Thursday, July 22, 2010

Introducing Ketty...

A while ago I made a promise to make a post about my beloved grandma Ketty, my muse...

I went home to visit my family for the weekend and had a chance to go through my grandmothers photo albums. My grandfather, her husband sadly passed away earlier this year and it felt really good to see their lives in pictures and hear their stories so I'll be posting much more about them later on, but for now we'll begin with Ketty....

This is the earliest picture I could find of her.. There she is in the bottom left side (with the butterfly..) with all of her friends, how cute is that! She was born in 1934 so I'm guessing this photo is from sometime in the mid to late 40's...

Here she is in the mid 50's doing a bit of modelling or as she would say mannequin work. I would totally wear that outfit today...
Sadly I look nothing like this little lady on the outside but on the inside we are quite alike.


This is my favorite! My grandfather had this pinned up when he was a soldier;)
He always said that she was the prettiest, best dressed little lady. She told me she had most of her clothes made for her, she wasn't a wealthy lady but she just couldn't find clothes in the shops that were exactly the way she wanted them -I feel the same way!


Here she is on my grandfathers Triumph Tiger 100 in the cutest bathing suit! She actually had a motorcycle licens and she and my grandfather went on roadtrips together.


Doing the dishes... She is a very proper lady she cannot leave her house before she has cleaned it all and has never gone to bed with dirty dishes waiting in the kitchen even after late night parties...


My grandfather had this in his wallet... Awww I cry....

I promise I'll be posting more.. next time it's grandpa's turn;)

4 comments:

  1. How lovely, your grandma was such a cutie when she was young, I bet she still is!

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  2. Really lovely pictures and stories behind them :) Looking fovard for more!

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  3. She's lovely! Your favourite is my favourite, too. Hehe.
    -Andi x

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  4. You bet she's still a cutie and well dressed too;)
    Thank you ladies for your sweet comments!

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