Deja Vu
I saw him once. A long time ago. A man with curly hair, frozen in stone. He fought a lion that stretched in a back bend.
I stood in my sailor dress, the one I wore in my kindergarten picture, and I watched the man. Imagined him struggle. Strained to hear the roar of the lion across the ripples of the water.
He was different. Not like the others, the naked statues. I pointed to their naughty bits and laughed, even though I knew it was a baby thing to do. Not grown up. Immature.
Samson was raw strength carved in stone. I couldn’t forget him. Of all the statues, he was the one I remembered through my life. Monumental. On a pedestal.
He was still on the pedestal when I saw him again. Thirty-eight years older. Samson still charmed me.
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Old family pictures are real time transporters.
They certainly are.
Oh, what a sweet photo! Can’t tell you how much I enjoy the sartorial nature of this series!
Hugs,
Kathy
Thanks, Kathy.
There’s your magic dress born anew for the new you.
I’m sure it would be a little short for me now, Lou.
Oh that’s so cool. AND you look adorable in your dress.
I always liked that one.
Good memories… great post, Andra!
Thanks, Tom.
You tuned into art very young, Andra. I don’t have too many memories, but I do have an early one of stone lions, very dramatic, on pillars in a home near my grandparents. I thought they were just magnificent. I’ve asked my parents about them and they claim I couldn’t remember them. But I do!
I love your family photos and any time you share from you life as a child. I think you were probably a very interesting little one! 
You remember those lions, Debra. I think memories like that are priceless. I wonder if they are still there?
I remember laughing at the naughty bits.
Wow: to see that so much later, and still appreciate the power. Wonderful.
We’ll have to go back when it isn’t so hot. It’s a little over an hour up the road from us. An old plantation.
What a lovely memory. Andra, people who “see” are rare. You are among them.
It was fortunate that I had the first photo stored on Flickr. I was able to find it and compare them while I was there.
Love this post!
p.s. Where was this?
p.p.s. You would look great in the Striped Vintage Sailor Dress @ Bamboobetty
p.p.p.s. And even better in the Vintage Baby sailor dress @ DroolNC
I just wanted you to know, I bought the Vintage Baby Sailor Dress for you, but I don’t think it will fit… so I am giving it to a friend who had a little girl, and I owe a baby present to. I have been trying to think of what to get her, and I think this dress is just perfect.
This is at Brookgreen Gardens. http://www.brookgreen.org/
Thank You…
Very glad I helped with your shopping, Ted.
What a gorgeous location! I have to admit, reflecting pools and marble statues are not exactly how I picture plantations.
The people who bought it in the early 1900′s put all that in.