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2018-05-27 Carole Baskin’s Diary
Live your life and forget your age
...because after yesterday my first inclination would be to make this headline, “Damn, you got old!”
Yesterday Mom married Fred Lively in a casual wedding / potluck at Florida College Academy. She’d asked me if I’d do the flowers for her wedding, so I’d been stockpiling cases of them from my overseas vendors. Her original intention was to be married in Fred’s backyard on Lake Keystone because that’s where he proposed and he’s known for throwing church and family parties there for years. I’d been buying flowers with the intent of draping their wooden swing and all the trees with long vines of pinks, creams, purples and a soft glowing orange. Rain changed that.
Turned out to be a great decision to use the FCA lunch room as there were plenty of tables and chairs inside. Chuck, MJ (Emily’s boyfriend) and I turned the bleachers around backwards so we could use the safety rails on their back to drape the flowers. Everyone pitched in and covered them and the tables with flowers. There were 125 of their family and friends at the event and they were wed at 11:00 am. Lunch followed and everyone was gone by 2:30.
What struck me most was how old everyone looked. I’d just seen all these people two years ago when Dad died, but I must not have really seen them. I’m sure they all looked at me and thought the same thing, but all anyone could talk about was my hair. It really is amazing hair. It’s down to about my waist now, and so full and glossy and blonde. I die it, but only because my roots are brown. I’d love to cut it all off and come in w/ grey, if it would just turn grey. Seeing cousin Scott, who was born the same day as me, was the most startling. He looks sooooo old. I didn’t even know who Jackie Ellen was until I realized she was with Aunt Barbara (who didn’t look any older...oddly.)
There was lots of loving, hugging and happy chatter and my job was to capture it in every way I could. Jamie’s job was to get still photos because no one can capture the essence of a person or a moment like she can. I did Facebook LIVE to my own page, 360 footage with the GoPro Fusion, and filmed w/ my iPhone X. I worked on the wedding video until 8PM and posted it to YouTube and Facebook. I’ll do a 360 version today.
Hi, I’m Carole Baskin and I’ve been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views. These are my views and opinions. If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story. The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/
I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story. My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.
You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile!
Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile
You can see photos, videos and more, updated daily at BigCatRescue.org
Check out our main channel at YouTube.com/BigCatRescue
Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion. Closing graphic with permission from https://youtu.be/F_AtgWMfwrk
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By Carole BaskinLive your life and forget your age
...because after yesterday my first inclination would be to make this headline, “Damn, you got old!”
Yesterday Mom married Fred Lively in a casual wedding / potluck at Florida College Academy. She’d asked me if I’d do the flowers for her wedding, so I’d been stockpiling cases of them from my overseas vendors. Her original intention was to be married in Fred’s backyard on Lake Keystone because that’s where he proposed and he’s known for throwing church and family parties there for years. I’d been buying flowers with the intent of draping their wooden swing and all the trees with long vines of pinks, creams, purples and a soft glowing orange. Rain changed that.
Turned out to be a great decision to use the FCA lunch room as there were plenty of tables and chairs inside. Chuck, MJ (Emily’s boyfriend) and I turned the bleachers around backwards so we could use the safety rails on their back to drape the flowers. Everyone pitched in and covered them and the tables with flowers. There were 125 of their family and friends at the event and they were wed at 11:00 am. Lunch followed and everyone was gone by 2:30.
What struck me most was how old everyone looked. I’d just seen all these people two years ago when Dad died, but I must not have really seen them. I’m sure they all looked at me and thought the same thing, but all anyone could talk about was my hair. It really is amazing hair. It’s down to about my waist now, and so full and glossy and blonde. I die it, but only because my roots are brown. I’d love to cut it all off and come in w/ grey, if it would just turn grey. Seeing cousin Scott, who was born the same day as me, was the most startling. He looks sooooo old. I didn’t even know who Jackie Ellen was until I realized she was with Aunt Barbara (who didn’t look any older...oddly.)
There was lots of loving, hugging and happy chatter and my job was to capture it in every way I could. Jamie’s job was to get still photos because no one can capture the essence of a person or a moment like she can. I did Facebook LIVE to my own page, 360 footage with the GoPro Fusion, and filmed w/ my iPhone X. I worked on the wedding video until 8PM and posted it to YouTube and Facebook. I’ll do a 360 version today.
Hi, I’m Carole Baskin and I’ve been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views. These are my views and opinions. If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story. The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/
I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story. My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.
You can help feed the cats at no cost to you using Amazon Smile!
Visit BigCatRescue.org/Amazon-smile
You can see photos, videos and more, updated daily at BigCatRescue.org
Check out our main channel at YouTube.com/BigCatRescue
Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion. Closing graphic with permission from https://youtu.be/F_AtgWMfwrk