This week’s Sunday Stills photo challenge is all about things that are historical.
I know many of you are avid travelers and have great shots of historical images you would love to share. This includes landmarks, architecture, anything that suggests something historical. You can show us images or tell stories of historical or significant moments in your life, something that perhaps made an impact or changed your life forever.
As the US prepares to celebrate its Independence Day holiday on July 4th, countless Americans proudly display the US flag at their homes or businesses.
“You’re the emblem of the land I love, the home of the free and the brave.” — George M. Cohan’s ‘You’re a Grand Old Flag‘
Re-Painting Local History
The Spokane House Interpretive Center in Nine Mile Falls held a dedication ceremony in June to honor the artist who re-painted the fading murals on the exterior walls.
I was pleased to have written the original article in August 2022 about the artist’s efforts and was excited to report on the dedication ceremony that was held in conjunction with the annual re-enactment of the historical fur trade encampment from the years 1810-1826.
Shaun Deller, an Idaho artist and member of the Friends of Spokane House (Washington State Parks) volunteered to repaint the faded and historically inaccurate murals on the Spokane House Interpretive Center in 2021. Members of the Spokane Tribe of Indians, as well as leaders from Washington State Parks, initially met with Deller to suggest historically accurate revisions to the original murals. I learned so much about the area where the original Spokane House was built in 1810, at the confluence of the Spokane and Little Spokane Rivers.
Historically, this area operated as a salmon and steelhead trout processing center, which is said to have processed over 1,500 salmon in a day. Weirs were dropped into areas of the river to trap the salmon. Massive drying racks were constructed and used.
There is so little I know about the rich history of the Spokane, Washington area in which I live. It was a pleasure to have played a minuscule part in this as a part-time newspaper reporter.
Historical Places and Spaces
During my childhood and teen years, July was the month my parents dragged us to Yosemite National Park (or other California national parks) for our annual two-week camping trip.
Shown here is the Tioga Pass East Entrance on Hwy 120, one of the gateways into the park. It may have looked just like this in July 1972, on our first visit. These camping trips changed my life. I am forever grateful to my parents for “making” us go every year and creating a leisure legacy within me and my brothers, which was also awakened in our children and grandchildren.
Once I became an adult, I often wished my parents would drag me back to Yosemite. With adult autonomy, I scheduled my own vacations, many of historical significance.
Last September, I had a fun and historical blogger meet-up at Fort Vancouver, Washington with Kirstin and Marsha. At the visitor’s center and grounds we toured the living history areas of the Fort. Below are images of the fort’s kitchens. I love the Blue Willow pattern of the dishes and have a large collection myself.
“The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.” ~ Ernest Dimnet
Do You Remember Your First Time?
You know what I mean. 😉 I take a LOT of photographs. So much so that my various apps show me “On this Day” prompts of photos I took which remind me of a time or event that happened years ago, or last year. It’s rare that I don’t snap a photo every day, so these apps remind me of a place I visited or experienced a significant event in my life.
significant Family Events
Saying Goodbye
Forever Changed
Meeting this guy the second time around!
He challenged me to windsurf and enjoy board sports.
My Master’s Degree Diploma in 2011 (awarded Dec 2010, a week after my 50th birthday) placed me on the university lecturer path for 10 wonderful years.
“Life is short. Do stuff that matters.” —Siqi Chen
Inspiring Photo Challenges This Week
Each week I find inspiration from my fellow bloggers’ photo challenges. I enjoy incorporating these into my Sunday Stills weekly themes.
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post.
- Remember to title your blog post a little differently than mine.
- Please create a new post for the theme or link a recent one.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post.
- I also recommend adding your post’s URL to the comments.
This Week’s Featured Bloggers
Sunday Stills is a wonderful community of bloggers, poets, and photographers who desire to connect with one another. Below are this week’s links from bloggers who shared their historical photos. I add these all week as new links are posted.
- YOUR BLOG’S NAME GOES HERE…
- Always Write
- Between the Lines
- Cee’s Photo Challenges
- A Day in the Life
- The Day After
- Easin’ Along
- Equipoise Life
- Gfpacificbee’s Insights & Photography
- Graham’s Island
- Hugh’s Views and News
- LadyLee Manila
- Life at No. 22
- Loving Life
- Musin’ With Susan
- Philosophy Through Photography
- Quaint Revival
- NEW RuthKlein’s Scribbles
- Still Restless Jo
- Stevie Turner
- This is Another Story
- Travel with Me
- Woolly Muses
This week as you enjoy the freedoms of your own country, please tell us a little bit about your images that tell us something historical.
Have a safe week! Join me next week, July 9th for the monthly color challenge BLUE.
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