it's my grandmother's family on the Vistula river's bank in Kraków, summer of 1939.
What a place to be in 1939, with the German invasion about to happen in September.
I'll be in Krakow next week, and thinking of your family Shir.
Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sparky1 - Oct 01, 2008 4:10:25 am PDT #1590 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Theodosia - Oct 01, 2008 4:20:36 am PDT #1591 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
It's a grand gift to your descendents to be able to properly identify pictures and who was in them. Which reminds me that I have a boatload of old snapshots that I'd better sit my aunt and Mom down and make them identify... soon.
Kat - Oct 01, 2008 4:21:39 am PDT #1592 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Shir, your grandmother has amazing eyes (and I love the pictures).
We're on day 3 of fever. Time to call the doctor?
JZ - Oct 01, 2008 4:22:37 am PDT #1593 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Both your grandparents are very striking, Shir!
The picture of your grandmother probably in Greece is definitely Greece, almost definitely in front of the Acropolis in Athens. Which I'm pretty sure of because somewhere I have a picture of myself a little over 20 years ago standing in what looks like exactly the same spot. I recognized it instantly. Your grandmother looks much more glamourous than I did, though.
Jesse - Oct 01, 2008 4:27:40 am PDT #1594 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
We're on day 3 of fever. Time to call the doctor?
Yeah, that doesn't sound good! Although if it's a virus, all they are going to say is wait it out, anyway. Any signs of anything bacterial?
Kat - Oct 01, 2008 4:36:24 am PDT #1595 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
My only symptom is fever. So, not really.
Steph L. - Oct 01, 2008 4:39:06 am PDT #1596 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
It's a grand gift to your descendents to be able to properly identify pictures and who was in them. Which reminds me that I have a boatload of old snapshots that I'd better sit my aunt and Mom down and make them identify... soon.
Ha! As a wedding gift for my brother, I took a ton of old family photos from my mom's side and my dad's side and scanned them and made a photo book for him.
Come to find out, a couple of years after the fact, that one of the old pictures my dad gave me, of 2 older gentlemen, is probably NOT family; Dad's comment was "I have NO idea who they are -- I don't think they're part of the family! Maybe they were friends of your grandfather's."
So my brother's "family" photo book has 2 strangers in it. That made me laugh and laugh and laugh.
Jesse - Oct 01, 2008 4:41:53 am PDT #1597 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My only symptom is fever. So, not really.
Ugh. It's just so exhausting, IME.
Steph L. - Oct 01, 2008 4:42:12 am PDT #1598 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
My only symptom is fever. So, not really.
I think that once a fever lingers for more than a couple of days, that *can* (but isn't always) a sign of a bacterial infection.
t /not-a-doctor-don't-play-one-on-TV
Shir - Oct 01, 2008 4:49:26 am PDT #1599 of 10001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
We're on day 3 of fever. Time to call the doctor?
Yes.
Found another bunch of photos, including the 1939 one. Gonna scan and upload them now.