What first impressed me as a man peeking up from below turned out to be her socked foot (!) that then registered right away. Very cute socks, by the way. ~grin~ Anyhow, the soldier I ‘saw’ wearing a garrison cap was cartoonish, at best, and likely not evident to every viewer. Yet something still niggled at me. I got up to check a wartime portrait hanging nearby.
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| It is sad that this handsome, serene visage hides WWII trauma he never discussed. |
Can you see his wife’s high school photo reflected over his left shoulder? Isn’t it wonderful that we have these vintage portraits?
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I have a photo of my father's dad and mom; his dad died many years befor I was born.
ReplyDeleteHis dad had a lazy eye, which is evident in the photo, and at least three of us inherited that trait from him, but thankfully, the following generations haven't.
I'm sorry you never got to meet your paternal grandfather. Be well, my dear.
DeleteI love older pics. I love seeing family from the past, even if I never met them. I have pics of my granddaddy and great grand from my dads side. I never met them. I also have pics of my granny and great granny, great uncles, and aunts. I knew them. I remember them and loved them. I have a pic of Amber, me, mom, and my granny. Its a special pic to me. Now moving on....I find myself a lot of times hunting other images in things. I find faces and animals a lot of times in wood, flooring and other images. They just sort of jump out at me. Hey, cool idea. A blog about that! haha.....I am so glad my socked foot, peeing man gave you a good laugh!
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DeleteIt is indeed a treasure to have these photographs. I just found two the other day. My fathers parents and my father in uniform. He was so young.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day, Darla. Big hug. ♥
Awww...
DeleteOur brains will find patterns even if there are none. Interesting what your brain constructed.
ReplyDeleteI thought so. lol
DeleteThose older photos are such treasured memories.
ReplyDeleteHe was very handsome. It is nice to have photos to remember loved ones and in some cases to "meet" those we never got to meet in person. XO
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DeleteDad started dating mom at a time in her life when her dad was suffering his final days with Lewy body dementia and has said many times that he wishes he'd been able to get to know her dad. Mom has the deepest love for her dad like dad's never seen. On the eerie photo note: one of the books dad took out from the library recently held in its pages a collection of postcard-like photos that someone had left there previously. They are old timey sepia-toned photos mostly too gross to show here including ghostly images and even a beheaded person. Mom said she didn't want them in the house, so dad promptly hid them in his closet for who knows what.
ReplyDeleteWhat a horrible disease. ~hugs~ And those photos have me curious. May I ask what book your father checked out, sweet Cleo?
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