
This is a photo of the very grandmother whose album I’ve been posting pages from, found between those very pages. She looks a bit fuzzy (it’s genetic) but the leaves behind are in focus. It was probably taken by my grandfather, who was an aerial photographer in the Royal Flying Corps during the 1st World War and spent a lot of time hanging over the side of biplanes – I hope his reconnaissance photos were in focus. Written on the back of the photo is the date 1921, nine years after the last entry in the book, and three years before my dad was born. She appears to have a flower pinned to her blouse. Whether she was trying to blend into her garden surroundings or needed somewhere to hide her iPod I don’t know, but it must have got in the way when she was doing the washing up. The hairstyle remained the same for the rest of her life.
To finish off here’s an entry from the very end of the album:
So here hath been dawningAnother blue day;Think wilt thou let itSlip useless away?Out of EternityThis new day is born;Into EternityAt night will return.Behold it aforetimeNo eye ever did;So soon it foreverFrom all eyes is hid.[Thomas Carlysle]Yours sincerely, A.G. Garrett.
2 comments:
I think there's an app that allows you to blend into the background...
I've got it pre-installed, Mike. You look at any of your own photos and you won't spot me in them. I'm not saying I was there, but I MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
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