out the shot I was remembering and was surprised that we really weren't quite re-creating it with much accuracy:

Olderschool 

I guess the screaming of one child is close enough?

Still, look at how little those kids were back then.

Oldschool 

Insert heavy, hormone-laden sigh here.

 

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  1. Nancy Jones says

    September 1, 2009 at 12:21 am

    how cuteeeeeeeeee are those photosssssssss!!!!!

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  2. Lee Currie says

    September 1, 2009 at 1:19 am

    Oh my goodness, totally adorable πŸ™‚

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  3. Rachel Smith says

    September 1, 2009 at 8:23 am

    CATHY!! Why did you change Aiden’s whole body? At first I thought you just changed her shirt so she wouldn’t have on the Obama 08 shirt, but I went back and looked at the other photo like one of those picture games you find in magazines and noticed that you simply switched out her whole body? Just wondering your motive behind this. LOL! I wonder if I’m the only one who will notice.

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  4. cathy says

    September 1, 2009 at 9:18 am

    Rachel, no… no body switching! There were a number of shots. LOL!

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  5. christine velazco-villacarlos says

    September 1, 2009 at 9:59 am

    oh they looked so cute in those photos! TFS!

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  6. Louise says

    September 1, 2009 at 10:20 am

    I would love to get on board with the water donation, but can only do paypal… I don’t have visa cards, I know I’m odd, is there anyway this can be added as a form of payment.
    OR I could gift it to you by paypal and you could add it in my name ??

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  7. Rachel Smith says

    September 1, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    Ahhh…I see now! Thanks! I thought, “Wow, she really is a Photoshop genius!”

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  8. Abby P. says

    September 1, 2009 at 2:36 pm

    Boy – kids SO change! There should be a law against it! Oh, and, diggin’ the Journey reference in your banner! My 13-yr. old son BLASTS journey from his I-pod chair every morning whilst getting ready for school – a boy after my own heart! Have a great nothing-on-fire-here day from sunny, uh, er, smokey Southern California!

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  9. anna says

    September 1, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    ditto on the hormonal deal. πŸ™‚
    i’m considering taking you class that starts tomorrow, correct? i’m curious if you’ve posted a Q&A anywhere?
    love your blog!!! discovered you through ali’s tuesday tutorials, and have ‘stocked’ your blog if you will, dailyish. πŸ™‚
    a

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  10. Tracy says

    September 1, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    Love the photos. What, no Jolly Green Giant statue? (ok, that’s south not north).

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  11. Michelle Curran says

    September 1, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    ok Cathy, donation all done!

    thanks for this opportunity to help out a worthy cause!

    πŸ™‚

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  12. cathy says

    September 1, 2009 at 8:20 pm

    Hey Anna, i don’t have a Q&A per se, just the class description. I’m happy to answer any questions you may have at czmetav@comcast.net

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  13. Wendy M says

    September 1, 2009 at 10:08 pm

    Aidan looks GORGEOUS in that bottom picture! And Cole- adorable! They look like a page right out of a GAP ad.
    Your last post totally got to me- I’m donating on pay day! πŸ™‚

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  14. Tamara says

    September 2, 2009 at 10:49 pm

    We do rule huh? I’ve just donated to the water fund … what a fab idea.
    I’ve just enrolled in your class too – but accidentally did it from my bank account, not my cc on paypal, so I’m stuck waiting till that clears before I can access anything!! What a pain. (Good excuse to not do my homework, though, huh? lol) See you when I get in there!

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  15. weathergirl says

    September 4, 2009 at 11:48 am

    I’m a TOTALLY new commenter/lurker here, so I’m pinching my nose and jumping into the pool! But I had to send you a BIG thank you for the September clip!!! Haven’t heard that song in y-y-ye-a-r-s. And yes, big mid-20’s angst-y memories. Thank you and I’m loving the site.

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