My cousin Ida-Pearl sent me some old photos of my grandparents, mostly of my grandfather from his years in the Army. At my grandfather’s funeral, we’d talked about scanning and sharing the photos we had so that everyone in the family could have access to them. Receiving her contributions today inspired me to go scan some of the ones I had up in the attic. I’ve uploaded my aunt’s photos along with the ones from my archives that I’ve scanned so far into this Flickr photoset.

There’s lots of nice pictures there, but the one above is far and away my favorite. It’s clear that someone–in this case, my grandmother–loved this photo. And it’s clear why.

Isn’t it magnificent?