This post brought to you courtesy of a theme from the wonderful blog of Carmi Levy 🙂
Thematic Photographic is something Carmi does weekly, with a different theme each week. I’ve not put in a Thematic Photographic before because I’ve always struggled to think of something worthy. This week it’s “Aged” and I think I have a suitable piccy 🙂
Here goes :
That’s my last cricket hat and I hope the different colours show the effect of ageing …
You’re currently looking at the underside of the hat, the part that never got exposed to the sun. The dark blue is how the hat started life, the light purple is what the sun did to it. Yep – that’s a lot of UV rads hitting that hat to bleach it so much ! I don’t play nearly as much cricket as I used to but when I did, that hat was kinda like stapled to my head. I’d wear it all the time, except when I was bowling. I’m a bit older and wiser now, so I wear a helmet when I bat. The occasional dark spot is actually blood – I was wearing this hat when I broke my nose.
I should probably wash that hat ! I haven’t worn it since I broke the nose, it was one of the things that got changed with the rest of my kit. So there’s definite signs of age. The hat held together extremely well on top of a muppet who dived around in the field far more than was healthy but was well on the way to turning white from all the UV !
PS Was highly curious to spot another of my retired cricket hats at my sister’s place at Xmas … Yep, she’s still got the white hat that I retired after it got moldy … I made the mistake of leaving it in a golf bag that got rather damp due to typical English summer rain. And that white hat must have been about 18 years old ! I think the one above must be 16 years old.