Henry is taking me out on Lake Idlewild in the little sailboat. It was used to practice the skills needed to sail the big sailboat on the Detroit River. You can read about that boat here -> Sailing Log Detroit River – 1970
A Finger and a Sail Boat
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We all make mistakes. The occasional finger in the photo is one of them.
That and the bottle of ketchup on the table between photographer and one being photographed.
What a cute little bathtub of a boat!
I never did learn to sail it.
That was what I wanted to ask–whether you did sail it and then graduate to the bigger boat. I did a little sailing in my teens and it was exhilarating, but I never did it enough to develop any real skills.
Also, you look gorgeous in that photo!
I already had one toddler in this photo and I never had the mental space or freedom from little kids to focus on learning. If id had the chance as a teen I think I would have loved it.
I love the vintage color of the 1970’s. Fun post
It gives a nice pinkish glow
I love your ‘something in the way’, in particular the ‘sailor’ with the paddle 😉
The water was very shallow there. The boat had to be pushed out of the shallows before we began to sail around the lake.
A ship and a photo mistake – you matched the prompt picture exactly!
I do like to do that 🙂
You covered the whole of the prompt perfectly! :))
The boats a lot smaller though 🙂
Perfect marks! And extra credit for saving it too! My dad never discarded photos like this and often kept them in a separate stack or box. I still come across them and think WHY? Why save a bad photo? Maybe to drive me crazy and make me laugh decades later.
I have lots of those kinds of photos too! Often they are the only ones taken on that day or at that event so I’m glad they were saved. Not to mention coming in handy for SepiaSaturday 🙂