It's Mother's Day! And while I don't have any of my own family photos this time, GDB friend Sue B. was kind enough to send some scans of some 1960 snapshots featuring her as a baby, her lovely mom, and her Great Aunt, who lived in Hollywood, Florida. Which explains the landscape looks so tropical.
There's smiley little Sue, with her mother, Donna. Such a cute photo, and Donna looks so proud and loving.
Nutrition is important, as is fiber, which is why Sue is eating a palm frond. Uncooked palm fronds are full of vitamins and minerals! Donna knows that her baby is getting her recommended daily allowance of riboflavin, and any mother would be happy about that.
Baby Sue is having fun with her Great Aunt... I hope she can tell us a little bit about here in the comments. Did Sue ever visit her when she was old enough to remember? I was kind of worried when I first saw this photo, because some palm trees are toothy and sharp, but this one looks safe and smooth! THANK YOU for sharing these, Sue!
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Is that a bull elephant in the distance? Or his mother in-law? I can never tell. I can't see if the pachyderm is wearing lipstick from back here.
I hope to never find myself meeting a man-eating rhinoceros in the jungle. With their mighty incisors, they can eat a full-grown human in four chomps. But if you sing "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", you might get the rhino to pause long enough that you will be able to run for safety. Pro-tip!
Is this the worst photo ever taken of the Jungle Cruise crocs? IT MIGHT BE!
Oh, Sue... Sigh-!
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"... if you sing "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", you might get the rhino to pause long enough that you will be able to run for safety".
And I was assured the magical song was The Hut-Sut Song-! (That explains why I lost part of my right pinkie finger in that nasty jungle accident).
Thanks to Sue for sharing. And Happy Mother's Day to all those Moms out there.
Thanks for sharing your family photos, Sue. I love tropical plants, probably because they are few and far between here in the Pacific Northwest (and, I would think, in Chicago as well!). Oh, there are a few cold weather varieties of palms, bananas and such, but nothing like what you'd see in Florida or Hawaii. I hope you enjoyed your palm frond. ;-)
ReplyDeleteIn the first Snoozle, that pesky elephant and all that blurry foliage ruined an otherwise excellent photo of the backsides of the passengers' heads in the boat. Looks like this might be a JC boat with a red and white canopy... the best kind!
Second Snoozle: Well dang, everything is blurry in this photo! We don't even get the in-focus backs of heads here. I'm surprised poachers haven't 'harvested' that rhino's horn for use as an aphrodisiac yet. I hear they have little blue pills for that sort of thing nowadays.
Last Snoozle (for today), Yes. I do believe it is the worst photo of the crocs. We should do something to make it official. Trying to find something good in this photo, I fantasized that the three background crocs, taken as a single unit, was a Star Wars "X- wing" fighter. They are strafing the foreground croc which, in this scenario, is an Imperial Destroyer. The scale doesn't work, but crocs, like trees, have no scale.
Thanks for these magnificent Snoozles, Major.
Cute baby pics, Sue!
ReplyDeleteI think that's a rubber tree plant in that first pic (You gotta have high hopes!).
In the second pic, Baby Sue is thinking, "I'd rather have a Matterhorn Macaroon!"
I'm assuming that the Jungle Cruise photos would also qualify as "Blurzzles™"?
Thanks, Major! And happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there!
Sue you may be a baby in these pictures today but I can totally tell it’s you !! And celebrate your moms with you now or in spirit. To quote a 1968 United Airline Campaign : TAKE YOUR MOTHER TO DISNEYLAND!!
ReplyDeleteOh, and happy Mother's Day to Mama Pepperidge! ;-)
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of Baby Sue, thank you!
ReplyDeleteMajor, that’s the MIL elephant, I can see her earrings.
I’m pretty sure my singing would stop a charging rhino. Another way to stop a charging rhino is to take away his credit card.
That might be the worst JC you have seen Major, but only because I didn’t share my high school pics. Luggage on the hoof there.
Thanks for this fun post!
JG
Nanook, I might have heard The Hut-Sut Song (I have certainly heard OF it), but I sure couldn’t hum the tune if I had to. Maybe I need to look it up on YouTube.
ReplyDeleteJB, do those cold-weather banana plants produce frozen bananas? Palm fronds are good, but I admit that I like to dip them in a nice aioli. Thinking about the striped canopies, red and white IS the best! I wonder what the Skipper (in photo #2) went on to do? Was his time at Disneyland just a fun detour in his life? Did he think fondly of it years later? I like your idea of crossing the Jungle Cruise with Star Wars, and have sent it to Josh D’Amaro in the hopes that they will finally make the Cruise something that the kids can enjoy.
TokyoMagic!, I learned that an ant can’t move a rubber tree plant. Dumb ant. I’ve never eaten a macaroon of any kind, don’t they have coconut in them? Blah! Yes, it is sometimes hard to decide whether some scans are official “Snoozles” or if they are a side-category of “Blurzles”.
Mike Cozart, hmmm, I’m thinking maybe I remember magazine ads with “Take your mother to Disneyland”. I’d totally forgotten about it until you mentioned it.
TokyoMagic!, I need to call my mom today, I forgot to leave my card on her placemat at her home when I was there on Friday. Oh well, I’ll give it to her tomorrow! Thanks TM.
JG, do you think the MIL had her ears pierced? Or does she wear clip-ons? My grandma never got her ears pierced, and I thought those clip-on earrings sounded like torture. If you take away a rhino’s credit card, he will just get another one. This is why they are always in debt. Ha, I doubt your high school Disneyland pix are worse than today’s third entry!
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms -- especially Mom Pepperidge. She started all of this.
ReplyDelete"Baby Sue is having fun with her Great Aunt... I hope she can tell us a little bit about her in the comments. Did Sue ever visit her when she was old enough to remember?"
My Great Aunt was a lot of fun and came to visit us quite often, but this was the only time I went to visit her in Hollywood, Florida. After finding these pictures, all I can say is that I'm GLAD she didn't live in Phoenix, AZ.
"In the second pic, Baby Sue is thinking, "I'd rather have a Matterhorn Macaroon!"
YES, TM! Especially while in DL, with a hot cup of coffee and friends.
"Sue you may be a baby in these pictures today but I can totally tell it’s you !!"
Mike, is it the beady eyes or the bald head??
Thanks, Major and everyone, for the fun comments.
That croc picture is so blurry, you can't tell if they're real or not. Which makes me wonder if they every found gators hiding among the crocs at the WDW Jungle Cruise.
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day to all of the JG moms out there.