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Subject: [Leica] spry, alert, 88 years old...
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon May 31 17:20:27 2004
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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
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In reply to: Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] spry, alert, 88 years old...)
Message from mcintyre at ca.inter.net (Jim McIntyre) ([Leica] spry, alert, 88 years old...)