Photographs by Christine West

12/24/2025

Ok someone out there wants to try this!!! Let’s do it!!!

12/07/2025

12/06/2025

I love what I do!

11/26/2025

Winter Holiday bo***ir … Mimi was so great to work with!!

08/02/2025

Please don’t expect friends to work for free. Our work is how we pay our bills!! Do you give your boss a discount?

07/27/2025

07/22/2025

Service and Sacrifice

🇺🇲 WW II uncovered The "Weary Warrior": The Man Behind the Famous Photo

During World War II this photograph taken by W. Eugene Smith entitled the “Weary Warrior” circulated throughout Florida and the United States as a representation of the Marines fighting in the Pacific Theater. On July 8, 1944 Smith captured this famous image during the fighting on Saipan. Saipan was declared secure the next day and the photo hit the press. Identified as Thomas Ellis from St Petersburg Florida, this photo became a representation of the US Marine. (The First Battalion, 24th Marines Web Archive)

Private First Class Thomas Ellis Underwood, of St Petersburg Florida, registered for service with the Marine Corps on October 22, 1942. Thomas was 20 years old. He served with Company B, First Battalion, 24th Marines, Fourth Marine Division. Thomas saw his first action on the island of Namur.

"Underwood was examined for promotion and re-graded with the MOS of 653 (squad leader) at Camp Maui on 1 April 1944. Corporal Underwood made his third combat landing on the island of Tinian. Fighting for this island lasted just over a week. Underwood and Baker Company were then sent to Iwo Jima. During the intense fighting on D plus 13 Corporal Underwood was fatally wounded on March 4, 1945." (The First Battalion, 24th Marines Web Archive)

Corporal Thomas Ellis Underwood was 22 years old at the time of his passing. He lies in rest at the Sunnyside Cemetery in St. Petersburg Florida. Lest We Forget.

🎨 Colorization by Colourised PIECE of JAKE Used with permission of the artist.



WWII uncovered©️ original description sourced by The First Battalion, 24th Marines Web Archive and Ancestry Archive. Original photography of W. Eugene Smith, LIFE Magazine. All rights reserved.

05/21/2025

Princess and the Frog Sweet 16.

05/08/2025

So meta wants to charge me for my page or they will delete it… at least that’s what was sent to me via my inbox. I think it’s just spam and I will not click on the link. Anyone else being forced to “Meta” verify?