Expressions of Grandpa… Happy 90th!

Nov 16 2008

Published by Squirrel at 5:41 pm under family extended, gramps, joy-apolooza, not another birthday!, november in bw

This weekend marked a definite milestone in our family… Gramps turned 90! And four generations turned out to celebrate.

He’s a spry, rather odd old bird and as the years pass, so too does his desire to be alone. He’s liking us all better and better and the solitary curmudgeon of the past has been replaced by an affable feller who likes to shoot the shit, trade war stories and make a few bad jokes. Chuckles wildly when he hears one, too.

We love this Grandpa… not that we didn’t love the old one, but this one’s a whole lot easier to spend time with. He’ll likely never see this post, but I wanted to honour him anyways, publicly… and where better than on this big ol’ innernet?!?!

These images are also a nice way to honour November in b&w over at Springtree Road….

Oh… and did I mention he hates to open gifts in front of people? Heh. Somehow, despite his chagrine at being the centre of attention most of the evening, he managed to endure….

3 Responses to “Expressions of Grandpa… Happy 90th!”

# mayaon 16 Nov 2008 at 6:28 pm

that’s sweet! happy birthday to Gramps!
# Fairly Odd Motheron 16 Nov 2008 at 8:21 pm

What gorgeous photos! Happy Birthday to your Grandfather! I love the photo of him surrounded by the younger generation. Too cool.
# Jenon 17 Nov 2008 at 11:48 am

What great shots! Lots of personality!

Happy Birthday!

My favorite is the first one. Awesome

(Popped over from Springtree Road)

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