We Are Not Amused

Ahem...

The first picture of the crocuses (below) was taken two days ago; the second one (beneath it) was taken this morning.  Never mind what I was saying in yesterday's posting about winter being a done deal for this year.  I am not going to say one more word about it until the end of June, just in case we are snowshoeing to the beach until then.

Of course, the snow is almost all gone again as I write late this afternoon, but what a horror to wake up to.  I'd already cheerfully stored away all the snow shovels and sidewalk salt in the basement for the season.  At least the snow brush was still in the rear storage (the dogs' compartment) of the car, so I didn't have to come back inside for that this morning.  Mutter, mutter, mutter...

When I stopped in to see Mum and Dad today, Mum had found a few more photos and old family documents for me.  There is a number of military related items from WWI, and as it is the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the war this August, I thought I would get that stuff scanned and sorted out for a special blog page to commemorate our family members who fought in the war.   I expect there will be some things that will be of interest to the BBC and British Library projects as well, so I will send copies to them too.

In the mean time, here's another picture of Gangan and Gramfie that I hadn't seen before today (aka Alice and Frank Greed).  I didn't get to meet either of them as Frank died in 1953 and Alice in early 1964, but they are legendary in the family.  One thing that was repeated to me many, many times was : "You would have loved Gangan".  Well, I certainly love their faces; you can tell they were a couple of characters.