Sorry but I am being suspicious about this one, no photographs just yet, (someone told me once that I am suspicious, so I am living up to that name),
Dad and I had a slow start today. Not sure he was feeling to well and I was in bed until late in the morning, for no apparent reason come to think of it. (<- I am on sabbatical right?) We managed to complete a couple of small errands, driving here and there, looking for a small bolt to fit on the manifold of the car. We checked his old workplace out to see if there were other car parts I should take with to NZ as well. Breaking into an old safe cupboard that belonged to my grandad (<- sounds like much more fun than it actually was) and looking at an old pump.
Yes, there is more than the car now… because there is also a pump that might be coming to NZ with the car. Not so special in the heritage and relation to our family really, but I have this (lighting) vision for what I want to do with it and cannot stand by and see how dad is going to just sell it to a random stranger. So… dad and I went and checked it out today. Seeing what was needed to be done and how it was going to fit in the container with the car. How we intend to clean it beforehand and oh my lord it is heavy… moving it. I don’t want to start a new project, especially so late in this “game”, but the thing is talking to my heart and the hamster is taking note, not to let it slip past.
I went through a couple of old things this evening, items belonging to my granddad and grandmother. They where both very “grand” and I discovered it way too late in my life to appreciated them for what they were. Mom also took out some old photographs and albums… I started looking through some of them, wow… lots and lots of emotions tied to memories in photographs that I do not even remember. Memories not belonging to me invoking emotions in my body… I guess that is the power of photographs and why I post pictures in my blog too. I had to seriously pace myself watching through them and also close the one with the pictures from the funeral of my mom’s family, the granddad and grandmother I never got to know. Seriously NOT feeling the universe on “that one” to be honest, and I don’t think I would have made it through losing my dad, mom and brother in a single car accident while I was in high school. Mom surely is an incredible woman. Crazy to even try and imagine or comprehend everything she must have been through.
Dad and mom, looking young and stunning on their wedding day, 17th of February 1973. An interesting fact: My dad wore that same suit and shoes to my wedding on the 21st of October 2008… and he still has the pair of shoes.
Dad, mom and the grandparents that I had the privilege of knowing, back when I was Christened. Me, looking confused, probably because I am in a “dress”… one that grandmother made with her hands. (And that “dress” will now be travelling to NZ as well.) Can only imagine the thoughts in dad’s head at the time of the photograph.
Lives are so precious… and short… and what do we really have left to show for them in the end? Photographs?
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4 responses to “Not just the car, there is another item now too.”
Sjoe.. so emotional Journey wat jy besig is om deur te maak..
Also most definitely not feeling the Universe on “that one” “-(..
I actually remember the suit thing on your wedding..
Can’t remember though if your dad told the story to us all, or if he told me while chatting to him, or if you told me..
Not many people… including me can say that they still fit into the same suit 30 odd years later.
Excuse me sir! I can fit into my wedding suit 27 years later 🙂
The photos you have shared are priceless in so many senses, but despite being here for a relatively short time, we leave so much behind that is not visible. Such as even shaping the future of other people or life in general.
I might not be articulating the thought very well, but you and your readers will understand the gist of what I’m saying.
Wow Cliff, congratulations… not many people can say that: 27 Years married, as well as still fitting into their wedding suit.
About your other comment, I think we all know what you mean.