Rurality

It wasn't until I had looked at many photos and start putting the pieces together, did I realize that this is my grandmother.  Here she's a young mom with my dad's 3 oldest siblings in tow.  By the time I knew her, she was an old lady.  Circa 1922.

Clarity

If you've ever heard the song Kodachrome by Paul Simon, you can hum it while looking at this photo.  There's really nothing else like Kodachrome.  

This is grandma and three of my cousins in 1957.  I have Kodacolor prints from this era that are faded reddish-yellow, but Kodachrome looks like the picture was just taken yesterday. 

Everybody sing along – Kodachrooooooooome

They give us those nice bright colors

They give us the greens of summers

Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah

I got a Nikon camera

I love to take a photograph

So mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

Demonstratively

It appears that grandpa liked to ham it up for the camera once in a while.  You might as well make work fun.  I love that old truck.

Cutely

 My dad's oldest brother and sister.  Look at those frilly socks she's wearing and the beanie he's wearing. So cute!  Circa 1922. 

Dependability

 My dad's father was a man who worked hard all his life and died young.  It would have been nice to meet him.