My grandpa loved photography and he took & developed many of the photos in his high school yearbook. I have photos he took & developed in his basement of me as a baby. He gave me my first camera when I was 9 or 10 years old - a Kodak 110 cartridge camera, I recall it looking something like this.
Things I will remember about grandpa:
- Him making funny hats and mustaches with his napkin at the dinner table to amuse my brother & I when we were young children.
- His Christmas socks: they are red, white, and blue - they look like July 4 socks - but he wore them every Christmas Eve. I like to think he did it specially for me as every year I checked his socks. I think the socks are 30 years old now and they were only worn at Christmas.
- Agreeing to let me live with him and my grandma after I graduated with my Masters Degree and moved from the west coast back to Pittsburgh with no job & no money.
- Him lobbing dinner rolls the length of the table at my dad at our 'formal' family dinners.
- Playing pinochle with him and my dad.
- The twinkle in his blue eyes - the rest of us have brown or hazel but g-pa's were a beautiful blue.
- His ritual when he filled his pipe with tobacco and smoked (he quit smoking a pipe when he was about 65).
- Him doing crossword puzzles. Every day. I am sure he did today's - and he always knew all the answers, even to the Saturday & Sunday NY Times crosswords, which are usually the most difficult.
What beautiful memories of your grandfather - sounds like he led a wonderful life!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your grandfather. He sounds like a pretty cool guy (and I love the red, white & blue Christmas socks).
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