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It's too dark

  Kind of an odd thing for a night owl to squawk about, but it's another absolutely dismal winter day. I'm not used to this. Snow brightens up the surroundings here, but this rain (enough with the downpours already), gray skies and wind remind me of mid-March. If I wanted this weather in the winter I would've flown south already. While it saves on the heating bill, it's not great for my mood and, as I've crabbed about before, it's lousy for taking pictures of cards. Natural light is your friend, every photographer knows that. But all I've got in weather like this is the bathroom, which is the most well-lit room in the house. So in order to brighten things up even more, I selected some '70s cards to show. The 1970s were wonderful for that. Love their loud ways dearly. Johnny's Trading Spot sent me some 1971 Fleer Laughlin World Series cards off my want list (the '71s are the gray backs and also have the MLB logo on the front). These cards are as ...