spectacular

Spectacular - that's what I felt like saying when I looked at all of Dad's photos online. He just chose a photo sharing site (smugmug) to post a lot of old photos, and I'm at home sick, Lauren just started her nap (she's sick too), and my work laptop is at the office, so it's a perfect storm of free time.

What strikes me about the photos is the visual reminder of things I already knew about my Dad and his family. De-Da's obsession with cars started very early, and so many of his photos situated his family in front of or next to his car. Me-Ma, let's face it, was quite a catch! She would say De-Da was quite the catch too, (tall handsome sailor in uniform type) however, Me-Ma was very photogenic. I like that she didn't look stoic in most photos, like De-Da did. She has a very genuine look. I love seeing the fashionable clothes she wore, and always the red lipstick, how fabulous! Dad and Uncle Jack were quite a duo I'm sure... I'm going to post a few of my favorites now, then will definitely have to share more later!

OMG it's so tough not to post all of these! Trying to limit...

Ok - this might be my favorite - I like how Me-Ma's shadow is in it, and De-Da is actually smiling in this one.


Here's a good Me-Ma series -
In this first one, she's leaning over the crib, looking in on Uncle Jack. I think that was De-Da's crib when he was little too. I just remember it being in the mountain house for a long time and we would sometimes play in it.

I'm imagining Me-Ma thinking, "seriously, Bill? In my high heels on an icy street holding the wiggly kid? So you can take another photo of your car?"

I'm not quite sure I've got the whole story on this photo. I like to imagine what she's thinking is "Get that stupid camera out of my face, I'm busy chopping whatever it is" BUT what if it's not? Hmmm Anyways I like the look of it.