I took some photos yesterday at my sister Louise's house, which used to be the home of my grandparents. Memere Celina's prides and joys were her son and grandchildren, number one, and her garden, number two. The photo above, whose original is in color, sat framed on her precious baby grand for many years, and now many of us have (very aged and faded) copies of it. I'm guessing it was taken in summer 1969 when I was about 18 months old and, when my sister's daffodils came up recently, she urged me to bring Bea over and try to recreate some baby-garden magic. As I look at them side by side now, I realize one of the best parts of the original photo, which is missing in those taken yesterday, is "the hand." Apparently Memere had a photographer nearby shooting away so that she could be with me in the garden and not have to worry about holding a camera simultaneously.
Happy Earth Day!
4 comments:
OMG, the memories this evokes; I hope and pray that Bizou acquires her own cherished memories from this and carries them throughout her lifetime. Thanks for sharing this Michelle.
Like mother, like daughter; "always photogeenic!"
This brought tears to my eyes. So beautiful.
These bring me to tears! Oh you're right! The hand is missing! The patent leather shoes! That green dress! And the bulbs that come up year after year, new and fresh each spring, as time and years and now decades pass for the rest of us. Bulbs never age like we do. These are so so good!
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