Last week, I took Jess to the bathroom. I admit to manipulation here. For a fortnight our conversation has been
"Do you need the loo, Jess?" "No!"
"Well at least come and check out the picture on the Christmas towel today"
I was putting out angels, robin, poinsettia, holly or Christmas tree, in daily rotation, so that got her into the bathroom, and once there she could use the loo then wash and dry her hands! But on January 3rd , she noticed that there was no Christmas themed handtowel on the ring, just a blue and white striped towel. This is very old, it was my Grandma's towel, I told her.
We have a "Rogues Gallery" of family photos in the hallway. The big frame contains fifteen small photos of cousins, siblings and niblings. As we came out into the hallway, Jess asked "Have you got a picture of your Grandma's wedding?" We had, and I showed her. She looked at the wall of mugshots, and suddenly pointed to one almost at the top of the display.
"Is that me?" she asked, quizzically.
I felt somewhat emotional as I explained it was my Very Special Cousin Gillian, who was Julian's Mum.
How lovely to have so many photos. One of my ex husbands many acts of spite was to throw away all my photos of my family.
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DeleteAnd not as much fun as cutting all the cuffs off his work shirts…..oops, what a give-away!
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DeleteSomewhere we have a little snapshot of my father age about 4 sitting in a life saver ring on board the Polruan ferry. When I first saw it I thought it was my brother; when his second son was that age it could have been him...
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how members of one generation look like their ancestors
DeleteThat was very observant of Jess to notice that she looked a lot like your cousin.
ReplyDeleteWe are used to Rosie seeing photos of her Mum looking just like her (that fabulous red hair) so it's nice for Jess to spot something
DeleteDid we have the same problems getting our own children to the loo? I don't remember any issues with them but grandchildren seem to need asking or telling umpteen times before they 'go' !
ReplyDeleteI think I did have to struggle sometimes (but I'm reading, Mum, I'll go in a minute....MY mother said I was just the same. Is it genetic?)
DeleteThat's a lovely wallof family! I can see the resemblance! Oh, that Gill could be here to meet Jess! 😢X
ReplyDeleteMaybe one day she and Rosie will get to meet you (grandmas musical friend)
DeleteMy niece once asked me why I had a photo of her in an old album that we were sorting after my mother died. She was of course looking at a photo of me and the likeness was uncanny. Genes are strong and even though my photo was in black and white, the family likeness shine through. Catriona
ReplyDeleteMy Picasa photo programme sorts and names pictures - and I find many "Liz as a child" shots put into the "Rosie" folder
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DeleteMy bil's 2 daughters and my daughter look very alike, yet OH and his brother don't resemble each other at all. Family genes are odd things and what one person sees, another doesn't. Hugs Gill Xx
ReplyDeleteJulian commented that he thinks Jess has his Mum's cheekbones
DeleteLast year I took a photo of DH and DS together, and was taken by the fact that they were both wearing the same facial expression at the time. Later I looked at a photo of DH's grandfather and there was that same expression!
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ReplyDeleteJess is very observant! She does look much like your cousin.
ReplyDeleteBoth such pretty little girls with lovely curls
DeleteIt's wonderful how likenesses can follow through families and it's a wonderful reminder of those gone. Jess sounds like she's being the best sort of handful.
ReplyDeleteThat is a perfect description of this little bundle of energy
DeleteThe likeness is amazing, how lovely for her to be able to link so easily to another family member. I used to have the opposite problem with my son, everywhere we went he would ask to go to the toilet over and over again. We were visiting my niece once and in a half hour visit he asked to go four times!!
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DeleteThe likeness is uncanny and your Jess is a very observant little lass. Well done for providing a varied Christmas theme in the bathroom to encourage use by aforesaid clever girl xx
ReplyDeleteI was going to declutter the Xmas hand towels at the beginning of December, but now I'm glad I didn't 🎄🌟🏵️🎄
DeleteA wonderfull wall of memories to continue sharing with family.
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