January 25, 2006

Birthday Smile
FOUND by Nate Morehouse in Tempe, Arizona
I found this abused Polaroid stuffed into the center of a Cholla cactus. The girl's birthday smile seems at odds with the treatment of the photo, which is crumpled and slightly burned in one corner. Perhaps due to anger between mother (maybe the woman with a matching smile in the background) and father, now no longer on speaking terms? Or a rebellious move by the subject of the photo, now a teenager? And what's up with the giant stuffed tarantula in the bottom left?
nicole in Houston, Texas
a mother remembering the innocence of a child she feels as though she doesnt know anymore.
+ November 21, 2006 07:55 AM +
Kamberleigh in North Carolina
It appears to be a Halloween picture. The girl looks like she is dressed like a princess. This would explain the spider in the picture. Maybe the girl is grown now and has done something bad and can't stand to look at such an innocent picture of herself.
+ December 11, 2006 12:18 PM +
tricia in my dorm room
the little girl looks like an angel with a glow around her and in away she stands out as if she doesn't belong in this photo at all.
+ February 02, 2007 08:21 PM +
manda in the middle
the spider is creepy. seriously, nightmare worthy creep.

maybe that "smile" is a grimace of terror.

or maybe not.
+ May 07, 2007 12:09 AM +
???? in my happy-place
honestly, not that you may have cared, but the sider is a cheap novelty toy you can purchase at iParty for Halloween. I have one, my neighbours do, too, et cetra. :)
+ July 23, 2007 07:16 AM +
Safe in side my bubble
Cool, she's protected by a triangular aura! I'm gonna get me one
+ October 12, 2007 09:19 PM +
chopstix in chow mein
safe, and it appears that said triangular aura emanates from the "mother's" arms. strange.
+ November 02, 2007 10:25 PM +
super_snare_1 in Tawas city, MI
This picture is gorgeous. Don't ask me why, but there seems to be such a story to it. I find it absolutely amazing.
+ December 16, 2007 07:18 PM +
randall in south dakota
my guess is this picture was taken around halloween!!!
+ January 07, 2008 08:03 AM +
mona lisa in the louvre
this is weird. I'm clicking on 'find of the day', expecting today's (feb 12, 2008) find, and i'm directed here. 2years and one month in the past.... second time today this happens.
+ February 12, 2008 01:24 PM +
Sherrise in Leesport
The triangular ray she is in looks like an ultrasound photo!
+ July 29, 2008 04:49 PM +
Flargy in New Haven, CT
The tarantula is coming to eat her, obviously, and she's trying to scare it away with that freaky smile.
+ September 21, 2008 10:34 AM +
darkshines in The cupboard under the stairs
She looks pasted on, like she is from somewhere else. She seems to glow with innocence, far from this gloomy, spider filled room....
+ October 03, 2008 10:15 AM +
Lauren in Columbus
looks like a shoop.
+ November 16, 2008 03:03 AM +
Librarian in the woodwork
This is a great photo of ghostly ectoplasm pulsating inside someone's house. Now, if only those people hadn't gotten in the way, we would be able to see it clearly.
+ January 17, 2009 12:41 PM +

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