I spent several hours today scanning old family slides and continue to discover images I have never seen before.  I appear to be about five years old in the picture above.  Believe it or not, the item in my hands is a Kodak Flash Dial used to determine lens aperture based on film speed and distance before the days of camera automation. Didn’t realize my interest in photography went this far back.

Below is a picture of my uncle Ernie, his wife Barbara, and their close friend Tony Bennet.  Ernie was a professional musician who often accompanied Bennet on the acoustic guitar. 

Apparently my siblings and I received much needed training in the art of kissing under the direction of my mother. Early efforts by Alissa appear to be targeted at the nostrils of sister Mayela and I seem headed for my brother’s lower lip. I think it is safe to say that we all eventually got the knack of it when left to experiment on non-siblings.