Greetings from the Past

For this week's Sepia theme, "washing up", I looked through some old photos in search of some that might show my grandparents...

  My paternal grandparents loved to go on picnics ("coffee outings") in the summer. My grandmother Sally would pack a picnic baske...

 In one of my many envelopes, I recently found this photo, which I can't recall having made its way into any of the family albums: This ...

  Gamle Andersson, Tvärred Old Man Andersson, Tvärred If not for a note scribbled on the back of this photo (probably by my dad, when sortin...

My grandfather Gustaf was born on Midsummer Eve, 23 June 1904. Back in those days, Midsummer Day, also known as St John's Day, was alway...