Meaningful Pictures Thread

[saab]

I don't know if this has been done before, but I thought I would start a threat containing pictures that have a significant meaning. I have always been a visual person and love looking at pictures, so here we go...

This Picture is moments after my new wife and I were engaged. I proposed on the ice rink, it is a looong story...


Here we are celebrating our honeymoon at a winery in Northern Michigan...


Please keep this going.
-John

[RYCeT]

She's gorgeous, you're one lucky bastard Btw what kind of dog is it? Bernese mountain dog? it looks bit skinny.

[saab]

Thanks a lot. I know I am a lucky man.

It is a Bermese Mountain Dog. It is the winery mascot so to speak. I believe he is still a pup. He reminded me of my old dog, a newfoundland. We had to put him down a few years ago.

The winery actually has two dogs, and they have wines that are named after them. "Otis" and "Cooper" The mountain dog is Cooper. His wine can be seen on the far left. The rest is what we got on our honeymoon...



-John

[saab]

Jeez, how can I forget to post the reason I am at Head-Fi?!?!

Here is my current rig...



And a bit more artsy shot...



-John

[Dane]

Wow. If I had a dog like that I would be a happy man too

[saab]

I wish it were my dog. He was so friendly, you could tell he was still just a pup...kept chewing on my shoes and the bottom of my jeans!

Let's see some other pictures

-John

[earache]

who knew there were Michigan wineries

cool pics...

[saab]

There are actually quite a few wineries in Northern Michigan and Southwest Michigan that I have been to. I do not think they are world class or anything, but respecable IMO. They usually are able to make quite a good icewine however.

Thanks on the compliment

-John

[Edwood]

Long story about the proposal?

There's plenty of space in this thread. It's still on page one.

-Ed

[saab]

Hehe, you asked for it...

My wife and I dated for a long time before marriage. We were best friends in Junior High and started dating after our second year of High School. That summer I worked at our church's bible camp on a lake in Northern Michigan. My family has a condo on the same lake that I lived at through the summer as a kid. We didn't see eachother much that summer, but she was able to make it up to see me a couple of times. When we were together, we would spend time on a bench across the lake which faced Lake Michigan and watch the sunset.

Fast forward to our fourth year of college. We have been dating for the last six or so years and a proposal is about due. It was expected as we had talked about getting married and wanting to wait until after school. I commissioned a client of my father's to make a custom engagement ring. My plan was to go up to the lake for the day and ask her to marry me on the bench that we spent so much time together on as kids.

The day came that we were going to go and I called the ring guy to pick up th ring and it was not done. I couldn't believe it. He assured me many times that he would have it complete on time (we started working on it 2 months in advance.) I broke the news to her that we would not be going up to the condo that morning and she was bummed (she suspected at this time what was going to happen)

I broke down and told her my plans as I can not lie to her. She felt so bad for me that she gave me my Christmas present early to cheer me up. (This was on November 13, so Christmas was right around the corner) She got me a digital camera, which I had been wanting for a long time (and used to take the above pictures.)

A bit later, I went back to my parents house to put some nicer clothes on. While I was home I got a call from the ring guy saying he had the ring finished and i could pick it up if I liked. I said "H*ll yes I will!" But now I needed a way to propose.

After I picked the ring up I told her that I felt bad, but that I would still like to do something nice that day (she had no idea I had gotten the ring.) So I convinced her to let me take her out to dinner. While at dinner I talked her into ice skating at the outdoor rink in Downtown Grand Rapids. This whole time I had the ring in my pocket.

So we get to the rink and it is packed. We waited in line for 45 minutes, and then when we were the 4th in line, it was announced that the rink was full and we would have to come back another time. I did not accept that and went upr to the guy at the counter and explained my plan. When I told my wife we were going to be able to go she was amazed, but remembered I have a way with people.

On the rink we skated for a bit and then I asked if I could take her picture. So I skated ahead of her and took her picture with my new digicam. I then asked her to take mine, but I wanted to have my picture in the center of the rink. Once in the middle of the rink I had to show her how to use the camera. While she was fiddling with it, trying to figure it out, I pulled the ring out of my pocket and got down on one knee. When she finally looked through the viewfinder, there I was, on my knee with a little black box. I went though the motions of asking her (details that I will leave out.)

Needless to say, she said yes, and everyone around us started to applaud. Just then, someone asked if he could take our picture, so I handed him my camera and he took the picture that is atop this post.

And the rest, they say, is history


I told you it was long, and now my fingers are a bit tired, but you asked..
-John

[SunShip]

So, when can we expect kids?
What! We have to spread the head-fi gene, keep the flame going and all

[saab]

hahahahaha

It will be be a bit for that to happen.

Al least that is the plan.

-John

Edit: Unfortunately, she does not contain the Head-fi gene, and I am not sure if it recessive (sp?)

[SunShip]

Well, the only real safe option is as many kids as possible... *sigh

But seriously, all the best, and that proposal sounded fantastic

[MartinJ]

That is a nice proposal, somehow I was expecting at the point when you asked the person to take a picture of you two that he would run away with the camera.

[SunShip]

Here's a picture of me doing fire poi. The exposure was set to 5 seconds I think hence the trails. It was at a good friend's birthday party in the summer and we all had such a fantastic time - was a truly memorable night.

I've never really taken pictures, they just haven't seemed to matter to me until recently. I'm still waiting to get some films developed of glastonbury festival 2003 and the great times I shared with my ex.