Fizzle*

“You are old, Father William,” the young man said,

“And your hair has become very white;

And yet you incessantly stand on your head –

Do you think, at your age, it is right?”

(Lewis Carroll)

"When I was young," replied the Sage

"And hadn't the wisdom that comes with age

I thought indeed that I stood on my head

But now I know the world's inverted instead."

(vanilla)

This is a snapshot of the house where I was born.  I took the picture about thirteen years ago. (West side and south side, or back of house.)

I recently found this much earlier picture of the house.  This was taken closer to the time I was born.  (North side or front of the house.)  This was the home of my Grandparents Morrell until they moved to California about 1939.

I thought it interesting that I remember Chinese elms on the property when I was a child and I found there were still Chinese elms there in 2002.

*Through absolutely no fault of my own, but rather via a fluke of unbidden circumstances, this moniker was applied to me.  Fortunately, it did not stick as a permanent nickname though I was reminded about once a year, usually on July 5.

And then
BBBH did this

 And this which I suspect suggests that I am a prickly old thing.