These photos would have been a better match for last week's Sepia prompt, but I didn't get round to participating then. To the left, my grandmother Sally (age 55) with little me on her lap, Christmas 1955. To the right, she is holding my father in the same position, Christmas 1931. My dad and I were both born at the end of August, so we're both four months old in these photos - 24 years apart.
At first I had some other photos in mind for this week, to do with dogs - but then realised that I already used those a year ago, for Sepia Saturday 698. Click on that link if you also want to see photos of my grandparents' dogs (they had two in my childhood, one at a time).
Great pair of photos with your grandmom and you and then when she held your father also at Christmas. Keep on sharing whatever you like here...I'll be reading it!
ReplyDeleteHow neat to have two very similar photos of you & your father on your grandmother's lap at the same age. For a reason other than Sepia Sat. I was just recently comparing photos of my father at 25 and my son at 22 and marveling at how much they looked alike at those ages. Fun stuff. :)
ReplyDeletePutting your two photos together makes a charming memento to the passage of time. It's probably more common now in the age of digital cameras, but I think it's fun when themes repeat in old family photos. I know I have a similar photo of my mother holding me as an infant and then of my son 30 years later.
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