Day 74 – Assorted Posters (Throw)

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My little brother, Russ, continues to send things my way that he has found stashed away in our childhood home. Yesterday I picked up a large tube (which at one time – 30 years ago – held an assortment of fireworks) that he had dropped off for me and discovered a poster collection which I had long forgotten. There had to have been over 60 posters in that tube. It turned out to be a real window into my childhood. Melissa laughed at the view. Apparently, I had a real affinity for kittens as a child. My wife has no reason to tease me for all the kitten posters – it’s perfectly natural for a kid – even of the male persuasion – to like pictures of fluffy, adorable kittens. After all, they are so fluffy … and adorable. My theory is that since I was allergic to flesh and blood (and fur)cats, I had to settle for posters. The Christmas kitten poster from Day 10 was just the start. It had somehow gotten separated from the pack. In the tube, I found posters of kittens up a tree, kittens in a drawer, kittens on the phone, kittens with flowers, and kittens with fluffy, adorable puppies.

But, seriously, it wasn’t just kittens – I had posters of horses, dogs with ducks, porcupines, prairie dogs, and chimpanzees (including one dressed as a tennis player – nothing funnier than a monkey dressed as a human).

Ida (age 7) thought the "Tree Little Kittens" caption was hilarious. He asked me, "Do you get it, dad??"

I also had a 3-D poster of some skateboarders. I think it must have been one of my favorites because it was one of the most familiar looking poster I pulled out of that tube.