Don't always get along. Little guy wandered into dad's terrain and dad chased him away head down ready for a good bunt. Little guy eventually came back and dined on his dad's bush without a reprimand. Either short memory or a father/son moment.

Just realized i'm filling my pages with mountain goat pictures. I did take quite a few on the afternoon I spotted them. I will eventually move on but I thought I would share the more intimate pix.

A village near Namo Buddha, Nepal

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Father & son

Father and daughter in the woods.

The objective was simple: to capture the most famous nativity scene in the world in all its magnificence. But emotion often surpasses art and guides us elsewhere.

While I was looking for the perfect perspective, my attention was captured not by the miniatures, but by their gazes. Two figures imposed themselves on the scene: a father and his son, completely captivated by the magic of those lights which, like a miniature sunrise and sunset, made the nativity scene pulse with life.

In that instant, I realized that the most beautiful story was not that of the nativity, but that of this child, with wide eyes, who was discovering the wonder of the world. My photograph thus became a choice, a tribute to that genuine and universal emotion. I took it to immortalize not a work of art, but the enchantment of a soul, a memory of a precious moment worth more than a thousand figurines.

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With all this stay at home stuff I do have a little more time to go through some of my archives and look for photos that I forgot about or overlooked. This was taken late August 2018 at our church's annual father/son camp out. A few of us grandfathers do go along and have a great time.

This is a photo of my son Aaron and his son Greyson. It is fun watching your son grow up and become the man/father that he has become. Very proud of him as I am with all my children.

Oh....and I am kind of proud of that grandson of mine also.

Located at 35 East Wacker Drive in Chicago, on the Jeweler's building. It's 5 feet tall and estimated to weigh 6 tons. It was a gift from the Elgin Watch Company, who had an office in the building.

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Father and daughter

My father's long, languished battle with lung cancer is nearly at an end. He has been slowly declining over the past two years. A couple of weeks ago, he took a bad fall. Since then, he has been mostly bed-bound and refusing food and fluids.

I went to see him today. He looked very tired and depressed. I wish that I could say that my father and I had a close relationship, but we never have. I won't go into the particulars now, but he alienated himself from his family long ago. Sadly, when he is gone, I don't think I'll miss him so much as I will the father that I never had.

Father Time is a personification of time. In recent centuries he is usually depicted as an elderly bearded man, sometimes with wings, dressed in a robe and carrying a scythe and an hourglass or other timekeeping device.

The ancient Greeks themselves began to associate chronos, their word for time, with the agricultural god Cronos, who had the attribute of a harvester's sickle. The Romans equated Cronos with Saturn, who also had a sickle, and was treated as an old man, often with a crutch. The wings and hourglass were early Renaissance additions and he eventually became a companion of the Grim Reaper, personification of Death, often taking his scythe. He may have as an attribute a snake with its tail in its mouth, an ancient Egyptian symbol of eternity. (Source: wikipedia)

This young man was carrying his daughter across the hot sand to the showers. This is Huntington Beach on the James River in Newport News, Virginia.

Zagreb, Croatia

Most of the focus is spent on the mother and her newborn baby because it was her who gave birth, nursed the baby, etc. But the father also has a very strong, yet different connection to their child.

I remember a moment like this with my own child; just being able to touch, feel and experience his breath on me and just being so proud. A wave of thoughts of teaching him to ride a bike, going hiking, telling stories at night, the adventures of parenthood, seeing him graduate, seeing him off to preschool, college… all in this very instant of holding him close to me. You realize that everything you’ve made of yourself, all of your possessions, all of your accomplishments… none of that is as important as this. Suddenly you feel a huge sense of responsibility and obligation to teach this child everything you know, to protect him and to see he has the best life possible in front of him.

I don’t know what Eddie was thinking here with his 9-day old son Enrique, but his subtle expression helped me realize that being a parent isn’t just a responsibility, it’s a privilege. And I thank God every time I get to see my kids and play with them, discipline them, and even wasting time with them is time well spent.

Caro babbo,

Inutile discutere

D'accordo non saremo mai

Che cosa c'e di strano in cio

Trent'anni ci separano

O forse

C'e il timore in te

Di non trovare piu la forza

D'essere al mio fianco

Se gli ostacoli mi fermano.

Dear father,

It's useless to argue

We'll never agree

There's nothing strange with that

Thirty years separate us

Or maybe

You are afraid

Not to find the strength

To stand by my side

If the obstacles should stop me

(A mio Padre - Andrea Bocelli)

1. Parabéns pro Papai ! - 557 -, 2. Parabéns pro Papai ! - 558 -, 3. Meu filho João - 577 -, 4. Quem é a mãe ? - 567 -, 5. Quem é a mãe ? - 566 -, 6. Vinnie e João - Father and son, 7. Vinnie e João - Father and son, 8. Aprendendo sobre o João - 590 - CONTINUA, 9. Trocando fralda - 595 - CONTINUA, 10. Meu filho João - 656 -, 11. Meu filho João - 659 -, 12. Meu filho João - 662 -, 13. Dra Tuula - 649 -, 14. VINNIE e JOÃO, 15. VINNIE e JOÃO, 16. João e o pai dele, 17. João e o pai dele, 18. VINNIE e JOÃO - 1, 19. VINNIE e JOÃO - 7, 20. VINNIE e JOÃO - 13, 21. VINNIE e JOÃO - 16, 22. VINNIE e JOÃO - 9, 23. João e o pai dele, 24. Me surpreenda ! - 656 - CONTINUA

