HaarFager's photos

An old air mail stamp in my collection.

The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, inspired by the Washington Irving story of the same name, has always been a favorite stamp of mine in my collection.

This stamp was dedicated to the television show "Star Trek." It's always been on of my favorite shows.

It's only fair that women should get suffrage. Men have been suffering for centuries already.

What the world could use more of right now - peace and love.

What the world could use more of right now - peace and love.

A set of stamps featuring "exotic birds." It was released in Umm-Al-Qiwain.

I saw this primo 1977 Ford Thunderbird last year, and it was for sale. And if I would have had a handy $4500, I would have bought it.

This deer was right outside my library window and was only about four feet away. How could I pass up such a great photo opportunity. As I was taking the picture, her young baby ran into the frame and photobombed me.

This young groundhog was sitting right next to the edge of my front porch. It saw me and held still, thinking I wouldn't see it. Too late - I'd already gotten a picture of it.

There was just a major fire in my town, about six blocks from my house. A lumber store caught fire, with a gas station on either side of it at risk of burning. I saw fire trucks and emergency vehicles from a lot of the communities in this area. Fortunately, they were able to contain the fire and avert the possibility of one of the gas stations catching fire and going up in a big explosion. Firefighters are a special breed. Taken on June 2nd, 2024 with my Sony Alpha SLT-a77V DSLR.

This was my Grandmother, Martha Lolove Garrett Wright, with her doll and baby carriage. She was born in 1903, so it was probably taken before 1910.

Dad as a young boy saluting somebody.

This was probably taken at the County Fair, because there are a lot of pictures like this of my Mother, some by herself, or with her Mother. Mom was the baby of the family, so that's probably why there are so many photo booth pictures like this - for a long time, it was just her and her mother because her brothers and sisters had grown up, married and moved away.

This was my mom's mother and father, Martha Lolove Garrett and John Dewey William McKinley Wright, when they got married on July 30th, 1924. Lolove was 21 at the time, and McKinley was 24. I scanned this from the original negative. It was probably taken with a box camera of some sort. In those days, when a couple got married, their family and friends would give them a "shivaree," which consisted of banging pots and shooting guns among other things. You can see a washtub with a club on it at the bottom of the picture, so I believe these two were given a shivaree.

This was my parents on their wedding night, August 7th, 1959. The round end table on the far right belonged to my Dad's grandmother. I inherited it and have it in my living room.

This was my parents cutting the cake on their wedding night of August 7th, 1959. They had an outdoor wedding.