When I look back I see having a Dad for a very long time even though most of my life was apart from him because of my career.
So here is Dad at age 28 with his first child ...me!
Here I am with Dad close to the end of his life. He had been in a nursing home for about 5 years and at this time his quality of life was not good because of Parkinson's disease. He passed away in early 2008 at age 95. So at that time I had my Dad for about 68 years. Dad lived an interesting life and in so doing I also had an interesting life.
Nice photos of your dad with you as a baby and then in his later years. My dad died in 2007, and I still and will always miss him.
ReplyDeleteYes , we keep the memories. They live as long as we are alive.
DeleteNice tribute to your dad. Happy Father's Day to you.
ReplyDeleteThank you and thankyou.
DeleteI think that's so true -- if your Dad (or Mom) lived an interesting life, then you're much more likely to have an interesting life yourself. Obviously, you had a good Dad.
ReplyDeleteMentors is what it's all about. My Mom was a home body. She didn't like to travel
Deletei love that photo of him in suit and hat. People dont dress like that even for their own weddings these days
ReplyDelete1939 and it was a different style.
DeleteI love both of those photos of you and your Dad. You have spoken of him before and I always think he sounds like a very special man and a good Father! Happy Father's Day to you today Red!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Dad was like most people ...he had good traits and some he was completely lacking.
DeleteHappy Father's Day Red, I enjoyed seeing your old photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you and one of those photos is pretty old!
DeleteSweet memories.
ReplyDeleteYes, very sweet.
DeleteIt seems he lived long and well.
ReplyDeleteThe thirties were a challenge for people his age although he had stories about the fun they had in the thirties.
DeleteHello, great photos of you and your Dad. I hope you had a happy Father's Day! Enjoy your day, have a great new week ahead!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Mom was one of the few people with a camera at that time. Dad enjoyed taking photos.
DeleteLove the two pictures, and you were very lucky to have your dad for such a long time. :-)
ReplyDeleteI can just see you making a comparison. My Mom died at age 59.
DeleteGreat photos and memories!
ReplyDeleteI am particularly fond of the one when I was a baby.
DeleteI find myself thinking back as to what was going on in my dad's last years. He stop taking his meds just because and he lost a lot of years because of it.
ReplyDeleteSad when those things happen.
DeleteHow come your fist is clenched in that second picture Red? I guess you were mad because your dad had refused to give you your pocket money again. You always were a naughty lad!
ReplyDeleteI like this comment and it is going to be the topic of a post some day!!!
DeleteLovely photos of you and your dad and a truly loving remembrance on Father's Day.
ReplyDeleteA major change in both of us!
DeleteYou were so lucky to have your dad for so long! Sixty eight years with a father is pretty remarkable.
ReplyDeleteIt is remarkable but most of the time I was away and did not live with him.
DeleteAh, that last picture reminds me of the photos of my dad and I in his last years, also in a nursing home and in a wheelchair. You had a lot of years and memories with your father. I hope you had a good Father's Day, remembering your own father and also as a father.
ReplyDeleteFor some people quality of life just keeps slowly sinking away.
DeleteNice memories!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteSuch a lovely tribute!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteThat is a well stacked wood pile.
ReplyDeleteNow you sound like someone who knows about the pride of having a neat wood pile!
Deletebeautiful sharing dear Red !
ReplyDeletei loved these images thoroughly
these are priceless treasures indeed
i spent hardly 20 years of my life with my father ,he was an interesting ,extremely intelligent but really quiet man
i wish he would have shared his heart with us more
You are blessed...as I am sure you realize.
ReplyDeleteNeat post. Perfect Father's Day tribute.
ReplyDeleteYP's comment made me look at your hand and I noticed that, in actual fact, you had your thumb in your pocket with your hand suspended from the pocket. I can remember a time when lots of people did that but I can't recall seeing it done for a long long time. Was there a reason for it I wonder or was it a fad?
ReplyDeleteA lovely tribute by the way.
Thanks for sharing these memories. He lived a long life.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely! Great photos of you with your Dad. Special indeed!
ReplyDeleteLate in reading this post, but enjoyed seeing the photos of you and your dad, Red.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly did have an interesting life, so he was a good life model. You also have good longevity genes.
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