gathering dust

Although I haven't been posting my responses online, I have been playing along with Julie Goucher's  Book of Me, Written by You  this week's prompt  asked us to describe our physical self and this got me thinking about family resemblances. It's something that I have thought about before - especially when using the face recognition tools in Picasa  as it struggles to work out who is who - so I thought I'd post some family photos to see what you all think. Are the resemblances that family and friends comment on noticeable to virtual strangers? I look like my Mum who looks like her Dad. Me at 26 Mum at 16 So can you pick my Grandfather out of this photo from the National Archives? Grandpa & Mum on her Wedding Day Grandpa's genes are pretty dominant Two of My Cousins at the elder's graduation My nose may also be the fault of my father's genes, specifically his paternal grandmother My Great Grandma Rebecca Sinclair Nose...

I headed to my parents for the Australia day long weekend, as not only was it Australia Day but brother #2 turned 40 on the 25th and an appropriate bash had been organised to celebrate. I'll admit it, he is and always had been my favourite brother. Sorry brother's #1 & #3, it's not like you didn't know this anyway. Brothers, #1, #2 with me on shoulders, and #3 In any case, 40 is a big birthday and sharing the love of history and family history that both Dad & I have, we (that should really be I, as I pretty much steam-rolled over Mum & Dad to get my way) I decided that it would be a nice thing to give my brother copies of the family photos. That is, all the family photos we could find. Dad and I spent the 25th pulling the house apart and spent the better part of the evening scanning as many as possible. The portraits of our grandfather and two of our great-uncles were printed and framed as the main present and an CD included of all the rest. Dad ha...