Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Made a trip to Seattle in part to pay my respects to Julius Pierpont Patches, J.P, Patches. Every major and many minor cities I am sure had their children's programs in the 60's and 70', and the king of them all in Seattle was the J.P. Patches show. It ran from 1958 to 1981, one of the longest running locally produced children's show in the US. http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2012/07/j-p-patches-legendary-entertainer-dies-at-age-84/ http://jppatches.com/ Chris Wedes died last Sunday, and I just had to see the statue of him in the Fremont district. It has been there for quite a few years but I never saw it before. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/su12/jp/untitled-3140.jpg.html My mom reading some of the letters. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/su12/jp/untitled-3142.jpg.html She asked someone if he would take my camera and get a shot of me, too. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/su12/jp/untitled-3138.jpg.html I never met JP personally, but he touched my life through grade school and even into high school and college. I will miss you, Chris. Keep 'em laughing in heaven. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/su12/jp/untitled-3146.jpg.html Comments on photos welcome. Last one with the Nikon 50/1.2 wide open on the D7000 Aram Aram Langhans (Semi) Retired (retarded?) Science Teacher & Unemployed photographer "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself would ever have dared dream." James D. Watson