Week 28 – Celebrate
This week’s prompt over at Bella’s 52 photos project is “Celebrate”. She said: “(feel free to pull a photo of your favorite celebration moments from your archives)”, so I did!
A few years ago, my Aunt gave me some diaries that belonged to my Grandmother written when Grandma was 18 years old! This page details her birthday celebration in 1910.
From my Grandmother’s diary: “Eighteen years old! Holiday for Battle of Concord & Lexington. Met B at 1 o’clock went to races, Cameron won. We walked or sat around resevoir all afternoon. Wore my new long pongee coat Ma gave me for birthday gift. Lavender silk bag from Mrs. Marshall, Dollar from Aunty; chamois gloves from Nat; lace stockings from Mary. Card from Margaret, letter from Eva Dill. Birthday supper, B stayed. Surprize party on me! Weston and Marion got it up. He jollied me on phone pretended he was Mr. Stebben (one I met Sat. at dance). Meanwhile party came in back door and to the parlor. I walked in “oh, say” to Bert but there was the crowd.”
My friend Betsy (not Captain Jack Sparrow as it might seem from this picture) typed up this list of “Do’s and Don’t’s” of being friends with me for my 40th birthday (and yes, we’re still friends!):
My boyfriend drew this for my brother’s 50th birthday celebration (his girlfriend threw him a surprise party, and he was actually surprised, what fun!):
Posted in 52 Photos Project | 11 Comments
October 31st, 2012 at 11:28 am
I love it when you share these old diary pages with us!
Dave is very talented.
Um, those photos from Japan? Really? (I don’t think I want to know.)
October 31st, 2012 at 11:28 am
Happy Halloween!!
October 31st, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Love it! Family documents are a funny thing, and so emotional. Beautiful idea …
October 31st, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Wonderful celebrations!
October 31st, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Great post! It makes me really want to start keeping a journal again. Something about coming across an aged looking book with someone else’s secrets and dreams inside that just can’t be replaced by blogs or technology.
October 31st, 2012 at 9:41 pm
It is great that you have that diary and that you share it with us
Dave is so very talented!
November 1st, 2012 at 2:49 pm
I just think it’s so cool that you have these diaries – what treasures!
November 1st, 2012 at 8:14 pm
How wonderful to have that diary. I’m so completely jealous! Thanks for sharing the photo of it.
November 4th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
What a fantastic response to the prompt! Loved the note!
November 5th, 2012 at 7:15 am
love your grandmother’s diary. you must feel so fortunate to have received it.
November 7th, 2012 at 10:12 am
Such a lovely gift! Thank you for sharing this week