Busted!

Gwen called this morning with a distressing tale.

When she took this darling photo to have duplicates made, the clerk at the very-large-discount-store-that-some-call-the-scourge-of-humanity confiscated the copies, claiming it would be a copyright infringement.



Huh?

A photo from 1959 with no copyright markings on it?

"I was just trying to share a memory with my brothers," she wailed. "And they busted me!"

That's Mel standing and John sitting; they both live in Indianapolis now, while sister Gwen is in Corydon. The bespectacled fellow looks to be some sort of elf. (No doubt any number of SCL fans will correct me if I'm wrong.)

Look at Gwen's cute little face. Could she be thinking, "Someday, when I'm all grown up, this photo is going to get me in a heap o' trouble!"

We're hoping my quick email to her will do the trick and grant her photos a stay of execution.

And just maybe we can get Mel, John and Gwen's names returned to Santa's "Good Boys & Girls" book.