Deb: Some highlights from my summer project which I am
enthralled with: The Cousin's Project.
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| Deb and Cousin Linda, farmer's fence, Bel Air beach circa 56 |
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| Wee Deb Walking |
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Mom and Deb, Quebec City, 1955
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| Deb, Linda, Pam and Scott, circa 1959 |
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Mom, Dad and a gang of friends, 40's
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| Highchair Deb circa 1955 |
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| Dad and Deb in Quebec City circa 1955 |
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| Mom and her best friend Ruth, late forties. Mom on right with dark tan! |
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| Wee Deb in the bouncy chair-circa 1954 |
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Dad and I in Newfoundland in the 50's
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Dad, Canadian Army reserves
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Wow!! these are really classic, wonderful family pictures!! I love the one of your parents' friends, it looks like it's out of a movie. Deb! Your eyes are incredible!! They say eyes are windows to the soul..... no wonder you produce diamonds, have such a great energy & people and animals are so drawn to you.....you have a beautiful soul. What a gift you are giving your family with the "Cousin's Project" !
ReplyDeleteI also remember highchairs with that metal bar (we are the same age LOL) xo
Thanks Mary-Jo, what a lovely thing to say! Yes the metal bar? Weren't we surrounded by metal equipment? Seems so funny now.
DeleteI'm loving this project you are working on. The pictures of you and your family are so sweet. It's funny, but I've started something similar. I realized that 20 years ago last month, I went with my grandmother to Scotland to meet the cousins there. Gran is our last real connection to the family in Scotland. I've decided I need to make contact and keep in touch with them. I'm sharing family history info and photos with one of the cousins there. Technology is great!
ReplyDeleteMolly that sounds fabulous! What a great idea. Yes technology is great!!!!!!!!
DeleteAWWWWWWH MY GOD !!! LOOK AT YOU ARE CUTE!!! Gosh stop it with the adorable...You're killing...But don't..! I love this amazing project you took up. Man I'm so waiting start scanning !!!
ReplyDeleteHey BTW if you want to fix those little white granules on the pictures lemme know I'll try to photoshop 'em !
Thanks Shalaka! I will post some baby pictures of the boy and you will see how much we looked alike as tots. Thanks for the offer Shalaka. Should I email them to you? Which ones do you think you might be able to fix? Or which ones do you think need it?
ReplyDeleteYes Awwh honey... I told ya..anytime you need anything JUST ASK :)....gimme all of 'em everything or anything you think needs fixing and do it...:) You have my email ID right ?
DeleteAww I BET he looked like you...he still does!!! LOL
DeleteI have to say that, from the photos of your son that I have seen before, he looks like 50% you and 50% Colin. Literally. I have never seen anyone that actually looked like both parents equally. I look like my mother (thank God!).
DeleteSteph it's funny you should say that because most people do. He looked very much like me as a baby but I agree that it is fifty fifty now. Thanks.
DeleteI do get Colin vibe from his pictures. And now that I examined it..he does look 50% like Colin...lol I Dont look like my mom or my dad....I guess its mixed...lol when I act weird my uncle always telling me "we might have switched babies..when you were little!" XD
Deletetells me I meant tells me....Awwwh my fingers are getting clumsy!!!
DeleteStill lovin the photos Deb. I have a photo of me and my cosin Erica. We are very close we are 3 days apart. I was born June 12th,and she was born June 15. Same year of corse.. The photo that I have is a photo of when we were little,in the photo we were sitting on my great grandmothers front porch and you could not tell us apart. We looked like twins,of corse they say everyone has a twin. Love memories like that . My grandfather always said "you can have everything taken away from you,but memories like these last a life times".. Very true I believe
ReplyDeleteVery true indeed Lyndsie, your grandfather was right. What a nice memory for you in that photo. Do you see Erica often?
DeleteI never get to see her alot but we facebook and twitter and call and txt each other like crazy. We are spending our 22nd birthdays together so that will be the first time I have seen her in a great while.
DeleteI had a bouncy seat like yours as well back in 1948-49. If you only had saved some of these items you'd be rich on ebay. :) Love looking at all of your photos. How fun this project must be. Everyday a new surprise.
ReplyDeleteMadge when we think of the things we could have saved huh? And yes I am loving it. It's wonderful to have each day bringing a surprise!
DeleteLovely photos! This project is a fantastic idea.
ReplyDeleteOn a sad note, I got a call last night. One of the women that helped take care of my grandmother when she was still living at home with me and my mother has passed away. I still do not know the details, only that she passed earlier this week. It was a shock. She was only 29. Please keep her and her family and friends in your prayers and thoughts today.
Oh Steph that is horrible. So terribly sad. Only 29. Words cannot express.
DeleteThanks, Deb. I forgot to mention that she was a former Marine. She served in Iraq, I believe.
DeleteLove them all! Isn't it amazing how pictures can so well connect us all to the past, regardless or whether they are ours or someone else's. I suppose pictures somehow make the idea of a person or place a tangible thing. Your family seems to be very happy looking people in general, those all seem to be real smiles not just smile for the camera smiles.
ReplyDeleteThat first picture reminded me so much of my families cabin. In the old days the road didn't quite make it to the cabin and so we went through a pasture which had this same type of gate. I remember climbing on it only too well and I know we have pictures of me and my cousins hanging off it.
Erin I am glad that these pictures brought up old memories for you too! That is the idea. And we were a very happy family always laughing, joking smiling. Nice.
ReplyDeleteOh and Deb I messaged you my email ID on FB k. check it out :)
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Deletewow Love that you are sharing these with us. Not only are the people fun to look at but then you go back and notice the cars, the highchair, the clothes, the furniture and even more! So interesting to soak up the 50's this way : )
ReplyDeleteKelly I'm so glad you are enjoying it! I know, it's the keen eye that takes in the background and the era. Well done!
DeleteI absolutely adore this idea, Deb! Love the pictures! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Holly, I'm kinda enjoying it myself.
ReplyDeleteP.S. That picture with your mom and your mom's friend Ruth: holy crap you look JUST like your mom! :D
ReplyDeleteI know Holly but it's funny because I really look like my Dad too! Just like Luke I am a split.
ReplyDeleteNeat pictures!!!! :D i love old family photos
ReplyDeleteYou do realize that the photo marked as "Deb, Linda, Pam and Scott, circa 1959" is dated on the photo as 1958! LOL!
ReplyDeleteAnd the one of you and your dad in Newfoundland is dated 1960. :-) I'm from Newfoundland by the way. Right now "Sunshine Sketches Of A Little Town" is playing right now on CBC. Pretty good so far!
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