{"id":22305,"date":"2021-02-04T15:32:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=22305"},"modified":"2021-02-04T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T15:40:08","slug":"the-young-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=22305","title":{"rendered":"The Young Days!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22310\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hmr-ande-I-and-camera-small-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hmr-ande-I-and-camera-small-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hmr-ande-I-and-camera-small-1-186x320.jpg 186w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hmr-ande-I-and-camera-small-1-87x150.jpg 87w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hmr-ande-I-and-camera-small-1-597x1024.jpg 597w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hmr-ande-I-and-camera-small-1-580x996.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hmr-ande-I-and-camera-small-1-175x300.jpg 175w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hmr-ande-I-and-camera-small-1-233x400.jpg 233w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hmr-ande-I-and-camera-small-1-192x330.jpg 192w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hmr-ande-I-and-camera-small-1-291x500.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My brother Homer came down yesterday and we sorted old family slides from years back and we found this one of he and I. \u00a0I guess I really was bitten with the photogaphy bug from the beginning!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I also found some old shots of me in my mid twenties when I met Sherelene and got my first camera, a Nikon, Nikkormat FTN. \u00a0This is of course pre-beard days!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22309\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-960x718.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-960x718.jpg 960w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-270x202.jpg 270w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-600x449.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-880x659.jpg 880w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-580x434.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-350x262.jpg 350w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-400x299.jpg 400w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-370x277.jpg 370w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill-668x500.jpg 668w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/young-Bill.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22308\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-960x851.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-960x851.jpg 960w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-270x239.jpg 270w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-150x133.jpg 150w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-768x681.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-600x532.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-880x780.jpg 880w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-580x514.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-338x300.jpg 338w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-400x355.jpg 400w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-370x328.jpg 370w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-500x443.jpg 500w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small-564x500.jpg 564w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sherelene-and-I-small.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22306\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-960x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-960x721.jpg 960w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-880x661.jpg 880w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-580x435.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon-666x500.jpg 666w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Bill-with-Nikon.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Would love to be that young again, maybe!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Blessings,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the pilgrim<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My memories of my Dad is that , to me, he looked like Tarzan, guess Iwas close to right!<\/p>\n<p>This is my Dad, William Pelle Fortney my mother, Eloise, and Homer as a little guy!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22314\" src=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mom-Dad-and-H-omer-Swimsuits-small-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"1034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mom-Dad-and-H-omer-Swimsuits-small-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mom-Dad-and-H-omer-Swimsuits-small-1-186x320.jpg 186w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mom-Dad-and-H-omer-Swimsuits-small-1-87x150.jpg 87w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mom-Dad-and-H-omer-Swimsuits-small-1-594x1024.jpg 594w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mom-Dad-and-H-omer-Swimsuits-small-1-580x1000.jpg 580w, https:\/\/billfortney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Mom-Dad-and-H-omer-Swimsuits-small-1-174x300.jpg 174w, 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