Continuing the project with Medium, I spent part of tonight going through a gigantic bin of unorganized photos. There are some treasures, to be sure. There are a ton of photos of my grandmother. What strikes me most is the way she always looks like she is having the best time ever in all her photos. She looks wholly present and completely enamored. You can practically feel her breathing in her surroundings and tickling the butterflies in her belly. Reminds me a whole lot of Medium.
This is my grandma, Jane, on the right, and her sister, Ginny, on the left. This is that smile I was talking about. They were best friends for their entire lives. We’ve got the pictures to prove it, lots of them. We also have a ton of photos of their mother. I have to hand it to @aaronh , he does very well estimating the year that the photos were taken based on the clothing. This is no small task, I might add, since people seem to look so much older than their years in photos from that era. I can say that a solid background in Google Fu and logging countless hours of Project Runway are integral factors in photo dating success. Check and Check. Some of the dresses are just amazing.
