Pictures from my father's album #1.wmv

[marycigarettes]

wonderfully english delivery....almost alan bennet in style...really great andrew

[GilesConradWatson]

Sad, but very beautiful - and yes, it is strange how major events sometimes pass us by emotionally, until later...

[JaneLearmonth]

This is beautiful Andrew. I just noticed that you are a gardener too. Recently, during a time of grief, I re-discovered my own love of gardening. Maybe we could swap tips and compare notes sometime? :)

[xyzllii]

just stopping by again...to say hello..

[berlinerdom]

Very moving

[Junemori]

Very powerful

[andrewnorris1]

@Junemori Thanks for stopping by, appreciate it.

[andrewnorris1]

@andrewnorris1 Glad you found it so. Best to you

[PoemsBeingRead]

A photograph evokes something not to be overlooked. Deeply felt and complicated, a loss is a wound that heals but leaves unanswerable questions. I admire your work Andrew.

[Idlinfarm]

This brings me to feel like looking at my old albums. Will I feel now the way I once did about my past as I remember it? Both the happy and unhappy events?  I think I am more inclined to cling to the happy memories.

[andrewnorris1]

@Idlinfarm Fortunately, it is usually the happy memories that prevail. One should always revisit one's past on occasions if only to evaluate one's present.

[xyzllii]

Very tender and thoughtful Andrew...well done.

[andrewnorris1]

@xyzllii Thanks for visiting and commenting, much appreciated.

[weeknightingale]

Well done! Great way to honor the people and the past.

~through the looking-glass~

K

[andrewnorris1]

@weeknightingale How nice to hear from you. Thanks for your kind comment.

[ourDC888]

Photographs are paper doors to the past. Thank you for this very touching upload.

and remember that your father's blood is flowing through your veins. So in fact he is always with you, wherever you go.

[andrewnorris1]

@ourDC888 and I comfort myself with that thought, thank you for making such a comment.

[PassionateMistress]

"Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance."

 ~ Ruth E. Renkel

[andrewnorris1]

@PassionateMistress ...and only today I was talking to a friend about what children inherit from their parents. Thanks for that.

[ronpolla]

Some of his greatest parties took place there.....wonderful memories ....

[andrewnorris1]

@ronpolla Yes, my father was a real sociable animal!

[HerAeolianHarp]

Great to see more of your pictures, Andrew. I so enjoy your continuing homage to your Dad, a great man, I think. I thought of you and his story last month when I listened to my father-in-law's WWII stories. They are and were a great generation. I love here how one picture begets a question, suggesting other possibilities in your Dad's life and a continuing resonance of his story in yours.

[andrewnorris1]

@HerAeolianHarp I think he was a great man, in many small and gentle ways. Whenever I look through his albums I am struck by a person who at the same time seems familiar yet is capable of overwhelming me with surprises.

[bigeeezy]

nicely done andrew

[andrewnorris1]

@bigeeezy Thanks for taking the trouble to view this.