Pai

A father and son rest during a hike to Taughannock Falls, Trumansburg, NY

quality time composing down by the falls

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdMPuMeTxzY

Father And Son

Father:

It's not time to make a change

Just relax, take it easy

You're still young, that's your fault

There's so much you have to know

Find a girl, settle down

If you want, you can marry

Look at me, I am old

But I'm happy

I was once like you are now

And I know that it's not easy

To be calm when you've found

Something going on

But take your time, think a lot

I think of everything you've got

For you will still be here tomorrow

But your dreams may not

Son:

How can I try to explain

When I do he turns away again

And it's always been the same

Same old story

From the moment I could talk

I was ordered to listen

Now there's a way and I know

That I have to go away

I know I have to go

Father:

It's not time to make a change

Just sit down and take it slowly

You're still young that's your fault

There's so much you have to go through

Find a girl, settle down

If you want, you can marry

Look at me, I am old

But I'm happy

Son:

All the times that I've cried

Keeping all the things I knew inside

And it's hard, but it's harder

To ignore it

If they were right I'd agree

But it's them they know, not me

Now there's a way and I know

That i have to go away

I know I have to go

Testo della canzone (Traduzione in italiano)

Traduzione a cura di Ermanno Tassi

Padre e figlio

Padre:

Non è tempo di cambiare

Rilassati, prendila con calma

Sei ancora giovane, questa è la tua colpa

Hai ancora molte cose da conoscere

Trovare una ragazza, sistemarti,

Se vuoi puoi sposarti

Guarda me, sono vecchio,

Ma sono felice

Una volta ero come sei tu ora,

E so che non è facile

Rimanere calmi quando hai trovato

Qualcosa che va

Ma prendi il tuo tempo, pensa a lungo

Perché, pensa a tutto quello che hai avuto.

Poichè domani tu sarai ancora qui

Ma forse non i tuoi sogni.

Figlio:

Come posso tentare di spiegarmi,

Se lui ancora una volta distoglie l’attenzione

È sempre la stessa vecchia storia

Dal momento in cui potevo parlare,

Mi fu ordinato di ascoltare

Ora c'è una strada e so

Che devo andarmene

So che devo andare

Padre:

Non è tempo di cambiare

Siediti, prendila con calma

Sei ancora giovane, questa è la tua colpa

Ci sono ancora molte cose da affrontare

Trovare una ragazza, sistemarti,

Se vuoi puoi sposarti

Guarda me sono vecchio,

Ma sono felice

Figlio:

Tutte le volte che piansi,

Tenendo tutto dentro di me

È dura, ma è anche dura

Ignorare tutto

Se avevano ragione, ero d'accordo,

Ma conoscono loro, non me

Ora c'è una strada e io so

Che devo andarmene

So che devo andare

www.riflessioni.it/testi_canzoni/cat_stevens.htm

Father On Ice.

Song:

Kari Tapio - Mun sydämeni tänne jää

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBr5-BpBVC8

Greetings: Ramsa Luv

This is one of my favorite pictures of my father, strolling down the avenue-NYC? Newark? D.C.? It could have been one or the other, far from his homeland of Ukraine. I'm sure he went through some culture shock after emigrating to the States after WWII. Photo taken sometime in the 1950s.

On this day that would have been his 89th birthday, I've lit a candle in memory of my wonderful Pappa.

Вічная Память

This is a pocket watch that was owned by my grandfather. It's 100 years old, and still works. My father used it briefly, and then passed it on to me.

the text is better than the photos:

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My father (circa 1958)...was this photo taken in Europe? or is it a Hollywood set? It could be either....with my parents one can't always distinguish between what's real or not....

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timelines merge and a memory becomes a moment in time... When all the bygone Fathers day becomes one single memory... The moment of no more...my best friend... Dad

Beautiful moment of a father helping his little boy write his name on the huge chalkboard along the river Seine. I would have loved to have offered the dad this picture if I had more confidence and could speak a little French. Maybe he will see it here. I hope so

He is just too cute as his Father is showing him how to play in the water. Now I just imagine when Mommy comes out of the store who will she fuss at !

I have never dedicated an image to my late father, so this one is for you dad. :) For those who don't know it, my father was a well known artist in the Colorado Springs Colorado area for many years. If he were alive today, he would have painted a scene such as this one. I thought of him while capturing this backdoor scene. :)

Olympus digital camera

Attention, all Fathers of teenage daughters! If a nice young man shows up to your door in this seemingly innocent looking sedan and asks if your daughter is ready to go to the drive in, shut the door in his face!

That innocent looking Nash Ambassador has front and rear seats that fold down to form a bed! The model came with an authentic looking owner's manual that revealed the secret bed in the cabin.

The Nash may look harmless but don't be fooled. Send that young man packing!

1952 Nash Ambassador Airflyte is 1/18th scale and is by Sun Star

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The father was trying to persuade boy to get onto the bicycle.