...of one. After all the fun with Lapin's picture, my sweet friend, Dennis, suggested that I post a picture of me as a girl. I do better than that. I give you the girl above, as a flower girl in my aunt's wedding, and the baby below, that I once was. My mother always fretted that the photographer did not puff my two sleeves in the same shape. I believe that ruined the picture for her.
By the way, that wallpaper is in my bedroom, and I hate it. I didn't really like it from the beginning. It was the last that I picked out, and I ran out of energy and picked any old thing. I've never bothered to change it, because the thought of the disruption to my life is more than I want to face. By the time I go to that sweet bye-and-bye, my house will be like Miss Haversham's.
The frames are antique, more antique than I am. My sister found them in her rovings in estate sales and antique shops. I had to take the pictures from an angle, so the flash would not be in the picture.
Check out the curl on top of the head in this one. Yes, it's in real old-timey sepia.
Beautiful flower girl and a baby with a very strong, determined little face?
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ReplyDeleteI was always a little "sympatico" with Miss Haversham (re previous discussions of what it takes to stand for election in most places on a previous thread; what you said the deacon would have to do, I did. Never said that to anyone who wasn't in the loop before now. Hoping I don't regret saying it here. And you wonder why I'm a little nuts sometimes.)
Great pictures! I have a baby picture of myself with the curl on the top of the head. It must have been a style for babies back in the day!
ReplyDeleteWe have antique frames like these too - we blew up some family pictures and put them in the antique frames to decorate our living room (whose wallpaper looks similar to yours!). It makes a lovely antique-y look.
Very cute.
ReplyDeleteI love the flower girl photo. Funny that the sleeves meant so much to your mother.
ReplyDeleteLapin and Brian, thanks for the kind words.
ReplyDeleteScott, I understand now why you're a little nuts.
Mauigirl, the curls were popular, even on boy babies.
Ruth, that was my mother. Nothing and no one quite measured up.
He's still my friend. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI meant to say my "best" friend.
ReplyDeleteAdorable, as always, Grandmere.
ReplyDeleteFlowergirl at Scarlett O'Hara's wedding?
ReplyDelete[I mean, the movie version, that is---nah, I know you're younger than that, too. Still the style looks familiar!]
Too cute! As Fluffy would say, I luffs them.
ReplyDeleteIs that what my mother would call a spit curl?
(Just reminiscing, not impugning.)
Thanks so much for sharing these adorable pics. You have always been a charmer, methinks.
Scott, I'm glad you're still best friends.
ReplyDeleteMargaret, perhaps a bit of hyperbole in the "still", but thanks anyway.
JCF, I believe the dress was made of silk organdy. That was in 1939, I believe, because I was 5 years old, and that was the year GWTW was released.
Thanks, Paul. A lil' spit don't hurt the curl.
Only Spectacular...the puffed sleeve adds a certain asymetrical touch...very chic, savvy and cool! Even then, you were amongst those that knew stuff and a true beauty...lovely really and dance goes on!
ReplyDeleteGood!
Oooh, Leonardo, you'll turn my head with the flattery. Thank you, love.
ReplyDeleteAnd where's Dennis, who put me up to this? Nowhere to be found.
Dennis is silenced by your beauty, dear.
ReplyDeleteComme elle est adorable, la chère Grand'mère!
ReplyDeleteOh my - you are gorgeous! Well we knew that... You are and you were! Gorgeous eternal.
ReplyDeletePlus as others have said, your spirit shines right through.
Thanks again for the lovely comments. To me, I look a little grim in the baby picture, but I like the flower girl picture a lot. Did you note the pale pink fingernail polish?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that I have no memory of the wedding at all. Memories from age 5 are spotty. I do remember that I insisted on wearing the dress for my next birthday party. We were wild and running around, up and down stairs, and the dress was a very poor choice. Before the end of my party, I believe I had torn the bottom of the dress.
Thanks for sharing the photos, abuelita. You was a cute kid (and are a beautiful woman, of course!).
ReplyDeletePadre, thanks. Not as cute as your very own Granchile, I know, but no other child is as full of cute as Granchile.
ReplyDeleteThe wit was already in those eyes!
ReplyDeleteAnd in the older picture you are a veritable belle. Thanks for sharing these!
Mimi, I love these pictures! It's wonderful that you have them hanging up in the house. I would never have thought that you are only 5 in the flower girl picture! You look at least 8. ;-)
ReplyDeleteJane, thank you.
ReplyDeleteSusan, they were not hanging until my sister found the lovely frames. They were framed, but not very nicely, and packed away in a box.
Excellent. And to think you're still wearing that dress. Mind you, those Southern poor folk have to mend and make do.
ReplyDeleteI'm here! And those are wonderful pictures. They match the wonderful Southern lady who accompanied us through the Met last fall. Thanks for putting them up.
ReplyDeletePrincess, exactly. Mend and make do.
ReplyDeleteDennis, finally, finally! Thank you.
Mimi, did you notice, your princess made a comment on your blog! I hope you have more lovely pictures of yourself to get him to leave his paw prints on your blog. I love the pictures. You have always been lovely.
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Rudo, I saw that Princess left a comment. This is not the first time. I'm actually on his schedule for a semi-annual visit, and each time it happens, I'm nearly overcome by the honor. I came quite close to calling for the smelling salts.
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