North Dakota, 1979

[plumerai]

Comments

[miss_shuggah]

what a beautiful photograph. i love it.
the sun shining from behind,the rosy cheeks, and the rumpled dress.
is that you plum?

[plumerai]

Thank you! (Yes, it is, age 3.)

[sarah_raz]

ohhhhh, cute!

and that's a lovely photo.

[fuzzilla]

Aawwwww!!!! I can totally see your grown-up features in kid version. I didn't know you were a blonde. Did you eventually grow out of that? All my sibs had the same blonde as a kid and then brunette thing, but I always had dark hair.

[plumerai]

Yeah, I was blondish for another year or so, but then it suddenly changed into the color it is now. No idea why, but I'm not complaining; this way I can at least pretend on occasion to be a sultry little vamp.

[xrew]

That is so freaking adorable!

[snarkout_rat]

The number of w's in the "awww" that would be an appropriate response would ruin the wrapability of your comments page. When one thinks of naming a little girl "Autumn," this picture is the epitome of what one thinks of. Were your feet bare and muddy, perhaps?

I love how your nose and mouth at 3 years old are so recognizably yours.

I, too, was blonde as a child--much blonder than I am now. When did your hair get to be the shade it is now? I was probably 13 or 14 when mine got as dark as it was going to get.

Re: Blonde!

[plumerai]

Yeah, most people's hair gets darker, not lighter--I wonder why? I used to think it was time spent outdoors but that's not it. BTW, I transposed parts of your comment so it read "the current 'puberty brown'."

It pretty much was taken at Woodstock...this is when my father was growing marijuana and all of us kids would just run around naked all the time...don't let anyone tell you the Dakotas aren't debaucherous!