Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Home from the war!


This happy home is located about six blocks from our house. Click to embiggen.

35 comments:

Don and Krise said...

That is the best news a family could get. Good for them!!!

Unseen Rajasthan said...

Beautiful and lovely shot !! This is a beautiful post !! Colors are so vibrant !!Unseen Rajasthan

Small City Scenes said...

Very heart warming. I am SO glad Daddy's Home. MB

Olivier said...

une photo de bonheur et de joie, cela fait du bien le matin....superbe

VP said...

Nice, sweet and colorful.

Gunn said...

What a great sign, and a nice documentary shot!! :-)

Cezar and Léia said...

I think it's also a huge relief!
A beautiful and nice moment for the family.
Léia

Paula said...

Such a beautiful picture!

brattcat said...

Such a poignant photograph, Jacob.

Jim Klenke said...

wow, dude.

Stefan Jansson said...

Glad he survived.

B SQUARED said...

Let's all hope he gets to stay home permanently. Enough is enough, already.

Memphis MOJO said...

I'll be glad when all the troops are home.

Lois said...

What a great shot! I'll bet they are going to have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Halcyon said...

Now that's a welcome!!! I'm sure there will be a happy family in that home tonight!

Jan said...

Yeah. Always a good thing to be home, especially from the war.

Judy said...

Now there is a very happy house! I know how they feel to have a loved one come home safe and sound from a war. I'm glad for them.

Dan J said...

Great Shot Jacob !!! Touching and heart felt. What a wonderful scene.

Frank said...

I now there were a lots of tears when he walked through that door. It is such a strange, sad and uncertain time when dad is away in some foreign land. The uncertainty of the experience is impossible to describe and this family's holidays will be so joyous this year.

Small City Scenes said...

Hello--again.

I was just standing on the beach watching a sail boat and a freighter when the sun starting to get lower in the sky so what I saw is what you get.

Regarding my Mother--she is fine. At 93 she is just starting to slow down and wishes her home would sell so she could move over near me. Little does she know i want to keep taking that ferry boat ride to her house. LOL MB

Lowell said...

@ Small City Scenes - I like what you saw and I got!

Your mother sounds like a wonder. I can thoroughly understand about the ferry ride, too...you've taken some magnificent shots on that boat trip!

But I'm sure that you'll be happy to have her closer to you.

Have a great day!

cieldequimper said...

What a welcome!
Hmmm, makes you think, huh?

Rob Siemann said...

Lucky daddy, lucky family! They all should come home.

jusdealem said...

Awesome photo, Jacob. Yes, it will be a wonderful day when all of the daddies can come home.

stromsjo said...

We've got a political feminist party these days. I'm sure they'd have a word or two about this gender-biased celebration. The rest of us can simply rejoice.

Unknown said...

Touching and sweet!

Leif Hagen said...

We have a close family friend who just arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan for 6 months tour of duty! I guess his wife and their 3 young sons will also tie up such a sign on their front porch!

Anonymous said...

Hallelujah!

Ram N said...

an amazing feeling for the kids at home .... well caught ....

Rose said...

I bet that is one happy home! Makes me smile just to look at it.

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

YAY! Definitely a happy home--thank goodness.

PJ said...

What a happy sight, even from here the joy is obvious.

Lisa Wilson said...

How wonderful! Looks like they were ready to celebrate.

Tussy said...

Glad to see that!

Buenos Aires Photoblog said...

Bad enough that daddy had to go at all. Most men aren't the same anymore after they had been to war.

"Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again." — Henri Cartier-Bresson