Family Day 2015

In honour of Family Day, here's another photo post—with an obvious theme.

1. My great-grandparents: These are my Riverdale relatives, Stephen Nicholas (born 1891) and Antonina Gregorievna (born 1896). "Nina" died years before I was born, but Stephen lived until 1975. If I met him, I have no memory of doing so; he had a stroke in 1969 and was bedridden for the rest of his life.

2. My father as a boy: The woman holding the baby is my aunt Nettie, so I'd guess the setting is Riverdale again. I see myself in my father's suspicious look at the camera

3. My father as a teen: My father was seventeen when this picture was taken—at least, according to the photo itself; according to my grandmother's annotations, it was taken in June 1961, when he was still (barely) sixteen. I don't know who the young woman is—not my mother, but likely a friend of my uncle Jack or a relative of my grandmother's second husband.

4. Zak in Victoria: This picture was taken in May 1992; Zak is nine months old and already a smiley baby. There are many adorable photos of Zak from this series; someone gave a copy of this one to my grandmother.

5. Zak meets "Santa": It's really difficult to tell when (or where) this photo was taken. The Santa is Shane, so the location is related to Lone Pine; Zak looks to be two or three, so the year is probably 1993 or 1994. If I had to guess, I'd say the photographer was Mary O., one of the (few) sane and rational people who worked in that crew.

I wish you a happy day with your family, whether of birth or of choice.