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Fats Waller, Your Feet's To Big
Old Mrs. Denby's Cottage at Wells Beach, Maine, had a floor model crank up Victrola, and dozens of ancient 78 speed, scratchy old records. They were album sized but they were singles, and were an eighth inch thick. While the old folks were out strolling the beach after dinner, we would sneak in and put on this record. We played it endlessly until we knew all the words. Sung it endlessly for a lifetime. Thank you Mr. Waller wherever you are, for all the good times.
Hey Katherine it worked!!! (she helped me figure out how to imbed one of these videos into a post). Thanks so much for your help!
About twenty years later I was one of the "old folks" strolling with my buddy John's old SLR, rolled up my jeans and snapped this image from the surf. Ten years after that I made this piece from the old snapshot.
Wm
11 comments:
I'm grinning.
Happy to be of service. Wm
Beautiful drawing.
Hey! Good for you! Great post. K
I can picture and feel the past world you describe and illustrate. I must savor it for awhile. My Maine home is a few hours north of Wells but still the same breath-taking coastline. Do you still go there?
HI Hallie and Katherine--Thanks!
Hi Kathy--Alas, no. Went there for a summer afternoon once with my family, but for a good portion of every summer our extended clan would be there beginning with my granddaddy in 1937. That went all the way into the mid 80's. Talk about memory painting! Thanks for checking in.
Wm
Wells. Weirs on Hockeypesaukee. West Dennis in Mass. Rye in NH. There's plenty more.
The Victorians figured it all out. It all went to hell and vinyl siding, but not before some of us got to sit in the sun, shaded by their shades. Nice of you to sit shiva.
"Hell and Vinyl siding? That would be asbestos. Yes, Mrs. Denby had asbestos siding," he said, and the plane took off without him.
Gotta love Fats!!!
Beautiful painting - I can see myself standing, ankle deep in the waves and looking toward the houses, the sun blurring my vision. I had a great time listening to Fats, too!
...And what a piece! I looove the atmosphere.
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