I spent 4.5 hours scanning photos again, and it was highly satisfying, especially since I was able to load them into Smugmug.
My mom made fabulous BLT's and soup for our lunch today, oh how I love a good BLT!
Part of the fun of going through all these old photos was seeing all the interesting little photo books some of the photos came in. There were several photos of my dad attached to the inside of this booklet.
This is the back of an old photo of my dad's dad.
Aha, he was a bediapered baby once! Isn't the dress his mother was wearing cool?
He was a toddler once!
Holy crap, he had a birthday party with toys and he actually wore a party hat?! This is an amazing revelation!
He played dress-up and pretended to be a cowboy...what the? I also love seeing the details of his house from way back when. This could be Adam.
This is Adam.
He played dress-up and pretended to be a cowboy...what the? I also love seeing the details of his house from way back when. This could be Adam.
This is Adam.
Here he is with his siblings! He was 22 years younger than his oldest brother, and was raised close to his oldest sister's children; his first nephew is only 5 years younger than him.
Do I detect playing at the beach?
I think Landon looks like him.
(Also in this picture is his sister-in-law and niece.)
Adam looks so much like him it freaks me out!
I do believe this photo indicts a playful nature and a touch of whimsy.
Standing with friends? Does this mean he willingly maintained social relationships in his youth?
This is what his mother wrote on the back of that picture.
He wore a bow tie? This had to be under duress.
We finished redoing all these frames last week, but I remembered to take a picture today.
Our self-portrait of the day.**Have you ever suspected that one of
your parents was born as an adult?
Do you love old photos?**
your parents was born as an adult?
Do you love old photos?**
Comment Window Tidbit: I was such a grumpy wreck last night that I put myself to bed at 9:30. I read for awhile and then slept through the night (a rare treat for me) and woke up feeling like a whole new person...my family was very thankful for that!
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It is fun to see pictures of people as kids. I don't feel like that about my parents but it was a really cool experience for me to do the book of my grandparents. My grandma couldn't have been cuter and it was emotional for me to see my grandpa as a young father and an boyfriend.
I don't see Landon (except in the pose) but it totally looks like Adam's twin.
I hope my kids don't think I was born as an adult, it is hard for me to be fun....
PS - I had no idea you liked BLTs.
"(I) had theorized that he just appeared on the earth one day as an adult." Oh ho, what a funny thought and a telling post of your perceptions of your dad.
I love the details in the pictures...like the lady in the green dress with the green shoes and the barrel purse.
What a fun discovery for the day. Good work, Jill.
I thought that same thing about that photo! So much like Landan!
And the outfit on that girl in the background! She is wearing GLOVES! Oh, so dreamy.
Like Jane and Crystal that was my favorite photo and I LOVE that lady's green outfit! That probably seemed like such a normal photo to them back then...gives me a new perspective on the photos I take and how they will be viewd in 30+ years.
Fun post. And yes, I think Landon looks like your dad...
Your dad was a really cute little boy. I love old pictures and how cool that you even uploaded yours to smugmug.
How in the world is it possible that you had never seen pictures of your dad as a child before today??! Unbelievable.
I LOVE old photos so much. Your dad looked so much like Adam, and yes, I can see Landon as well. Funny, I've never thought that Landon looked like Adam... but I quite often think he looks like you. Does that mean you look like your dad?
I am struck again by the idea that this project is not only an act of service for your mom but for your whole family!
I love waking up nice after a not so nice day. Definitely a treat!
I love old photos and if I ever have to clean/organize around them, they suck me in and I look at them for hours. I especially love old photos of my mom, you can just see her sneaky, mischievous ways.
The typical teenage conduct blip on the back of that photo is so funny and true.
I really love to look at old photos of my family and other people. I like to see how other people lived.
Sometimes I wonder about my dad. But I also know his childhood was hell so I am sure he was happy to grow up and get out of the house.
I returned to make afterthought comments & realized, in my previous comment, I misspelled Landon's name. Mortifying. From now on I plan to simplify things and simply refer to him as The Great Landini.
oh my goodness! doesn't the photo of him standing in front of the sink by his sister-in-law and niece look like megan?
i love seeing old photos and piecing families together with them. i could look at them for hours.
i finally figured out where hanna's nose came from at my grandmother's funeral when i saw a photo of her much younger self. they are identical.
What a great gift you are giving your parents. And look how it is benefiting you too.
Landon really does look like your dad!
oh what a delightfully fabulous treasure you are receiving by your service. I would be in HEAVEN going through old family photos like that. I get giddy every time my Grandma sends me a packet full of old photos.
What a project! Such a good idea & what an accomplishment!
The pic of the inside of the 40's/50's house is so cute! Love that one...the TV in the corner.
Love the photos of parents and grandparents as youngsters. I have one picture of grandparents and great grandparents and parents each hung in our hallway that I'm going to make an effort to change out now and then as the kids age (to age them with the kids) so they can see their parents grandparents at their ages and realize they were once there too.
Love the icebox in the b'day photo.
I dream about putting myself to bed at 9:30 and it just never happens. Someday.
These pictures are amazing! What treasures!
I have always known my parents were children at some point because of pictures. I still remember though when I had the epiphany that they were young and in love and I got kind of sick to my stomach about it.
Love old photos.
Your commentary is great. 100%...Adam to your dad and Landon to both of them.
It was fun to see the albums, fashion and hair styles. Now you have proof, he was once a "kid". Fun post.
I love this post- what a great addition to your family history.
Like everyone has said, it is fun to see the decor and clothes from his childhood. I think about how I take pictures now and zoom right in on the subjects, cropping out all of the background. Never thought about that part being interesting. hmmm...
I've always loved old pictures of my parents. They were out and shown while I was growing up and I have some displayed in my house. My parents were great kids but both with tough lives.
Your Mom is gorgeous btw.
**hugs**
feel soo happy you are spending time with your mom and doing something sooo marvelous for her. can't believe it is the first time you saw pictures....funny how you kept talking about your dad like if you did not believe it? you were born! girl! right?
The picture of your dad in the "whimsy" picture looks sooo much like Landon!
This is such a great project, Jill...I adore the old photo books that the pictures come in, too...
Let's try this again...my comments don't seem to be saving! grrrr
I can't believe how much Landon looks like your dad in that "touch of whimsy" picture!
This is such a great project that you're doing for your mom...
Oh, your dad is so cuh-yoooooooooot!
It seems like his family took a lot of photos as he was growing up. I especially love the more candid ones. So many old photos are staged or formal, you know? It's fun to see the regular moments that they captured on film.
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