Buccaneer

My Mum took this photo of Jarrad sitting in a boat at a playground in Mandurah. My first thought on seeing it the other day was to crop the photo and have a bit of a pirate or ocean theme. I looked in my trusty Scrapbook Factroy Deluxe 4.0 for pirate related items but nothing really inspired me. This morning I went down the road to the local trash and treasure sale held in the carpark of our local shopping centre of a Sunday morning. Lo and behold, I purchased a book called the Bookshelf for Boys and girls Volume 9 printed in 1963. In it was this beautiful illustration. I cannot determine from the list of illustrators who the artist was so I will acknowledge them all - Lawrence Dresser, Elton Fax, E Harper Johnson, Robert Lawson, Harve Stein, George Woodbrisdge. I love old books and really shouldn't be buying more but as long as I have a little bit of space on a bookshelf, why not! It is better I have it and treasure it than it end up at the dump.

The journalling comes from this- My ex used to recite this little ditty from his childhood
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I'm Yosemite Sam the Pirate
A buccaneer am I
I sail the seas, the seven seas
The seven seas of high
If anyone gives me trouble
I'll make them walk the plank
And watch the pretty bubbles
Come up from where they sank
Ya ho Ya ho Ya ho

Where this came from and who wrote it I have no clue but it has become a family favourite and I would love to be able to thank the author for all the pleasure he or she has given us in his or her words.