Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks Jim.... for your thoughtful comments... and I enjoyed seeing your image of grandma.... 16 years ago... I am glad that my photo could conjure up some nice memories.....Steve Jim McIntyre wrote: > Steve, > > Your posting reminded me of a slide I've had in my files for many years. I > found it, scanned it, and posted it to my site. It's of my grandmother in > 1988, when she was (also) a spry 90 years old. Not taken with a Leica -- > Nikon FM with a 50 on Kodachrome 64. > > http://members.rogers.com/jmcdesigns/jamesstreet/Mary.html > > She passed away just a few years later, and was the only grandparent I > really related to. Unfortunately I was in Ottawa and she was in Prince > Edward Island! The teacup she holds we have in our house. When she was a > young lady, she worked as a "ladies companion" in Boston, keeping wealthy > older ladies "company". She often received china teacups as presents. The > chair she's in was my grandfather's, who passed away about 13 years before > this picture. > > I can't say enough about the value of our older generation. My parents are > heading to their 80s, and my children, who are only a few minutes away, love > visiting and share many wonderful conversations. > > Such is the power of a photograph -- yours -- that can spark such memories > and emotions beyond just the literal representation within. > > jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> > To: "LUG" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 9:04 PM > Subject: [Leica] spry, alert, 88 years old... > > > >>http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-67734.html >> >>and sharp as a tack.... >> >>M7 Noctilux f1 on T400 CN.... >> >>thanks, >> >>yes, she's Mom.....Steve >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >