Stone Ghosts #2 👻
I’ve been surrounded by ghosts from ages past thanks to my great grandfather, a sculptor. A cornucopia of family pictures is accrued nowadays on our iPhone chips whenever possible it seems whereas John Taylerson chipped away tirelessly in another medium - stone, marble or ivory - 3 dimensional images of family frozen in time.
He captured my father’s youthfulness before glasses and moustache; Uncle Stanley naked with fish before bunking off to grow oranges in Florida; Auntie Bessie impersonating Hitler; Grandma Elsie, an innocent child with candle at Christmas and Vera before she skidaddled to Cairo.
Far more evocative than any photo.
- Category: True Stories Told As Fiction
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Neville Hunt over 6 years ago
Ditto what Drew said,Steve. I'd love to see photos of some of his output, particularly Auntie Bessie, Ja! :-)
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Neville Hunt over 6 years ago
à propos of my last comment, wouldn't it be good if there was a function on Drablr to show the odd picture. Maybe it's already there and one could temporarily change one's profile pic, and after the half-life of the drabble being illustrated, revert to the profile pic. Just a thought (because I want to see Bessie! :-) )
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Steve McBrevity over 6 years ago
Yes. Auntie Bessie is a full size bust now in France. An amusing solicitor once stayed with us in my parents home - saw the bust and without telling us stuck a piece of black insulating tape under her nose and I think it was not until we reached the main course that we noted something wrong with Auntie B! Needless to say we kept it there.
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Neville Hunt over 6 years ago
Ah! I think I've seen her. Upstairs or downstairs?
