There was a time when air conditioned cars were an expensive add on from the dealer. We thoroughly enjoyed our 1972 Pontiac Convertible and didn’t get an air conditioned car until 1976. In fact, in Southern California, you could buy a car from the dealer without a heater, which we did, once. Who needed it?
A Bay Area friend of ours bought a brand new 1961, (I believe it was a Chrysler) with an air conditioning unit, to take a trip from California to Boston. The device was a square container of ice mounted on the hump over the drive shaft with a fan attached to the cigarette lighter. The fan blew air over the ice to cool the air. It worked until the ice melted. Every couple of hours, our friends had to stop and buy a new block of ice. It was a hoot and convinced us air conditioning would never be a standard part of a car. Now, I can’t imagine being without it. Which, in a round about way, is where I’m going this morning, to have my air conditioning repaired. A hose is plugged and condensed water wets the carpet on the passenger side when the air conditioning is running.
And carpet in cars? Don’t get me started.
Yesterday, I experimented with pictures around my yard to see what I could come up with and I can’t say that the following close-up has much appeal…
…when the leaf itself is so pretty.
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However, I liked this close-up shot of a gold pan.
Maybe because a gold pan wasn’t meant to be as pretty as a leaf.
The cables on Jim’s bike made an interesting shot. Kind of reminds me of when we were kids. Pageant magazine had a monthly photo that required you to guess what the original object was from the close up. The answer was in the following issue, always a month away. No one in the family ever guessed an object correctly, but we loved trying.
The weather will soon turn wet and cold. We’ve enjoyed these sunny fall days.
A Bay Area friend of ours bought a brand new 1961, (I believe it was a Chrysler) with an air conditioning unit, to take a trip from California to Boston. The device was a square container of ice mounted on the hump over the drive shaft with a fan attached to the cigarette lighter. The fan blew air over the ice to cool the air. It worked until the ice melted. Every couple of hours, our friends had to stop and buy a new block of ice. It was a hoot and convinced us air conditioning would never be a standard part of a car. Now, I can’t imagine being without it. Which, in a round about way, is where I’m going this morning, to have my air conditioning repaired. A hose is plugged and condensed water wets the carpet on the passenger side when the air conditioning is running.
And carpet in cars? Don’t get me started.
Yesterday, I experimented with pictures around my yard to see what I could come up with and I can’t say that the following close-up has much appeal…
…when the leaf itself is so pretty.
-
However, I liked this close-up shot of a gold pan.
Maybe because a gold pan wasn’t meant to be as pretty as a leaf.
The cables on Jim’s bike made an interesting shot. Kind of reminds me of when we were kids. Pageant magazine had a monthly photo that required you to guess what the original object was from the close up. The answer was in the following issue, always a month away. No one in the family ever guessed an object correctly, but we loved trying.
The weather will soon turn wet and cold. We’ve enjoyed these sunny fall days.
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