A Glimpse

When's the last time you looked at old family photos? By old, I don't mean photos from when you were a kid and made a superhero outfit out of your grandma's undergarments. Who thought to take a picture of that anyway? No, I mean really old photos like from when your grandparents or great-grandparents were young. I'm talking young, like before their children started stealing away their youth type of young. You know what I'm talking about, right?

I had to take a break from work last night because I swiped my grandma's old photo albums for the week and promised her I'd return them this weekend. I wanted to get them scanned into the computer. I love technology!

My favorite photos were of my grandma when she was a teenager. All we ever know of our grandparents' life is when they are old so it's nice to be reminded that they actually lived a life without us once, and even a life without our parents once!

I can't wait to ask my grandma the stories that go along with some of these old photos. I'm just sharing a few of my favorites of her this time, but I have more... a lot more.

I wonder if Grandma hated her glasses, or did they call them spectacles back then? I'll have to ask her. I love these old hand-tinted photos.

Where was this taken and what was she thinking about? I think this one's my favorite.

What was she doing here? I'm glad I will be able to ask her this weekend so it doesn't keep me up at night.

Goofing off on the job I see! Or maybe just relaxing after the job was done. I do know from notes on the series of pictures this came from that she was helping her Grandpa harvest the field.

I love this picture. I want to know the story about this car. I saw it in another photo from one of her sister's weddings (or at least I think I did). I think this was taken on my grandma's wedding day. I can't wait to ask!