After loosing my last grandparent a few weeks ago, my dad brought over some pictures of my grandma. I just spend hours looking at her photos. One of my favorites what her high school annual. Not only did I enjoy reading her little blurb, I enjoyed reading everyone elses. I found so much enjoyment digging into that era and reading what people liked to do (in 1941), dreams for the future, and just the words they used. A lot of signatures read "Your a real swell gal", and most of the dreams and goals included "owning a car". When I read my grandma's I realized that she was still doing what she loved to do in her 70's that she loved to do in her teens...dancing, swimming, sewing, whistling (she was ALWAYS whistling!). I miss my grandma, and I really wish I would have learned to sew with her! She was an avid seamstress. She always made our presents. She was also a good cook and loved to bake. Every Christmas she would bake hundreds of cookies. I loved going to her house and walking into a dinning room FULL of containers filled with different types of cookies. Last I remember she made over 5 hundred cookies!! 
Grandma was a parachute packer (they were called "Fly Girls") in WW2!
5 comments:
Amber your flashback is so sweet. I miss my Grandma too and she was always sewing too......why didn't we get lessons from them.
I love all the fun old sayings..."swell".
Your grandma looked like she was before her time.....very adventurous.and I love the long legs in her photo.
Thanks for the wonderful flashback.
What cool pics! Such a fun trip through memory lane. Golly gee....
That is really cool Amber. I remember that I would always go into my grandparents basement when I would visit, and just be down there forever, searching though old photos and things.
Your pictures look really neat.
I sure think your a swell gal.
Too-do-loo (I don't really think they said that back then, but they should have).
Hey Amber, sorry to hear about your Grandma. She was quite a neat lady from what I remember...I like the picture of her with her girlfriend.
Hope all is well...
I love this stuff. I always am so amazed at the old photos and journals. You are lucky to have them.
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