Canon 10D 28mm, f1.8, 1/125, ISO 200
The day after my DaDa passed away I went to his house to take photographs. It might sound a little morbid but this house is something very special in my family. My grandparent’s lived there for their whole married life, and it was my great-grandparent’s house before that. My mother was born in their bedroom upstairs and so were her two brothers and two sisters. For as long as I can remember it was the hub of our extended family…Christmas, New Years, summertime, Sunday dinners…it all happened there. So, now that it’s to be sold and passed on to become a part of somebody else’s family history, I wanted to try and capture something of it. I spent nearly two hours photographing everything I could think of and my plan is to create a book with all the photographs. Something to keep and remember.
In the meantime (the book is taking me awhile to put together) I thought I might share just a couple of shots. These are a few that I took in the old kitchen of the house including my NaNa’s old recipe book stuffed full of recipes she’d torn from magazines and many more in her own handwriting. Grannymar I thought of you when I found these and made sure to take photographs of the handwritten ones!
Canon 10D 28mm, f1.8, 1/30, ISO 200
Canon 10D 28mm, f1.8, 1/60, ISO 200
Canon 10D 28mm, f1.8, 1/180, ISO 200
7 replies on “My Grandparent’s House”
Take a picture of the dog-eared page with the splashes on! That is sure to be a favourite well used recipe.
Eve will love the book in years to come. I like the idea.
Excellent idea Claire. I commented on the individual shots on your Flickr page.
I will Grannymar! I believe the recipe book is now at my mum’s house. Thanks John 🙂
Hi Claire – These shots are gorgeous! (as are so many of your shots). Thanks for sharing!
Hey Jennifer, how are you doing? It’s good to hear from you again 🙂
These photos are just so beautiful. You can tell the subjects MEAN something to you. I have my Nana’s recipe notebook, and her handwriting is almost identical! A sign of their times I guess.
Thank you for sharing these.
I stumbled onto your blog thru a couple of others. Your photos are beautiful- especially the ones taken in your family’s home. My grandparents were from Ireland and I have wonderful memories of their home and things special to me.. the metal tea kettle, salt and pepper shakers and cookie tin… there are times I can still smell the kitchen, the tea, the oatmeal.
Thanks for sharing your photos..
In America..and hoping to get to Ireland one day.